Dr. Mona Sarfaty is the Director of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health comprised of 21 medical societies representing over 550,000 physicians, more than half the physicians in the U.S. She is a family medicine physician and public health doctor who has engaged in teaching, research, and advocacy for over 30 years.  As an academic faculty member with expertise in primary care, preventive services, and health policy, she lectured at national & regional venues including medical societies, health plans, health departments, professional organizations, & government conferences.  In the middle of her career she worked as a Senior Health Policy Advisor for the U.S. Senate Health Committee for 7 years under the Chairmanship of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, where she planned hearings, wrote legislation, negotiated policy, and met with constituents.  She is the author of widely circulated guides and publications, including many peer reviewed articles and two book chapters on climate change and health.  She founded the Consortium in 2016 after assessing physician experience with the health effects of climate change in cooperation with the George Mason University Center for Climate Communication.