AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — Health care contributes significantly to global carbon emissions, so two clinicians speaking at the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium shared five recommendations for reducing that footprint.
Emily Schehlein, MD, a glaucoma and cataract surgeon with Brighton Vision Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, said the global health care system contributes 5% of greenhouse gases.
“That’s more than the aviation industry,” she said.
Cataract surgery is the most commonly performed surgery in the world, Schehlein said.
“We are high-volume proceduralists, so we