Meeting

Term Member Virtual Meeting: One Year From the Front Lines in NYC—Remembering the First Wave of COVID-19 and Preparing for the Next

Monday, March 1, 2021
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Speakers
Marwah Abdalla

Assistant Professor of Cardiology and Director of Education for the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center

Makini Chisolm-Straker

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine; Member, Emergency Medicine All Threats 

Craig Spencer

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of Global Health, New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center; Board of Directors, Medecins Sans Frontieres USA

Sonya Stokes

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Global Health, Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine; Fellow, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security; Member, CFR Independent Task Force Report on Preparing for the Next Pandemic; CFR Term Member 

As the one-year mark approaches of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in New York City, frontline physicians reflect on the first and second waves of COVID-19, and discuss specific steps to improve emergency preparedness and response for the third wave. 

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