a practicing pulmonary and critical care physician in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine can speak to the health effects of wildfire smoke.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, wildfire smoke can make anyone sick, but some people — including children, people who have chronic conditions and people who are pregnant — have a higher risk of getting sick. Wildfire smoke can reach far away from where fires burn.

Carlos is an active member of the American Thoracic Society and contributed to the organization’s . He is also an IU Bicentennial Professor of Medicine and serves as the Chief Physician Executive for IU Health Physicians at Eskenazi Health.

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