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CLIMATE HEALTH ROUNDTABLE Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 9:30-11AM Harvard Medical School Tosteson Medical Education Center – Walter Amphitheater 260 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02115 Please join us to hear a panel of experts from the research, practice and political fields discuss the health impacts of climate change. Coffee & Conversation 9:30-10:00 Roundtable Discussion 10-11:00 PANELISTS: SUZANNE CONDON, MSM, Associate Commissioner and Director of Bureau of Environmental Health, Massachusetts Department of Public Health SENATOR MARC PACHECO, First Plymouth and Bristol District and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change and Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Public Health MARY RICE, MD, Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellow, Harvard Combined Program and Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School JEFF SEYLER, President & CEO, American Lung Association of the Northeast MODERATOR: DIANE PICKLES, Vice President, M+R Strategic Services RSVP: Annie Rushman, [email protected], 781-314-9011 Directions (see map below for building location): Via Car From West of Boston Take I-90 East (Massachusetts Turnpike) to exit 18 (Cambridge/Allston). Bear right after toll booth at end of exit ramp. Turn right after lights (before the bridge) onto Storrow Drive (about one mile) to Kenmore Square exit. Bear right at end of exit ramp into Kenmore Square. Take leftmost fork at intersection onto Brookline Avenue. Follow Brookline Avenue approximately 1 mile (Beth Israel Hospital will be on the left) until Longwood Avenue. Take left onto Longwood Avenue and follow approximately ¾ mile. From South or North of Boston Take I-93 North or South to exit 26 (Storrow Drive/North Station). Keep left at end of ramp and take underpass to Storrow Drive. Follow Storrow Drive approximately 2.5 miles to Kenmore Square exit (on left). Bear right at end of exit ramp into Kenmore Square. Take leftmost fork at intersection onto Brookline Avenue. Follow Brookline Avenue approximately 1 mile (Beth Israel Hospital will be on the left) until Longwood Avenue. Take left onto Longwood Avenue and follow approximately ¾ mile. Via Subway Green Line D train Take train to Longwood station. From station, turn left on to Chapel Street and walk up short hill to Longwood Avenue. Turn left on to Longwood Avenue. Green Line E train Take train to Longwood Medical Area station. From here proceed down Longwood Avenue towards the hospitals. Harvard Medical School is about a five minute walk and will be on your left. Parking: There is no parking at Harvard Medical School for the event, information about Longwood Medical Area garages can be found online. .

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