OVERVIEW

COVID-19: Lessons From The Front Lines in New York is organized by New York State Osteopathic Medical Society (NYSOMS).

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020 (7:30pm - 9:30pm)

Accreditation:
Participants can earn 2.0 AOA Category 1-A CME Credits for this activity*

Description:
Join us for this two-hour live online presentation, where our speakers share their expertise and what they've learned on the New York front lines of caring for patients with COVID-19. Hear the perspectives, challenges, and strategies from their different practice settings as the pandemic continues to evolve.

COVID-19: AN OSTEOPATHIC SURGICAL INTENSIVIST'S EXPERIENCE IN NEW YORK
Gerard Baltazar, DO, FACOS, FACS
Faculty Attending, Department of Surgery, NYU Winthrop Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor, NYU Long Island School of Medicine
• Summarize unique challenges and perspectives of surgical critical care specialists during the New York surge of COVID-19.
• Illustrate how understanding of COVID-19 and response evolved in real time on the front lines.
• Appraise opportunities for the use of osteopathic principles and practice for COVID-19 patients who require hospitalization.

QUARANTINE QUANDARIES: THE SIDE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL DISTANCING
Lawrence Northorn, DO, FACOFP
Family Medicine Physician
Assistant Professor, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine
President, NYSOMS
• Outline challenges/barriers of treating patients in a primary care setting.
• Discuss long and short-term effects the pandemic will have on managing patients & primary care practice.
• Consider emotional and physical health consequences patients will experience.

VIRTUAL VISITS- PRACTICE IMPLEMENTATION
Hallie Zwibel, DO, MPH, FAAFP
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine
Medical Director, Academic Healthcare Centers
Director of Sports Medicine, New York Institute of Technology
• Differentiate types of virtual visits.
• Explain documentation requirements and regulatory changes.
• Effective strategies for implementing virtual visits in a physician practice.