Lompoc Health’s Occupational and Environmental Medicine director will present a free lecture on Healthy Living in the Modern Space Age, 6 p.m. June 17 at Dick DeWees Community and Senior Center, at 1120 W. Ocean Ave.
The presentation by Dr. Supreet Khare is part of the Lompoc Hospital District Foundation’s Community Education Lecture Series.
Dr. Khare is medical director of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Lompoc Health – North H Center.
He will introduce the community to the positive and practical aspects of occupational and environmental medicine.
He will discuss how modern lifestyles, workplaces, technology, environmental factors, stress, sleep, ergonomics, and changing community dynamics can influence health and well-being.
Dr. Khare’s talk will focus on education, prevention and practical takeaways that community members and families can apply in their daily lives to stay healthy in modern communities.
He will also discuss:
• Thriving alongside technology and industry
• Healthy living and resilience
• Preventive health strategies
Dr. Khare specializes in industrial medicine, preventive medicine, public health, toxicology and internal medicine. He earned his Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery at the Armed Forces Medical College in India.
He completed a medicine residency at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson and earned his Master of Public Health (MPH) in occupational health from the University of Cincinnati in Ohio, where he also completed his occupational medicine residency.
Dr. Khare holds a Ph.D. in psychology from the Indian Institute of Research and Technology and an Executive Master of Business Administration degree in healthcare management from the Indian Management School and Research Center in Mumbai.