Anesthesia Grand Rounds are held every Monday at 6:45 a.m. in Room MCH 1-115.

Speaker(s): Molly M. Herr, M.D., Sustainability Committee

Topic:   “It’s Easy Being Green:  Small Steps to Make Big Environmental and Financial Impacts.”

Objectives:

1.  Review the background on climate change
2.  Recognize healthcare and anesthetic impacts on climate change
3.  Examine a large academic institution’s anesthesia impact on the environment
4.  Review a survey of anesthesia providers’ knowledge of anesthetic environmental impact and sustainability
5.  Identify changes you can make to decrease anesthesia and surgical environmental impact while saving money

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DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY GRAND ROUNDS COURSE DIRECTOR

Christopher A. Thunberg, MD

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