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Taking Action for Health and Equity:
The Promise of Climate Solutions

AGENDA (Subject to updates)

Friday evening, May 21

7:00 pm – 7:30 pm ET	Welcome and Opening Keynote
	Mona Sarfaty, MD MPH FAAFP Executive Director, Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health	Michael Regan EPA Administrator	Alison Cassady EPA Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
7:30 pm – 8:15 pm ET	Workshops (choose one):
	Plant-Forward Cooking The Culinary Institute of America	How to Buy an EV Plug In America	Greening your Medical Practice My Green Doctor

Saturday, May 22​

CME: (ACCME and ANCC accredited)		Apply for CME Credits
11:00 am – 11:45 am ET	CME – Wildfires, Asthma and Beyond: Our Journey Incorporating Climate Change Education into Medical Curriculum Moderator: Rachel Harold, Consultant to the Medical Society Consortium
	Holly Rosencranz MD	Japhia Ramkumar MD	Rachel Harold MD
11:45 am – 12:30 pm ET	CME – Dermatology and Climate Change Moderator: Rachel Harold, Consultant to the Medical Society Consortium
	Mary Williams MD	Misha Rosenbach MD
Afternoon:
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET	Welcome and introduction of 6 NMA Climate Health Equity Fellows
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm ET	Keynote: Outlook for Climate in the 117th Congress
	Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
3:00 pm – 3:50 pm ET	Climate, Health, Equity and Transportation
	Moderator: Linda Rudolph, MD MPH, Senior Policy Advisor, Medical Society Consortium
	U.S. Dept of Transport Climate Policy Andrew Wishnia Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate Policy, Department of Transportation	Equitable Cities Charles Brown MPA Rutgers University, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy	Transportation & Climate Initiative Ben Samuels Director Office of Gov. Baker, MA
	Active Transportation in Minnesota Sam Rockwell Move Minnesota	Progress on Transportation in VA Robert Kitchen MD Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action
4:00 pm – 4:15 pm ET	Feature Presentation: The Cost of Inaction on Climate
	Vijay Limaye PhD, NRDC
4:15 pm – 5:30 pm ET	The Promise of Climate Solutions: Benefitting Health & Equity
	Healthy Energy (Moderator) Jonathan Patz MD Director, Global Health Institute, U WI, IPCC author	Healthy Food and Agriculture Raychel Santo Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
	Healthy Indoor EnvironmentsEllen Tohn Tohn Environmental Strategies	Healthy Outdoor EnvironmentsHoward Frumkin MD Dean Emeritus UW School of PH
	Discussion Groups: How we can reap the health and equity benefits of solutions (30 min)
5:30 pm – 5:40 pm ET	Saturday Closing
5:45 pm – 6:45 pm ET	Steering Committee & Board of Advisors Joint Meeting/Happy Hour

Sunday, May 23

CME: (ACCME and ANCC accredited)		Apply for CME Credits
11:00 am – 11:45 am ET	CME – The Climate Crisis and Birth Outcomes in the US Moderator: Rachel Harold, Consultant to the Medical Society Consortium
	Nathaniel DeNicola MD	Bruce Bekkar MD	Rachel Harold MD
11:45 am – 12:30 pm ET	CME – Climate Concerns in Urgent/Emergency Care Moderator: Rachel Harold, Consultant to the Medical Society Consortium
	Hanna Linstadt MD	Caitlin Rublee MD
Afternoon:
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET	Keynote: Perspective from the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis Introduction: Colin Nackerman, Assoc. Director of Policy & Operations, Medical Society Consortium
	Dr. Ana Unruh Cohen Staff Director, House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm ET	Climate in Medical Education: Panel, Medical Students for a Sustainable Future Moderators: Jacqueline Shen and Jessmehar Walia
3:15 pm – 4:00 pm ET	State Progress on Climate Policy in VA, WI, FL, MN
	Moderator: Beverly Harp, Digital Communications & State Policy Manager, Medical Society Consortium
	Samantha Ahdoot MD	Joel Charles MD
	Cheryl Holder MD	Laalitha Surapaneni MD
4:15 pm – 5:00 pm ET	Healthy Food and Water: Regenerative Agriculture
	Moderator: Kate Hoppe, Public Health Consultant, Medical Society Consortium
	Agriculture and Water Quality in the Mississippi Watershed Catherine Kling Faculty Director, David R Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Cornell University, NASEM	Health and Climate Solutions from an Indigenous Perspective James Skeet Farmer, Covenant Pathways – Navajo Nation, New Mexico	Video: Growing Climate Solutions Act Sen. Michael Braun U.S. Senator, Indiana
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm ET	Sunday Closing and Plans for Monday

Monday evening, May 24

Tuesday all day, May 25