2024 Plenary Speaker
Earth and Health - Integrating Planetary Health into
Medical Education

Carlos Faerron Guzman, MD, MSc
Associate Professor and Program
Director, Global Health Programs, University of Maryland Baltimore
Director,
Centro Interamericano para la Salud Global (CISG)
Associate Director,
Planetary Health Alliance, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Adjunct
Faculty, Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at Harvard University
The plenary will explore the emerging field of planetary health and its critical importance in the training of future health professionals. Planetary health focuses on understanding and addressing the interdependent health of human civilizations and the natural systems on which they depend. This session aims to illuminate the ways in which the health curriculum can be enriched with planetary health concepts, frameworks, and values.