Climate change begins in the OR: Our unsustainable future in healthcare with Kelly Wright, MD
Please join the Harvard Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health and the Department of Environmental Health for a talk by Kelly Wright, MD of Cedars-Sinai. Dr. Wright will discuss “Climate change begins in the OR: Our unsustainable future in healthcare.”
Dr. Wright is the Director of the Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery and an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She did her residency at Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals and her fellowship in minimally invasive gynecologic surgery at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts. She currently serves Cedars-Sinai in several capacities, including implementing enhanced recovery after surgery, increasing telehealth utilization, and decreasing hospital waste production. Additionally, she runs the endometriosis center at Cedars-Sinai, combining bench research and high-volume surgical care to learn more about the disease. She is interested in promoting gender equity for women surgeons and their patients.
This event will be held in person (HSPH Bldg. 1, 1302) and via Zoom. Register here.
Speaker Information
Dr. Kelly Wright, MD, FACOG, FACS
