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The World Trade Center Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence (CCE) at Mount Sinai recently hosted Dutch occupational medicine experts to share 20 years of insights on caring for 9/11 responders. Dr. Franz van den Nieuwenhof, an occupational medicine physician from VerzuimConsult, a leading consulting firm providing occupational health support to employers, highlighted similarities between COVID-19's impact on Dutch healthcare workers and 9/11 responders. “We are confident that we can learn much from their approach,” he said. Dr. Sandra M. Lowe, Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Environmental Medicine, and Medical Director of the WTC Mental Health Program emphasized, “There are meaningful actions we can take to treat trauma-associated conditions.” The event underscored the importance of international collaboration in enhancing mental health support. #WeFindAWay