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collaborate with other medical specialties to
decarbonize healthcare. A section dedicated to
these issues is led by Barbara Erny, MD, who
serves on the steering committee of the Medical
Society Consortium on Climate and Health, and
Cassandra Thiel, PhD, an expert on the environ-
mental impact of healthcare.
Become involved
EyeSustain plans to engage and inform ophthal-
mologists through a mobile app and welcomes
volunteers to support this global effort. Aakriti
Garg Shukla, MD, will be chairing a Young
Eye Surgeons subcommittee on sustainability.
The European Society of Cataract & Refractive
Surgeons has joined ASCRS as a co-sponsor of
EyeSustain. This is an open global coalition,
and we invite other ophthalmic organizations
to join the Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract &
Refractive Surgeons in becoming participating
societies.
of climate change and collaborating with other
medical specialties to decarbonize healthcare.
For the section on sustainability in the
clinic, EyeSustain has partnered with My Green
Doctor and its chief editor, Todd Sack, MD, to
provide ophthalmology practices with a step-
wise program to "go green" while saving water,
energy, and money. EyeSustain also seeks to
collaborate with industry on ways to reduce
our surgical carbon footprint. John Hovanesian,
MD, heads a dedicated section through which
companies can report on and share their efforts
to reduce carbon emissions and waste.
A section on global sustainability programs
and best practices is led by Dutch ophthalmol-
ogist Sjoerd Elferink, MD. Within this section,
Rengaraj Venkatesh, MD, has shared many
of the innovative ideas that the Aravind Eye
Care System has implemented to reduce their
environmental impact. Finally, EyeSustain seeks
to support advocacy and education about the
public health impact of climate change and to
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What the creators are saying:
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Stephens was an excellent partner
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PAUL Y. CHUNG, MD
Pacific Cataract & Laser Institute
Chehalis, WA
ROBERT FORD, MD
Pacific Cataract & Laser Institute
Chehalis, WA
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