Health Professionals for Clean Air Stories | American Lung Association

Laren Tan, M.D., As a pulmonologist, I've witnessed firsthand the effects of climate change and poor air quality on my patients with chronic respiratory diseases. Taking a stand to reduce climate pollution is what our children and patients deserve.
Linda Rudolph, M.D., MPH, We know what we need to do to chart a new course to prevent catastrophic climate change: stop burning coal, oil, and gas, as quickly as possible. But time is short.
Lucy Kalanithi, M.D., F.A.C.P, As a physician and mother, the climate crisis is never far from my mind. As a physician and mother, the climate crisis is never far from my mind.
Mallory Higginbotham, BA, RRT, RRT-ACCS, Let’s all work to promote clean air. It is my role as an educator and respiratory practitioner to teach students and patients about the importance of monitoring the air quality reports.
Marc Futernick, M.D., Climate action is the best medicine. As an emergency physician, I see the profound effect climate change will have on our lives.
Mary Anne Tablizo, M.D., Strong clean air leadership will help my patients breathe easier. As a pediatric pulmonary specialist, I support policies that will help improve air quality.
Michael Ong, M.D., PhD, Healthy solutions will help California achieve smog and soot goals.
Peggy Ann Berry, PhD, MSN, RN, COHN-S, PLNC, Make the change toward a healthier environment. The reality is that breathing is becoming more difficult for many older adults and children with asthma because of climate change.
Peggy Pennoyer, M.D., FAAAI, We need policymakers as partners to achieve healthy air. It’s hard telling my patients they shouldn’t exercise outside on bad air quality days.
Penny Borenstein, M.D., MPH, As a health officer with the San Luis Obispo Public Health Department, I view climate change as an urgent health issue
Praveen Buddiga, M.D., Cleaner fuels will help my patients breathe easier. We have no control over the air we breathe, but we do have a say in what pollutes it.
Randolph J. Lipchik, MD, MPH, We must not underestimate the need for clean air. As a physician, I see how the climate and air quality affects my patients with lung disease, every day.
Robert Byron, M.D., MPH, FACP, Air pollution endangers our patients’ health. Air pollution endangers our patients' health and contributes to approximately 107,000 premature deaths every year in the United States alone.
Robert J. Blount, M.D., MAS, Access to clean air is critical. As a pulmonologist I am motivated by helping to alleviate my patients’ suffering from asthma, COPD, lung cancer, pneumonia, and other lung diseases that can be caused by and exacerbated by dirty air.
Robert M. Gould, M.D., We must act urgently to halt global warming. We need to act urgently to halt the worsening course of global warming.

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