Adding Environmental Sustainability and Climate Resilience to Your Clinical Practice
Sponsored by the Junior Doctors Network of the World Medical Association.
Register at: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/rCEC-yMiQqiD2S8-ft4Gow.
Or join with Zoom Meeting ID 833 5656 0658 Passcode 639879
JDN Webinar: Adding Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change to Your Clinical Practice
Date & Time
Mar 19, 2026 19:00 Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Description
A global leader in environmental sustainability in outpatient healthcare, Dr. Sack will share evidence on the climate impacts of clinical practice, practical tools to improve sustainability, and educational resources for clinicians and patients. This is an important topic for junior doctors. Capacity building and awareness on these topics will be a focus area in the JDN Planetary Health Working Group’s current term.
Speaker: Dr. Todd L. Sack, MD, FACP Executive Director, My Green Doctor Foundation
Environmental sustainability and climate resilience are emerging as important opportunities for medical clinics and private practices to conserve resources, save money, and improve community health. Dr. Todd Sack, Executive Director of the My Green Doctor Foundation, is a WMA Associate Member and a world leader on the subject of environmental sustainability in outpatient healthcare. In this program, he will present the data on the climate impacts of outpatient care, offer resources that are available for adding environmental sustainability to practices, and describe teaching resources that are available for sharing with patients some wise choices on environmental sustainability, climate change, and health.
Moderator: Dr. Carrie Lee
Dr. Carrie Lee is an infectious diseases registrar and volunteers with Doctors for the Environment Australia as deputy convenor of the healthcare sustainability special interest group. She is a Junior Doctor (Australia) and a member of the WMA-JDN Planetary Health Working Group. This session will explore how clinics and private practices can conserve resources, reduce costs, and improve community health while responding to the climate crisis.
