Episode 83: The Cost of Climate Change with Dr. Neha Pathak

Plant-Based Canada Podcast

In this episode of the Plant-Based Canada Podcast, we talk to Dr. Neha Pathak. Dr. Pathak is board certified in both internal medicine and lifestyle medicine and works as Chief Physician Editor for Health and Lifestyle Medicine and host of WebMD’s Health Discovered podcast. She reports on topics related to lifestyle, climate change, and environmental impacts on health for WebMD and Medscape, and is a regular contributor to Yale Climate Connections.
She graduated with a BA in psychology and biology from Harvard University, and received her MD with honours in community service from Cornell University's Weill Medical College. She completed her primary care, internal medicine residency at New York Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College. She obtained her certificate in climate change and health communication from Yale School of Public Health.
She is a member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine board of directors and Chair of the Global Sustainability Committee. Dr. Pathak is also a lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health, where she facilitates coursework on climate change and health.
Through all of her work, she hopes to educate healthcare professionals and the public about the health impacts of climate change and environmental pollution, and the health benefits of climate action. Her research focuses on the intersection of lifestyle medicine and planetary health.
Additionally, Dr. Pathak is the Associate Program Director of the Atlanta VA Medical Center's Quality Scholars Program and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. She is a Primary Care Physician and was a designated women’s health provider at the VA, and continues to see patients at a community health center in Georgia.
Resources

Health Discovered Podcast
Instagram
Threads
Linkedin
Yale Climate Connections
WebMD Profile
Lifestyle Medicine Interventions for Personal and Planetary Health: The Urgent Need for Action
ACLM Commitment Statement to Address Climate Change, Health, and Equity
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