Combatting Climate Change: 10 Interventions for Dermatologists to Consider for Sustainability

Environmental impacts of the U.S. health care system and effects on public health

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International comparison of health care carbon footprints

Pichler, P.-P., Jaccard, I. S., Weisz, U., & Weisz, H. (2019) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab19e1 · Cited by 812 · see citing works

Health Care Pollution And Public Health Damage In The United States: An Update: Study examines health care pollution and public health damage in the United States.

Eckelman, M. J., Huang, K., Lagasse, R., Senay, E., Dubrow, R., & Sherman, J. D. (2020) · Health Affairs · doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01247 · Cited by 706 · see citing works

Evidence of anthropogenic impacts on global drought frequency, duration, and intensity

Chiang, F., Mazdiyasni, O., & AghaKouchak, A. (2021) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22314-w · Cited by 689 · see citing works

Medical waste management – A review

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Greater than 99% consensus on human caused climate change in the peer-reviewed scientific literature

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U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System and Energy Storage Cost Benchmark (Q1 2020)

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The influence of climate change on skin cancer incidence – A review of the evidence

Parker, E. R. (2020) · International Journal of Women’s Dermatology · doi:10.1016/j.ijwd.2020.07.003 · Cited by 222 · see citing works

Call for Emergency Action to Limit Global Temperature Increases, Restore Biodiversity, and Protect Health

Atwoli, L., Baqui, A. H., Benfield, T., Bosurgi, R., Godlee, F., Hancocks, S., Horton, R. C., Laybourn‐Langton, L., Monteiro, C. A., Norman, I. J., et al. (2021) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejme2113200 · Cited by 186 · see citing works

Climate Change — A Health Emergency

Solomon, C. G., & LaRocque, R. C. (2019) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejmp1817067 · Cited by 162 · see citing works

Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector — A Call to Action

Dzau, V. J., Levine, R., Barrett, G., & Witty, A. (2021) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejmp2115675 · Cited by 161 · see citing works

Environmental considerations in the selection of isolation gowns: a life cycle assessment of reusable and disposable alternatives

Vozzola, E., Overcash, M., & Griffing, E. (2018) · American Journal of Infection Control · doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2018.02.002 · Cited by 154 · see citing works

Climate Change and Health: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians

Crowley, R. A. (2016) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/m15-2766 · Cited by 152 · see citing works

Assessing the health impacts of electric vehicles through air pollution in the United States

Choma, E. F., Evans, J. S., Hammitt, J. K., Gómez-Ibáñez, J. A., & Spengler, J. D. (2020) · Environment International · doi:10.1016/j.envint.2020.106015 · Cited by 139 · see citing works

Energy Consumption Analysis and Characterization of Healthcare Facilities in the United States

Bawaneh, K., Nezami, F. G., Rasheduzzaman, M., & Deken, B. (2019) · Energies · doi:10.3390/en12193775 · Cited by 138 · see citing works

Association of Wildfire Air Pollution and Health Care Use for Atopic Dermatitis and Itch

Fadadu, R. P., Grimes, B., Jewell, N. P., Vargo, J., Young, A. T., Abuabara, K., Balmes, J. R., & Wei, M. L. (2021) · JAMA Dermatology · doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.0179 · Cited by 120 · see citing works

The Unique Role of Medical Students in Catalyzing Climate Change Education

Rabin, B., Laney, E., & Philipsborn, R. P. (2020) · Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development · doi:10.1177/2382120520957653 · Cited by 105 · see citing works

Association Between Short-term Exposure to Environmental Air Pollution and Psoriasis Flare

Bellinato, F., Adami, G., Vaienti, S., Benini, C., Gatti, D., Idolazzi, L., Fassio, A., Rossini, M., Girolomoni, G., & Gisondi, P. (2022) · JAMA Dermatology · doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.6019 · Cited by 101 · see citing works

Climate change and the epidemiology of selected tick‐borne and mosquito‐borne diseases: update from the International Society of Dermatology Climate Change Task Force

Andersen, L. K., & Davis, M. D. P. (2016) · International Journal of Dermatology · doi:10.1111/ijd.13438 · Cited by 59 · see citing works

The effects of climate change on infectious diseases with cutaneous manifestations

Coates, S. J., & Norton, S. A. (2020) · International Journal of Women’s Dermatology · doi:10.1016/j.ijwd.2020.07.005 · Cited by 59 · see citing works

