CleanMed 2025 plenary: STAT! Talks

Armand (she/her) practices primary care at Massachusetts General Hospital Chelsea Healthcare Center. She co-directs Primary Care Office Insite, a resource hub available to clinical teams and patients across Mass General Brigham. Armand is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, affiliated faculty at Harvard Chan Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE), a contributing editor at Harvard Health Publications, and on the board of directors for Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility. She received her medical degree and residency training from University of California, San Francisco.

Director of Sustainability
Carilion Clinic

As director of sustainability at Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Virginia, Wohlford (she/her) facilitates and coordinates programs that reduce inefficiencies and waste and promote environmental sustainability. After receiving a Master’s in public health from Virginia Tech, Wohlford conceptualized and proposed her current position, created a work structure for sustainability for Carilion’s seven hospitals, and developed the Carilion Clinic Environmental Stewardship Council. Her programs increase recycling, decrease energy utilization and natural resource consumption, and divert tens of thousands of pounds of waste from Virginia landfills annually, while demonstrating to staff, patients, and visitors the inextricable links between community health, environmental health, and sustainability. Her program received the Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award Gold Medal for improving health and the environment in Virginia.

Schoen (she/her) is a community radiologist at the University of Michigan, Climate and Health Fellow at Health Care Without Harm, and Climate and Health Policy Fellow at the University of Colorado. She is founder and chair of Radiologists for a Sustainable Future, part of the Health Care Without Harm Physician Network. Schoen is a member of several radiology society sustainability task forces including the Radiological Society of North America, Association of Academic Radiology, and American College of Radiology, where she serves as co-chair. Schoen served as a guest editor for the Journal of the American College of Radiology's special issue on Planetary Health. Her national presentations and publications address critical issues like the environmental impact of medical practices and strategies for building more sustainable radiology departments, highlighting their expertise and leadership in driving environmental advocacy in health care.

Patel (she/her) is a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Stanford School of Medicine and executive director at the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, which represents 56 major medical societies and 29 state clinician groups who work to advocate, communicate, and educate on climate change as a crisis of public health. She is also a member of the executive committee for the AAP's council on environmental health and climate change, and a board member for Our Children's Trust and Undaunted K12. Patel is a former Presidential Management Fellow with the EPA. She has been published in the New York Times, LA Times, and Bloomberg News, and is frequently interviewed for her expertise on climate change and wildfires for national publications and news programming.

With over 25 years of experience as a practicing interventional radiologist, NIH-funded scientist, and educator, Omary (he/him) is professor of radiology and biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt University. Omary was chair of radiology at Vanderbilt until 2023, when he stepped down to pursue a sabbatical in sustainable health care, when he launched The Green Leap, a multi-media platform for sustainable health care. Most recently, he founded and serves as CEO of Greenwell Project, a nonprofit with a mission to design sustainable medicine together with patients. He served as president of the Association of Academic Radiology and president-elect of the Society for Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments. Omary is an avid public speaker who promotes sustainability and innovation in health care for international organizations and for the public, and holds a Master of Science.

Tummala (she/her) is an ear, nose, and throat surgeon and clinical assistant professor of otolaryngology at NYU Langone Health. She is engaged in education, research, and advocacy initiatives that optimize sustainability in health care and address how climate change and air pollution impact population health and health disparities. Tummala is an avid writer and speaker on how climate change is impacting human health, as seen in various outlets including The Washington Post, Newsweek, Scientific American, CNN, USA Today, and The Hill. She is on the executive committee of The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, co-founded Surgeons for a Sustainable Future, and works with the American Lung Association as a volunteer activist and educator.