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- Wednesday
- date:
- 11/17/2021
- time:
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- event:
- Health Care in the Time of Climate Change: Why We Need Climate Doctors
- area:
- location:
- Zoom Webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82231534062
- type:
- Medical Center Hour
- department:
- Center for Health Humanities and Ethics
- services:
- audience:
- Everyone
- details:
- Jay Lemery, MD is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Chief of the Section of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. He is a Past President of the Wilderness Medical Society and from 2014-2016 he was the EMS Medical Director for the United States Antarctic Program. Dr. Lemery has expertise in austere and remote medical care, as well as the effects of climate change on human health. He is currently the Medical Director for the National Science Foundation’s Polar Research program and a physician consultant to the Exploration Medical Capability Element of NASA’s Human Research Program. In 2017, Dr. Lemery co-authored ‘Enviromedics: the Impact of Climate Change on Human Health’ and prior to that, co-Edited ‘Global Climate Change and Human Health: From Science to Practice’, now in its second edition.
Medical Center Hour is free of charge and open to the public. For more information, see Center for Health Humanities and Ethics: https://med.virginia.edu/biomedical-ethics/medical-center-hour/
Watch Medical Center Hour recordings at https://www.youtube.com/user/UVAMCH
- URL:
- https://med.virginia.edu/biomedical-ethics/medical-center-hour/
- isCME:
- Yes, credit available
- speakers:
- Jay Lemery MD
Professor, Emergency Medicine-Wilderness and Environmental Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Homan Wai, MD, FACP, respondent
Vice Chair of Education, Member of the Steering Committee
Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action (VCCA)
- registration:
- No registration is necessary
- contact:
- Charlene Kaufman CMK2B@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
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