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Catherine Thomasson, MD Profile
Executive Director
(office) 202.587.5240
(cell) 703.402.0632
cthomasson@psr.org

Barbara Gottlieb Profile
Director, Environment and Health
202.587.5225
301.593.6140 (after hours)
bgottlieb@psr.org

PSR Spokesperson Available for Media Calls re: First Responders and Nuclear Disasters

Ira Helfand, MD  
Leeds, MA 01053
413-320-7829 (c)
413-584-5933 (h)
ihelfand@igc.org

For questions for the First Responders from Japan, contact:

Morgan Pinnell
Safe Energy Coordinator
202-587-5232
mpinnell@psr.org

PSR Spokespeople Available for Media Calls re: Mercury and Air Toxics from Power Plants

Walter Tsou, MD, MPH
(Pennsylvania)

215-242-6272
walter.tsou@verizon.net

Lynn Ringenberg, MD, FAAP
(Florida)
813-760-7017
ring46@me.com

Gwen L. DuBois MD, MPH
(Maryland)
410-601-0070
gdubois@pol.net

Ken Rosenman, MD
(Michigan)

517-353-1846
Rosenman@msu.edu

Ian Alward, MD
(Texas)

512-744-3806

Maureen McCue MD, PhD
(Iowa)
319-828-4789
mickiq@earthlink.net

PSR Staff and Board Members Available for Media Calls re: Medical Consequences of Japan's Nuclear Reactor Accident

Ira Helfand, MD
Leeds, MA 01053
413-320-7829 (c)
413-584-5933 (h)
ihelfand@igc.org

Catherine Thomasson, MD
Executive Director
Washington, DC 20009
202-587-5240 (o)
cthomasson@psr.org

Robert Gould, MD
San Francisco, CA
408-972-7299 (w)
rmgould1@yahoo.com

 

Richard Grady, MD
Seattle, WA 98115
206-601-2802 (m)
206-526-0551 (h)
206-987-2130 (o)
Richard.grady@seattlechildrens.org

Andy Kanter, MD, MPH
PSR President Elect
New York, NY 10033
Office:  212-305-4842 
Cell: +646-469-2421 
andrew.kanter@dbmi.columbia.edu
andy_kanter@yahoo.com
akanter@imo-online.com

Jeff Patterson, DO
Madison, WI
608-256-3983 (h)
608-206-2101 (c)
jjpatter@wisc.edu

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Guided by the values and expertise of medicine and public health, Physicians for Social Responsibility works to protect human life from the gravest threats to health and survival. PSR is the medical and public health voice working to prevent the use or spread of nuclear weapons and to slow, stop and reverse global warming and toxic degradation of the environment.

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Press Clippings

  • May 3, 2013
    Video: East Bay Lawmaker Wants Toxics Out of Insulation

    Sarah Janssen, MD, speaking on behalf of NRDC and PSR, discusses the health impact of toxic flame retardants.

    Source: KCBS
  • April 29, 2013
    Video: Widespread Obesity: Are Certain Chemicals Also a Big Contributor?

    Dr. Susan Katz, a retired pediatrician, biochemist, and present Chair of the Environmental Health Work Group of Oregon PSR talks about some of the new research on "obesogens", the specific class of chemicals that appear to promote weight gain in humans and possibly other mammals.

    Source: Huffington Post
  • April 26, 2013
    Audio: Political Perspectives

    Radio interview with Oregon PSR leaders and essay contest winners discussing the Particles on the Wall exhibit, which focuses on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

    Source: KBOO

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