Virtual Symposium: Lessons in a Pandemic

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Saturday, November 14, 2020

• 8:00am - 9:00am

  Keynote Presentation

  James McDonald, MD, MPH: Chief Administrative Officer, BMLD Medical Director Center for Customer Services Medical Director Center for Policy Informatics and Communication Medical Director Overdose Prevention Program
  1.0 CE Credit

  Identify the challenges of COVID-19 in Rhode Island while navigating healthcare during a pandemic.

• 9:00am - 9:30am

  Preventing COVID Spread While Caring for Patients

  John Lonks, MD: Associate Professor The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Director, Inpatient Infectious Diseases Consult Service Hospital Epidemiologist Miriam Hospital
  0.5 CE Credits

  Discuss interventions employed to protect the health and welfare fo both patients and the clinical workforce.

• 9:30am - 10:00am

  Advances in COVID Treatments

  Timothy Flanigan, MD: Professor of Medicine infectious Disease Division of The Miriam and Rhode Island Hospitals and Brown Medical School
  0.5 CE Credits

  Describe the ongoing evolution of treatment choices in managing COVID-19.

• 10:00am - 10:30am

  COVID Vaccine Update

  Karen Tashima, MD: Scientific Director of HIV Care of the Infectious Disease Division, Director of HIV Clinical Trials, Chair of the Miriam Hospital's IRB
  0.5 CE Credits

  Demonstrate understanding COVID vaccine: timeline to treatment.

• 10:30am - 11:00am

  Pediatric COVID-19

  Ian Michelow, MD: Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric infectious disease at Hasbro Children's Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
  0.5 CE Credits

  Develop understanding and knowledge of viral impact on the pediatric population.

• 11:00am - 11:30am

  Long term Effects of COVID-19

  Jennifer Adelson-Mitty, MD: Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Attending physician at The Miriam Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital, Deputy editor: Infectious disease of Up-to-Date online medical decision support resource
  0.5 CE Credits

  Discuss and understand the impact of Sars-CoV-2 in the future

• 11:30am - 12:00pm

  Panel Q&A Session

  0.5 CE Credits

• 12:00pm - 12:30pm

  Evaluation and Post-test

  0.5 CE Credits