Health Professionals for Clean Air Stories | American Lung Association

Jessie Weiler, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, OCN, We must unite together to protect our patients. As I walk among the towering trees, listening quietly, breathing deep the moist air, I am reminded of the interconnected web of life.
Hassan Bencheqroun M.D., FCCP, We know that even when people improve their health by kicking smoking and exercising more, air pollution can slow that progress, and lead to more pulmonary and cardiovascular consequences.
Glenn R. Singer, MD, FACP, FCCP, FAASM, Right now, the air we breathe is in crisis. Health care professionals have a responsibility to help diagnose and treat patients, and to help the community at large when there is a crisis.
Gary Pace, M.D., The wildfires are a wake-up call. The devastating wildfires in our communities served as a wake-up call. The unfolding climate crisis is impacting human health now and will become even more of a factor in the future.
Erika Maria Moseson, MD, MA, Climate change is (quite literally) sickening. As a lung and ICU doctor, my patients’ health is threatened by unhealthy air and climate change, and now COVID-19.
Denise Link, Climate change is of concern to me because it is impacting so many people locally and around the world. As a women's health nurse practitioner, I am especially concerned about the impact on women and girls.
Daya Upadhyay, M.D., Climate change imposes a serious threat to human health and our environment. We must act now and raise our voices to fight climate change and support strong clean air policies.
David Tom Cooke, M.D. and Lung Surgery Team, Fighting for a healthy climate. Too many of our patients surviving lung diseases are being sickened by air pollution.
David Pepper, M.D, The patient - our planet - has a fever. In addition to increased temperatures, the acid level in the oceans has increased 0.15 units in the last 100 years.
David Hill, MD, Climate change is a public health emergency. Climate change is a public health emergency, and poses a dire threat to lung health.
Cindy Russell, M.D., To do so we need to extract ourselves from the use of oil, gas and coal, implementing cradle to cradle clean energy systems in concert with conservation measures.
Christine A. Hamilton, DHSc, RRT, I strongly urge a united front on climate change. Climate change poses serious threats to the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat.
Catherine Sonquist Forest, M.D., MPH, FAAFP, Fighting climate change is crucial primary care medicine. Climate health is crucial for public health. Science continues to demonstrate that we must join together with the rest of the world to slow climate change.
Carol Ziegler, DNP, NP-C, My patients bear a greater burden from the health harms of climate change and air pollution. Climate change and air pollution disproportionately impact my patients.
Bruce Krawisz, M.D., Climate Change is a Health Emergency: One of the biggest threats to children’s health is destabilization of Earth’s climate.

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