Publications by authors named "R Omary"
The author transitions his career in oncology to one in planetary health. The career pivot begins after he recognizes similarities between the pandemic and the climate crisis. The author determines that stepping away from his role as chair of radiology for a one-year sabbatical is the most efficient way to learn about sustainability.
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- This review focuses on how to monitor and reduce energy consumption in MRI and CT scanners to promote sustainable medical imaging practices.
- It provides a detailed overview of how these imaging technologies consume energy, discusses hardware and software requirements for accurate energy measurement, and offers baseline data to identify improvement areas.
- The review outlines three main strategies for reducing energy consumption: optimizing operations, enhancing scanner design, and using advanced scanning techniques, emphasizing the need for interdisciplinary collaboration to foster sustainability in the healthcare sector.
Background Climate change, driven primarily by human-induced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, poses major risks to human health. Health care contributes 8.5% of GHG emissions in the United States.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFor more than 2 decades, translational medicine has accelerated basic science discovery into clinical application using a bench-to-bedside framework. Given that climate change represents the single greatest health threat facing humanity, the authors propose extending this framework to now include the bedside to the biosphere. Several potential opportunities in clinical operations, research, and advocacy associated with the use of this framework are provided.
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