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Robert (he/him) is the Assistant Director for Planning, Operations, and Analytics in the Department of Emergency Preparedness and Continuity at Mass General Brigham. With over a decade of experience in health care emergency planning, he manages various components of the health system’s emergency preparedness and response programs, including risk assessment and mitigation, emergency plan development, training and exercise design, process improvement, and regulatory readiness. Robert holds a master’s degree in healthcare emergency management from Boston University School of Medicine.
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Adele Houghton, FAIA, DrPH, LEED AP, is President of Biositu, LLC, where she works at the intersection of buildings, public health, and climate change. She is a member of the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows and received a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she also teaches. Her book Architectural Epidemiology (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025), co-authored with Professor Carlos Castillo-Salgado of Johns Hopkins University, proposes a novel method for architectural design: combining neighborhood-scale… Read More
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Aparna Bole, MD is a pediatrician in Cleveland, Ohio, whose work centers on the intersection of environmental stewardship, justice, and pediatric health. Her leadership has focused on the health impacts of climate change, the child health benefits of climate solutions, and advancing climate-smart, resilient healthcare delivery. Dr. Bole is a current member and past chair of the Health Care Without Harm board of directors, and also serves on the boards of Climate Central and Environmental Health Watch. She has held national and state leadership roles with the U.S. Department of Health and… Read More
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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… Read More
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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… Read More
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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… Read More
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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… Read More
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Wohlford (she/her) is the director of sustainability at Carilion Clinic, where she has been leading sustainability efforts for more than 10 years. She oversees programs for the health care system that reduce inefficiencies and waste, and promote environmental sustainability. 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. Wohlford’s programs increase recycling, decrease energy utilization, decrease natural resource consumption, and divert… Read More
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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… Read More
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Adam (he/him) is the Sustainability Manager at SSM Healthcare, a healthcare system consisting of 23 hospitals and over 600 medical facilities across Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin. Adam is responsible for various environmental sustainability initiatives, including reducing SSM Health’s carbon footprint to Net Zero by 2050. Adam holds a degree in Architectural Sustainability from Boston Architectural College, where he completed an award-winning thesis on “How Cultural Sustainability helps to overcome marginalization and gentrification.” Adam is also passionate about serving the… Read More
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