Samantha Ahdoot is a practicing pediatrician at Pediatric Associates of Alexandria in Virginia and an Assistant Professor of Medical Education at University of Virginia School of Medicine. She was elected to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Council on Environmental Health Executive Committee for two terms, and served as lead author on their Global Climate Change and Children’s Health Policy Statements and Technical Reports, published in Pediatrics in November 2015 and revised in March 2024. Dr. Ahdoot wrote the Climate Change chapter of the AAP’s book, Pediatric Environmental Health, 4^th Edition, published in 2019, and served as the AAP representative on the Steering Committee of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health. She served as Environmental Champion on the Board of the Virginia Chapter of the AAP for eight years and is current Chair of Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action, a coalition of clinicians bringing climate and health education and advocacy opportunities to the medical community in Virginia.