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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 4/21/20

… will decline.  Estimates of R 0 for SARS-CoV-2 range from 2.2 to 5.7.  Measles ( R 0  = 15-18) and Mumps (R 0  = … while holding our breath for a vaccine.  Now I will lurch from COVID science to the annals of adversity.  David Starr … the local high school for girls. After obtaining a BS from Cornell and an MD from Indiana Medical College, he …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:01

COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 4/27/20

… completely rational.  On my drive home I heard a snippet from a Governor Cuomo press conference today describing the … the Donald H. Koch Center.  Previously: COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/26/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/25/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: …

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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 4/24/20

… updates in your inbox. Previously: COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/23/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/22/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/21/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:01

COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 4/26/20

… updates in your inbox. Previously: COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/25/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/24/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/23/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:01

COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 4/13/20

… few thousand per day in the next week or so. Medical teams from UCSF start working here today, joining the team from Cayuga Hospital that started last week. I met a surgeon from University of Minnesota in the ICU huddle on Friday. …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:01

COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 4/16/20

… us in the face for a year or two, but habit prevented us from taking advantage.  Traveling to Washington Heights to … care, as well as for helping patients distinguish us from Brand X. There are always pros and cons.  The seductive … off-site is no longer an excuse, nor is the time to move from one meeting to the next, since the transition occurs at …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:01

COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 4/29/20

… patients will approach the first human in their encounter from a base-camp of confidence.  This is the point at which … aggressively scrubbed with Clorox wipes. No one is exempt from this behavior.  In fact, higher rank only makes the … updates in your inbox. Previously: COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/28/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:01

COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 4/30/20

… to those for whom it’s not already too late.  Starting from the most mundane, preop testing needs to be considered.  … updates in your inbox. Previously: COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/29/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/28/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:01

COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 4/11/20

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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 4/18/20

… important announcement you should have received yesterday from NYP.  Serologic testing for antibody to the SARS-CoV-2 … implies that only those who contacted WHS and were excused from work are eligible.  Since a request for serologic … updates in your inbox. Previously: COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/17/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:01

COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 4/12/20

… it is time to begin cautiously straightening up from a defensive crouch. Myriad details related to that … not be a step function, like throwing the transfer switch from generator to grid. Even so, I think much of it will … been following along already know that Dante emerged from the underworld just before dawn, 700 years ago today, …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:01

COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 4/14/20

… I know you are experiencing the challenges of a transition from acute to chronic care.  Your early response to the surge … updates in your inbox. Previously: COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/13/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/12/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:01

COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 4/15/20

… updates in your inbox. Previously: COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/14/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/13/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/12/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:01

COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 4/10/20

… updates in your inbox. Previously: COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/9/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/8/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/7/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:01

COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 3/30/20

… possible.  For the NYP system alone this means increasing from a baseline of ~400 ICU beds to ~1100—almost a tripling … The entire group of remainders, I assure you, suffers from a thirst combined of guilt and FOMO that will never be … Surgeon-in-Chief, NYP/CUIMC Previously: COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 3/29/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: …

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