Neelu Tummala, MD, MSc
@NeeluTummala
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ENT Surgeon, Climate Health advocate 👩🏽⚕️🌍 Climate solutions are health solutions. #climatehealth #environmentaljustice Opinions are my own.
New York, USA
Joined August 2019
Thank you @hereandnow for inviting me to talk about how the climate crisis is a global public health threat. To all climate/health champions- thank you for all the work you do to raise awareness. Let’s keep at it!.#climatechange #ActOnClimate.
Globally, many countries that contribute least to climate change could be most affected, Dr. @NeeluTummala says. #CCNow @CoveringClimate
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RT @JAMASurgery: Viewpoint: Moving towards a more "green" practice of medicine, by prioritizing sustainability and reusable devices, allows….
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Loved working on this with inspirational colleagues @MigsRunner and Colleen Fitzpatrick. Sustainability is about more than reducing waste; it’s about not wasting money on stuff. It’s care that prioritizes our patients, our environment, and our health. 👩🏽⚕️🏥🌎.
So proud our new article in @JAMASurgery is out! A collab born of the @AmCollSurgeons sustainability community. We spend more money on things than people in healthcare, to the detriment of our environment, patient health, and our workforce.
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Knocking on doors in Philly with the @Enviro_Voter making sure that everyone who cares about the environment is casting a vote in this incredibly important election.🗳️🗳️🗳️. A vote for the environment is a vote for health! 💚👩🏽⚕️🏥
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RT @MigsRunner: Come see our session today at 2:30 on how to reduce emissions and waste in our ORs. We've got a lot of work to do. @AmCollS….
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By rapidly shifting to clean energy, we can protect our health, clean our air, and build stronger communities. 👏🏽 👩🏽⚕️.
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RT @gwclimatehealth: CHI Co-Director @NeeluTummala talked about the growing role clinicians play in addressing a changing climates effect o….
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Climate change is a modifiable risk factor that is contributing to worsening pollen allergies. We can help fix this 🗳️ .My latest in @medpagetoday . Opinion | Are Your Patients' Allergies Worsening? Climate Change May Be at Play
medpagetoday.com
Taking action, no matter how small, matters
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Talked w/ @KaitlynMcGrath about how climate change impacts pollen allergies. 🤧 .Protect yourself with allergy medications, keeping windows closed, checking pollen levels, and of course- support climate action to curb the continued impact of climate change on pollen allergies. 🗳️.
When it comes to how prevalent allergy problems will be, it really comes down to warming global temperatures and the impact on the growing season.
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Health check-up: let’s talk about #climatechange . Joined @RepPaulTonko @USRepKCastor @RepGwenMoore to highlight #SollutionsforPollution 👏🏽. This is the year to do more than care about it. Let’s gooooooooo! 👩🏽⚕️🏥🩻. @actonclimateUS @LungAssociation @docsforclimate
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Loved meeting @AdeleMcClure_ and discussing climate legislation that will improve the health of Virginians. @VA_Clinicians . Climate policy is health policy!👩🏽⚕️🏥🌳.#CleanAirNow #ClimateActionNow
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My latest in @thehill .Prioritizing health: The EPA must seize the opportunity to make our air cleaner .". we do our best to treat patients. , but really, it’s hopeless unless we clean up the air and the environment in which our patients live.".
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Clean air is a priority, not a privilege. While there is no completely safe level of air pollution, one thing will make our year healthier-making our air cleaner by strengthening fine particulate m…
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RT @GWSurgery: Fantastic Grand Rounds by @gw_otohns Dr Neelu Tummala @NeeluTummala on Environmental Justice and Sustainability in the opera….
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A very important policy and advocacy piece by @LisaPatelMD and Dr. Rudolph. “A Farm Bill focused on population and planetary health should be a policy priority.” 👏🏽 . Supporting Climate, Health, and Equity under the Farm Bill | NEJM
nejm.org
The Farm Bill establishes U.S. food, agricultural, and nutrition policy. Its reauthorization represents a critical opportunity to improve food systems and health while also mitigating climate change.
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RT @sahdootmd: Great to join my fellow @VA_Clinicians doc @NeeluTummala and other @docsforclimate in nyc! #EndFossilFuels
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RT @Climate4Health: There's still time to join the National Health + Climate Forum on September 20!.Join online or….
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“Tummala, Henneman and Sublette all stressed that while adapting to smoke and its impacts on your health is essential, at the end of the day, the only solution is fighting climate change by lowering local and global dependence on fossil fuels.” @myVPM .#ClimateAction.
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RT @ABCNewsLive: Dr. @NeeluTummala weighs in on how extremely hot days can "present an incredible amount of stress on the body.". She joins….
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Incredibly well written piece by @drdavidmichaels on what needs to change for outdoor workers to be protected from extreme heat. 🥵.
"Congress could direct OSHA to fast-track new rules for heat and respiratory protection. Or, better yet, it could allow OSHA to overhaul the agency’s standard-setting process so that it can issue standards more quickly," @drdavidmichaels writes:
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Climate change is a health concern not a political one. Appreciate @heatmap_news @neel_dhan for highlighting why our work on climate advocacy/policy is integral to taking care of patients👩🏽⚕️. @GaurabBasuMDMPH @sahdootmd @HarvardCCHANGE @GCHAlliance @VA_Clinicians @gwclimatehealth.
Across the country, healthcare providers are watching as climate change affects their patients’ health. In response, clinicians of all stripes are increasingly talking about climate change in their practice — and in effect becoming climate educators:.
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RT @VA_Clinicians: Wonderful advice from VCCA Steering Committee Member @NeeluTummala on protecting health in the midst of wildfire smoke i….
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A number of cities and towns in the East and North East United States are under air quality warnings Wednesday because of wildfires in Canada.
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