COVID-19 as of March 30, 2020: What do we know? What don’t we know? What do we need to know?
An online webinar, a second Coronavirus (COVID-19) Symposium sponsored by New York Medical College of the Touro College and University System. Continuing Education credits are available upon request.
Program
Introduction and Welcome
by Alan Kadish MD
Cardiologist | President, Touro College and University System
The Epidemiology of COVID-19: What we know so far and what we are likely to learn
by Robert Amler, MD, MPH
Dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice, New York Medical College | Former Regional Health Administrator at US Department of Health and Human Services | Former Medical Epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Legal and policy issues in the midst of a pandemic: What we know and what is yet-to-be-determined?
Rodger D. Citron
Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship & Professor of Law, Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
What we have learned about the clinical management of suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients in the last month
by Marisa Montecalvo, MD
Infectious Disease Specialist, Professor of Medicine, New York Medical College
“The better angels of our nature”, or maybe not: A medical historian’s perspective on bigotry and xenophobia during a pandemic
by Edward C. Halperin, MD, MA
Chancellor/CEO, New York Medical College
What the public health commissioner knows and what she wished she knew in responding to COVID-19
by Sherlita Amler, MD, MS
Commissioner of Health, Westchester County NY
“I’m going crazy and my kids are driving me crazy.”: Practical mental health advice while sheltering-in-place
by Jeffrey Lichtman, Touro College Graduate School of Education, Lucille Weidman Program Chair, Jewish Childhood Education & Special Education; Assistant Professor, Jewish Childhood Education & Special Education
Q&A
Responses will be provided to the questions submitted in advance of the webinar. Questions may be submitted to covid19updates@touro.edu until 10 AM on Monday, March 30th
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This meeting has been approved for 1.5 CME credits by the Office of Continuing Medical Education, New York Medical College free of charge as a community service to our Healthcare Providers
