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Chief Medical Officer
Stanford Health Care – Tri-Valley
Clinical Associate Professor
Stanford Medicine
Increasing environmental stewardship in healthcare through clinical leadership
Dr. Svec champions sustainability in his leadership roles within Stanford Health Care.
In his role as Chief Medical Officer at Stanford Health Care – Tri-Valley, Dr. Svec serves on the Sustainability Executive Governance Committee, overseeing a baseline sustainability and climate assessment and developing a strategic sustainability plan this year.
As a Stanford School of Medicine faculty member, Dr. Svec is a co-professor of the Stanford Health Consulting Group class – a university course that provides the opportunity to analyze and solve major strategic and operational challenges in health care delivery and innovation through interdisciplinary team projects.
The class partnership began with an assessment of the quality and business case for sustainability in health care. Class teams have assessed the utilization and loss prevention opportunities of reusable linen inside of the Stanford Health Care, measuring the financial and environmental impact of linen use in the hospital setting. This quality improvement work is laying the foundation for expansion of reusable linen in place of single-use disposables. SHCG teams have also focused on energy use, water heating, and food selection.
Dr. Svec helped to launch the Stanford Health Care Sustainability Seed Grant 2022 with Dr. Lisa Shieh and Dr. Kari Nadeau to fund research projects on climate action and the health impacts of the climate crisis.
Creating sustainability strategy, executive leadership structures, and expertise for hospitals and healthcare practitioners.
Biophilic Design for Psychological and
Physiological Health Outcomes
Quality Improvement Waste Audits:
An Opportunity to Increase Environmental Stewardship in Healthcare
Building Sustainable Clinical Supply Chain,
Materials Management, and Nursing Leadership
Engaging Nurses in Qaste Sorting Quality: Liquids Reduction in Waste and Waste Sorting Guide. Training, Education, and Feedback
Supporting the Stanford Health Care Food System: Demonstrating the Benefits of
Healthy Food on Patient Outcomes
Reducing Hand Surgery’s Impact on the
Planet by Implementing Initiatives that
Decrease Disposable Waste
Leading Sustainability
Changes in Anesthesiology
Integrating the Nurses’ Voice in the Sustainable Guidelines from the Design & Construction Workgroup
Redistribution of Unused and
Clean Surgical Supplies
Returning Unused and Unopened Medical Supplies
Reduce Staff Commute by Single Occupancy Vehicle: Reductions Campaign & Commute Information
Evaluating the Emergency Department’s
Utilization of Biohazardous
(Red-Bag) Waste Bins
Mentoring and Coaching Healthcare
Professionals to Deliver
Climate Smart Healthcare
Quantifying the Pro-Environmental Impacts
of Telehealth Tobacco Treatments
Addressing the Environmental Impacts
of Orthopaedic Surgery
Standardizing Carbon Footprint
Calculations of Clinical Care Delivery
Empowering and Educating Healthcare
Professionals to Help Reduce the Environmental Footprint of Healthcare
Increasing Environmental Stewardship in
Healthcare Through Clinical Leadership
Optimizing Energy & Water Use for
Radiation Oncology Treatment
Practice Greenhealth Award Application & Reusable Product Pilot Implementation
Reducing the Carbon Footprint of the
Operating Room through Waste Reduction
