Gayle Kouklis, MD

Gayle Kouklis graduated from UCSF Fresno Emergency Medicine Residency where she spent her four years pursuing both wilderness and climate and health medicine outside of clinical practice. She continues to work closely with the Parkmedic program, having spent time teaching both national courses and local courses in Yosemite, Sequoia/Kings Canyon, and Rocky Mountain National Parks. She and several colleagues were awarded a grant from the California Resilience Challenge to design a climate vulnerability and adaptation assessment of Fresno County. She currently is working with FEMA and the Environmental Defense Fund as a fellow with University of Colorado Climate Change and Health Science Policy program. She remains on faculty at UCSF Fresno and works in the community in Southern Oregon.