Surgeons Can Make an Impact on Quality and the Environment

As an energy- and resource-intensive field, surgery plays an outsized role in carbon output of a hospital—but surgeons are beginning to take action and address the unintended environmental impact of their practice. Watch Mehul V. Raval, MD, MS, FACS, and Gwyneth A. Sullivan, MD, MS, describe what recent research is showing about how surgeons can play a part in safeguarding the environment, discussed further in a March Bulletin article.