CLINICAL CONSULTATIONS
Parents, educators, and health care professionals may contact our experts for clinical consultations for children with suspected or known exposures to environmental toxins, as well as issues concerning children's environmental health. We are proud to introduce the expansion of our clinical consultation services by offering dedicated environmental telehealth consultations with Dr. Robert Amler. For more information on our consultative program with Dr. Amler, please click here.
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS & TRAINING
We provide educational programs for physicians, fellows, residents and medical students, dedicated to raising awareness of children, families, schools, communities, and government of the importance of minimizing exposure of our children to environmental toxins and pollutants. Our team consists of academic faculty at two schools within New York Medical College, the School of Health Sciences and Practice (SHSP), and the School of Medicine (SOM). Our faculty support the education of graduate level students by promoting inter-professional collaborations and by offering innovative coursework at both SHSP and SOM. In addition, many of the faculty of our program also co-direct our Summer Student Program in Children’s Environmental Health for college and pre-clinical medical students.
REFERRALS & MEDICAL MANAGEMENT
We have access to the entire pediatric staff at the Maria Fareri Children's Hospital for evaluation and management of children with known or suspected exposure to environmental toxins. For all patients with asthma we comprehensive follow up with our Pediatric Pulmonology team. In addition, we offer virtual home visiting services for our patients with asthma.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
We provide community level exposure expertise and consultation. In addition, we provide seminars for schools and community organizations. In the past, our group has actively performed education in the classrooms of young children, in particular providing School Based Environmental Nutrition Education. We provide seminars for community partners on a variety of environmental health topics. We actively disseminate information about toxic substances and children's health.
PRIMARY CARE ASTHMA PRECEPTORSHIP
One of the many educational programs that we offer is a Primary Care Asthma Preceptorship (PCAP) program for primary care medical professionals who treat asthma. PCAP is an innovative 4 hour training session for primary care providers (physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians’ assistants, respiratory therapists) in the management of asthma. During this preceptorship, participants will be brought up to date on the clinical practice guidelines for care of children with asthma, the role of office pulmonary function tests, and how to integrate an environmental history into pediatric care, including how to minimize exposure to environmental toxins. For more information on PCAP, please click here.
NOT ONE MORE LIFE
Every year since our inception we have strived to provide an annual forum for Not One More Life, an innovative screening program for asthma and other respiratory disorders, to Westchester and Hudson Valley region. This program is a result of partnership with the staff of CEHCHV and churches and other faith-based agencies. There are great disparities in asthma recognition and care. Many people don’t even know they have asthma, and many are inadequately treated. This program is an attempt to make a change.