Celebrating the anniversary of three key events in climate change science

Santer, B. D., Bonfils, C., Fu, Q., Fyfe, J. C., Hegerl, G. C., Mears, C. A., Painter, J. F., Po–Chedley, S., Wentz, F. J., Zelinka, M. D., et al. (2019) · Nature Climate Change · doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0424-x · Cited by 51 · see citing works

Greening Radiology

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Climate change and dermatology: An introduction to a special topic, for this special issue

Silva, G. S., & Rosenbach, M. (2021) · International Journal of Women's Dermatology · doi:10.1016/j.ijwd.2020.08.002 · Cited by 40 · see citing works

Utility solar prices will continue to drop all over the world even without subsidies

Apostoleris, H., Sgouridis, S. P., Stefancich, M., & Chiesa, M. (2019) · Nature Energy · doi:10.1038/s41560-019-0481-4 · Cited by 39 · see citing works

Surveying the attitudes of dermatologists regarding climate change

Mieczkowska, K., Stringer, T. P., Barbieri, J. S., Williams, M. L. K., & Rosenbach, M. A. (2021) · British Journal of Dermatology · doi:10.1111/bjd.20900 · Cited by 32 · see citing works

Combating climate change in the clinic: Cost-effective strategies to decrease the carbon footprint of outpatient dermatologic practice

Fathy, R. A., Nelson, C. A., & Barbieri, J. S. (2020) · International Journal of Women’s Dermatology · doi:10.1016/j.ijwd.2020.05.015 · Cited by 25 · see citing works

Healthcare Energy End-Use Monitoring

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Teledermatology application use in the COVID-19 era

Pulsipher, K. J., Presley, C. L., Rundle, C. W., Rietcheck, H. R., Militello, M., & Dellavalle, R. P. (2020) · Dermatology Online Journal · doi:10.5070/d32612051350 · Cited by 17 · see citing works

Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity and protect health

Talley, N. J., Godlee, F., Atwoli, L., Smith, R., Benfield, T., Bosurgi, R., Horton, R. C., Monteiro, C. A., Patrick, K. L., Sahni, P., et al. (2021) · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056565 · Cited by 16 · see citing works

Greening the office: Saving resources, saving money, and educating our patients

Blum, S., Buckland, M., Sack, T. L., & Fivenson, D. P. (2020) · International Journal of Women’s Dermatology · doi:10.1016/j.ijwd.2020.04.013 · Cited by 15 · see citing works

Every cloud has a silver lining: the environmental benefit of teledermatology during the COVID‐19 pandemic

O’Connell, G., O’Connor, C., & Murphy, M. (2021) · Clinical and Experimental Dermatology · doi:10.1111/ced.14795 · Cited by 15 · see citing works

health sector - a call to action

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The Burden of Air Pollution on Skin Health: a Brief Report and Call to Action

Santiago Mangual, K. P., Ferree, S., Murase, J. E., & Kourosh, A. S. (2024) · Dermatology and Therapy · doi:10.1007/s13555-023-01080-1 · Cited by 11 · see citing works

Health Care and Waste Streams

Silva, G. S., Zinn, Z. A., Wayt, I., & Wolstencroft, P. W. (2025) · Dermatologic Clinics · doi:10.1016/j.det.2025.08.006 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Actionable avenues for dermatologists to reduce their environmental impact

Silva, G. S., Gotschall, J. W., & Rosenbach, M. A. (2025) · Dermatology Online Journal · doi:10.5070/d330664683 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Climate change and the role of dermatologists: a call to action

Potestio, L., Martora, F., Villani, A., & Megna, M. (2024) · Clinical and Experimental Dermatology · doi:10.1093/ced/llae526

Cambio climático y enfermedades dermatológicas: ¿qué podemos hacer?

Prieto, J. M. R. (2019) · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · doi:10.5281/zenodo.3574082

Dermatology's call to emergency action on climate change

Parker, E. R., & Boos, M. D. (2022) · Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology · doi:10.1111/jdv.18416 · Cited by 12 · see citing works

Combating climate change in the clinic: Cost-effective strategies to decrease the carbon footprint of outpatient dermatologic practice

Fathy, R. A., Nelson, C. A., & Barbieri, J. S. (2020) · International Journal of Women’s Dermatology · doi:10.1016/j.ijwd.2020.05.015 · Cited by 25 · see citing works

Cambio climático y enfermedades dermatológicas: ¿qué podemos hacer? [Climate change and dermatological diseases: what can we do?]

Prieto, J. M. R. (2019) · Enfermería Dermatológica