Dr. Plastic Picker

AAP-CA3 Climate Change and Health Committee Meeting
2020-07-28 18:30 - 19:30 UTC
We are having our first AAP-CA3 Climate Change & Health Committee Meeting. 630-7pm will be for our interns, committee chairs and those helping with the Youth Art’s Council and Exhibition. 7-730pm will be for the general committee. If you are interested, please email me at drplasticpicker@gmail and I can forward you the Zoom invite.

Guest Speaker at University of Virginia School of Pharmacy, Sustainability Healthcare Project
2020-10-27 12:00 - 13:00
Sustainability Healthcare Project invites Dr. Plastic Picker to speak about my journey! I am so honored! They want to hear about my eco-avatar!

UCSD PRIME HEQ MS1 Lecture
2020-11-05 15:00 - 17:00
Invited to give a lecture on environmental health at UCSD School of Medicine PRIME HEQ Program. Speaking as the founder of San Diego Physicians for Clean Air and advocacy for pediatric health and clean air. Will prepare and deliver talk with our Student Co-Founder.

Journal Club: Plant Based Diets in Children
2020-11-18 12:30 - 14:30
For our next virtual journal club, we will be collaborating with the AAP Climate Change and Health Committee to host a discussion on plant-based diets in children. This wonderful topic was proposed by the incomparable Vi Nguyen aka drplasticpicker. We will be joined by Dr. Angie Nieson, who practices Culinary Medicine (how cool is that!) in San Diego, as well as our very own Pediatric GI specialist, Dr. Dana Patton-Ku. Our amazing AAP Climate Change and Health Premed Intern, Ashley Teo, will also be helping to organize the journal club/panel discussion.
Pediatric Journal Club – Plant Based Diets in Children with Dr. Angie Nieson and Dr. Dana Patton-Ku (2 hours CME credit)
Sponsored by the AAP Climate Change and Health Committee
Location: Online via Microsoft Teams (Invite to be sent out later)
Date: Wednesday November 18, 2020
Time: 12:30-2:30pm
Articles:

Renda M, Fischer P. Vegetarian Diets in Children and Adolescents. Pediatrics in Review 2009.
Mascarenhas M. Pediatric Anti-Inflammatory Diet. Pediatric Annals 2019.
Leite et al. Healthy low nitrogen footprint diets. Global Food Security 2020.

Please RSVP by replying to me (Jennifer.C.Chen@kp.org) so that I can send you an invite on Microsoft Teams later.
Remember this is a completely optional event. But will be a fun and exciting opportunity to meet and engage with fellow planetary health advocates!

AAP-CA3 Climate Change and Health Intern and General Committee Meeting
2020-11-24 18:30 - 19:30
From our Premed Intern Hakim,
“I hope everything is going well for all of you. We’ve scheduled a meeting for the committee on Tuesday 11/24. There will be a 30-minute intern meeting from 6:30 to 7 pm, and then the whole committee will get together from 7 to 7:30 pm. I’ve attached the link to this email, and I will send an email reminder a day before. We hope you can all make it!

Thanks!
Hakim (Premed Intern) – send an email to drplasticpicker@gmail.com if you need the meeting link again or if you know Hakim in real life email him!

Topic: AAP-3 Climate Change and Health Committee
Time: Nov 24, 2020 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

UC Berkeley Premed Honor Society - MD Panel
2020-12-06 10:00 - 12:00
This event is geared towards connecting undergraduate pre-health students with physicians and health care professionals, including healthcare administrative professionals. It will be similar to a Q&A panel, but there will be other professionals to answer questions.
The general plan is as follows, but may change as we will try to be flexible on the day of the panel:
10am to 10:10am — introductions, casual conversation
10:10am — official panel begins (Berkeley time!)
10:10am – 10:50am — general Q&A session/panel
10:50am – 11:50am — breakout groups; smaller groups where students can get to know you better and ask more specific questions; we will be rotating physicians/panelists every 15 minutes!
11:50am- 12:00pm — end of panel, final remarks, exchange contact info (if you are interested!)

UCSD Rady's Resident Conference Lecture
2020-12-10 12:30 - 13:30
Lecture will be delivered by Dr. Sally Kaufman.

KevinMD PODCAST Interview
2020-12-26 13:30 - 14:30
Yes I’m putting it out there for the earth. I have had three or four articles published on KevinMD. In general the resposne from people I know has been positive and some of the non-environmental pieces have been well received. But KevinMD is such a popular site that I believe there are trolls on it. I’ve been mocked on his comments section mutliple times. But with a 500,000 readership, it’s an audience that is worth it to try to reach. Anyway, Kevin Pho himself I heard is a very nice person. He invited me to be interviewed for a Podcast. By then, my hair should be beautiful with my new apple-cider vinegar conditioner rinse project and switching over to Hi-Bar Shampoo (which is bar shampoo and no palm oil and no plastic packaging) from Sustainable Republic Shop (my friend and favorite on-line zero-waste shop). I have a lot of lectures and talks coming up, so I couldn’t do the interview right away. It is scheduled for the day after Christmas, prime family time. Yes, that is how important the planet is to me.

Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health Interview
2021-01-31 08:00 - 17:00
Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health. Interview as the Climate Champion for the Consortium for the month of January.

UCSD Family Practice Grand Rounds: Climate Advocacy and Creativity
2021-02-03 14:00 - 15:00
Grand Round with Dr. Andrei Fodoreanu regarding Climate Advocacy and Creativity. Environmental Advocacy as part of physician wellness.

SHOUT OUT SOCAL INTERVIEW
2021-02-26
Interview and profile with SHOUT OUT SOCAL. Coming up. Agreed to give more publicity and exposure to the climate and health movement. Date to be determined. In email conversation with the editor.

"Gather" Film Screening and Discussion with Chef Nephi
2021-03-05 18:00 - 19:00
GATHER was featured in the New York Times and a critically acclaimed film on Indigenous Food Systems and Indigenous Food Rights. It explores the connections between restoring ecosystems and food systems. We are proud a free virtual film screening of Gather, and panel discussion with Chef Nephi Craig (Western Apache Nation and professional chef) and our own Dr. Dana Patton (Pediatric GI) and Dr. William Pfeiffer. Target audience is primarily the AAP-CA3, Kaiser SD Peds Department, and San Diego Area Pediatricians, but we will have room for some interested in our medical group outside of pediatrics. This is funded by a generous grant from AAP-CA3 San Diego. You will be emailed a link to view the movie for free, and panel discussion for CME will be on March 5, 6pm. Please comment below or email Mr. Hakim Tokhi to RSVP AAPCHILDRENSARTCOUNCIL@GMAIL.COM

AAP National Legislative Conference
2021-04-11 08:00 - 2021-04-13 17:00
Invited to attend as the AAP-CA3 Climate Advocate. Funded by district office.

2021-04-15 20:00 - 21:00
UC Berkeley AMSA Environmental Justice Panel
Date: Thursday April 15, 2021 from 8pm to 9pm PST (we start on “Berkeley Time”, which is 10 minutes after the posted time, so 8:10pm)
Description: This week, we will host a panel with physicians who are passionate about climate change and environmental justice advocacy. We will talk about the role of the physician in the context of public health and public policy, as well as our responsibilities as healthcare professionals outside of our job in the hospital. What are the effects of climate change on health, and why is it important to address via legislation?

AAP Oregon Climate Advocacy Conference: Guest Panelist
2021-04-17 10:00 - 11:00
Saturday, April 17, “Keeping Kids Healthy Outside,” which will focus on the impacts of climate change on kids, as well as how to better support kids in accessing nature. As part of the conference, we plan to host a moderated discussion about climate advocacy. Invited to participate on panel discussion.

UCSD School of Medicine
2021-04-22 12:30 - 13:30
Invited Lunch-Time speaker at Civic Engagement student organization at UCSD SOM

Children At Risk: "Kids and the Environmental Round-Table Discussion"
2021-05-12 08:00 - 08:30
The roundtable will feature CEO, Dr. Bob Sanborn, the guest editors: Dr. Susan Pacheco & Dr. Ruth Etzel, along with the Editor-In-Chief, Dr. Chris Greely. The roundtable will highlight select authors from the issue to briefly discuss their articles and its policy implications. They would like to include and feature the “common sense advice from 4 community pediatricians” from your pending article. We would highlight it in our press release for the roundtable and during the event itself.

Medical Society Consortium for Cliamte and Health
2021-05-21 - 2021-05-25
Will attend from team from Kaiser San Diego, Dr. RA, UCSD SOM student MG, and sponsored students from Sustainable Pharmacy Projects at VCU https://medsocietiesforclimatehealth.org/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2021/

San Diego County Department of Environmental Health and Quality Meeting
2021-05-25 14:00 - 15:30
The County of San Diego, Department of Environmental Health and Quality (DEHQ) implements more than 40 programs and is committed to environmental justice as we conduct inspections, compliance monitoring, and enforce environmental laws and regulations. Each program we implement helps improve public health and/or environmental quality in our communities.
DEHQ is interested in learning more about your organization to determine how we can partner to better serve our communities and invites you to participate in a small group session where DEHQ will share information about the department’s programs and listen to how your organization impacts our communities
Meeting to represent AAP-San Diego Climate Change and Health

Journal Club: Climate Change and Air Pollution
2021-06-30 13:30 - 14:30
Joint Journal Club Kaiser Peds, Rady’s UCSD residency, and AAP-CA3 Climate Change and Health on Climate Change and Air Pollution. Guest Speakers the Famous Dr. Perry Sheffield (Mt Sinai, AAP Council of Environmental Health) and Christine James MD (UCSD Allergy). Organized by Jennifer Chen MD (Kaiser Peds) and Laisha Felix (SDPCA Premed Intern).
