Observations and Commentary on Medicine and Current Events
Chadi welcomes back Rafael Fonseca, MD, interim executive director, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, to discuss the steps that large cancer centers should take to protect their patients as well as staff from COVID-19 infection, specific measures that Mayo Clinic has taken for developing in-house testing, and more.
Chadi welcomes back Emily Landon, MD, executive medical director of infection prevention and control, University of Chicago, to provide updates on issues of state-funded COVID-19 testing and laboratory resources, management considerations for immuno-compromised patients in oncology clinics, importance of social distancing and isolation to limit the strain on local health systems, and more.
Emily Landon breaks down current exposure risk and mortality rates of COVID-19, preventative steps to avoid exposure, and promising therapies on the horizon.