Jodi Sherman, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Medical Director of Sustainability, Center for Sustainable Healthcare; Director, Program on Healthcare Environmental Sustainability, Yale Center on Climate Change and Health; Director of Sustainability, Anesthesiology; Affiliated Faculty, Climate Change and Health
Dr. Sherman’s area of expertise is in the pollution and human health impacts of unsustainable practices stemming from the health sector itself. She is working to bring attention to pollution prevention within health care as an issue of patient safety and quality care. Her research explores the life cycle environmental impacts and total cost of ownership of drugs, devices, and professional services, so that when choices exist, clinicians and health care administrators will factor public health and safety into practice decisions. Dr. Sherman’s future work will focus on systems-level metrics and policy solutions (e.g., pay for performance measures for carbon reduction in clinical practice).