Marc Futernick, MD, is an Emergency Physician and climate advocate.  He serves as National Director of Sustainability for U.S. Acute Care Solutions, a multi-specialty physician services company, focused primarily on Emergency Medicine.  

Dr. Futernick is a graduate of UCLA (B.S. Biochemistry) and Tulane University School of Medicine. He completed residency training in Emergency Medicine at UCSF-Fresno in 2000 and has practiced primarily in Los Angeles since then.

Dr. Futernick was an original founder of the Environmental Action Committee at Dignity Health California Hospital Medical Center (CHMC).  CHMC’s environmental efforts have been recognized by Practice Greenhealth each year since 2013.

Dr. Futernick is the founding Managing Editor for the open access Journal of Climate Change and Health.  He also serves on the Board of Directors of Climate Resolve, a non-profit whose mission is to champion equitable climate solutions.

Dr. Futernick is a Past President of the California Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Dignity Health California Hospital Medical Center Foundation.

Dr. Futernick joined the Steering Committee of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health in 2019 as a representative for the California state chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).  He currently also represents ACEP and serves as the Chairman of the Executive Committee.

Dr. Futernick lives in Pasadena with his wife and two sons.