Georgia Healthcare Sustainability Forum
Hosted by the Georgia Clinicians for Climate Action, the Drawdown Georgia Business Compact, and Georgia Tech’s Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business
Join healthcare industry leaders, hospital administrators, and clinicians at the Georgia Healthcare Sustainability Forum to address the role of healthcare in reducing carbon emissions and improving sustainability. The forum will focus on strategies for cutting healthcare-related emissions, implementing sustainable practices, and building more environmentally responsible health systems.
We welcome anyone interested in touring the Kendeda Building to join us before lunch at 11 a.m. Please RSVP in advance here: Kendeda Tour.
12:00 We invite you to join us for a networking lunch.
12:30 Welcome & Opening Remarks
Shan Arora, Director, Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design
David Eady, Director of Industry Engagement, Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business, Georgia Tech
Mehul Tejani, MD, Grady Health System and Emory University School of Medicine
1:30 - 2:30 Panel Discussion: Decarbonizing Healthcare
Moderator: Preeti Jaggi, MD, Chair, Georgia Clinicians for Climate Action
Jasmine Crowe-Houston, CEO, Goodr
Catherine Maloney, Chief Operating Officer, Emory University Hospital
Shaneeta Johnson, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Morehouse School of Medicine, Grady Hospital
2:30 - 2:45 Coffee Break
2:45 - 3:45 Health & Sustainability in Focus
Neha Pathak, MD, Chief Physician Editor for Health and Lifestyle Medicine
Krystyna R. Morgan, Director of the Office of Well-Being (EmWELL), Emory University
Emilie Saksvig, Sustainability & ESG Manager, Elevance Health
Shweta Biliya, Research Scientist, Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Tech
3:45 - 4:00 Closing Remarks
Preeti Jaggi, MD, Professor of Pediatrics at Emory University, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta