EP 103: Designing Planetary Health | Chethan Sarabu

Did you know that the U.S. healthcare system is responsible for 10%
of national greenhouse gas emissions? Learn how a pediatrician
trained in landscape architecture is using clinical informatics and
design to address the health impacts of climate change. Chethan
Sarabu, MD trained in landscape architecture, pediatrics, and
clinical informatics builds anastomoses across these fields to
design healthier environments and systems. He is a Clinical
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford Medicine, Director of
Clinical Informatics at Sharecare. Across these roles, he works on
designing and implementing a wide array of innovations ranging from
patient portals, EHR transformation, virtual clinical trials, and
A.I. driven digital biomarkers, to health information policy
initiatives all through a lens of health equity and patient
privacy. Drawing on his background in landscape architecture,
Chethan implements and researches nature based health solutions
such as the health benefits of urban green and blue spaces and Park
prescriptions with the Stanford OurVoice and Natural Capital teams.
Finally, he is shaping the emergent field of climate health
informatics, which brings together emergency preparedness,
sustainability, and environmental health, with a technology
framework for climate health adaptation and mitigation. 
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