Here is the webinar recording for our virtual meeting on May 6, 2020.
COVID 19
Coronavirus Updates
Here a graphic showing the number of cases in the United States. I hope to be able to keep this updated. Most of the data comes from the link below. […]
COVID-19 Update: The Backstory and Protecting the Healthcare Workers May 6th
The first-ever San Francisco Surgical Society Virtual meeting.
We will have three guest speakers to give us updates on the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.
Our speakers will be Dr. George Rutherford III, Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics at UCSF, Director, Prevention and Public Health Group, and Dr. Joseph Forrester, Surgeon, Stanford University and former Lieutenant, U.S. Public Health Service, and Dr. Janice Louie, Medical Director, San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Program.
Dr. Rutherford will give the backstory of the COVID-19 pandemic in his talk entitled, “The short history, explosive epidemiology, and prevention of COVID-19”.
Dr. Janice Louie will show a few slides specific to the pandemic in San Francisco.
Dr. Forrester will talk about “Protecting the Healthcare Provider during an Outbreak: Lessons from Ebola applied to COVID.” He was part of the CDC response team dealing with the last Ebola Virus outbreak.
Register for the event at this URL:
https://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/5815860298997/WN_oVmFWx9NQcKkALygzDmCjA
