Stefan Wheat
Acting Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Sites of Practice: 
Harborview Medical Center
University of Washington Medical Center - Northwest

Faculty Information

Biography

Stefan Wheat, MD is an emergency physician and faculty in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Washington, practicing at both Harborview Medical Center and UWMC—Northwest Hospital emergency departments. With the Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE) at the University of Washington, Dr. Wheat works to understand the scope of the health threats posed by climate change, promote healthcare system adaptation and emergency preparedness, and inform policies to keep people safe in a rapidly changing world. He completed a fellowship in Climate & Health Science Policy at the University of Colorado where he worked as a Physician-Fellow at the Department of Health and Human Services in their Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE) and as an Associate Research Scientist at Columbia University’s Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education. His work has included founding ClimateRx, a seamless tool designed to help health professionals to connect with patients and colleagues on how we can respond to the health risks of climate change, and the development of Climate Resources for Health Education (CRHE), a global health professional-led initiative that aims to provide free, publicly accessible, evidence-based resources to accelerate the incorporation of climate change and planetary health information into educational curricula.

Education & Training: 
MD
University of Vermont Robert Larner College of Medicine
Burlington, VT
2018
Residency
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
2021
Fellowship, Climate Health Science & Policy
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO
Contact
Mailing Address: 
UW Medical Center - Northwest
Box 358802
1550 N 115th Street
Seattle, WA 98133
Research & Clinical Interests
Research Interests: 
Climate change health impacts 
Health system resilience to climate change driven hazards
Patient facing climate change and health education
UME, GME, and CME climate change and health education
Publications