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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 …
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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: …
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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: …
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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. …
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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 …
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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: …
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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: …
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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: …
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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, …
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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: …
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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: …
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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: …
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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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