Emergency Medicine Physician
Inova Hospital System
Washington, District of Columbia
Dr. Samim Atmar is an Emergency Medicine physician working at the Inova Health System. He was born in Afghanistan and, at a young age, moved to Pakistan as a refugee before later immigrating to the United States as a teenager. He obtained his medical degree at Albert Einstein College of Medicine followed by residency at Mt. Sinai St Luke’s-Roosevelt in NYC. He completed the American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science Technology Policy Fellowship (STPF) with a focus on climate change and social justice at the US Agency for International Development (USAID). He is the co-chair of the Healthcare Sustainability Committee of the Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action. Dr. Atmar is fluent in Spanish and Farsi (Dari) and interested in exploring the nexus between health, climate change and social justice.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
The Heat Is On: Emergency Medicine in a Changing Climate
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
4:15pm – 4:35pm ET