Dr. Erin Kane interviews patient flow experts Dr. Eugene Litvak, Dr. Peter Viccellio, and Hallie Kreul on the topic of the post-COVID surgical backlog and inpatient capacity. Tune in to hear how some hospitals have leveraged surgical smoothing to achieve the impossible dream: increased surgical bandwidth, abundant revenues, and timely care for ER p…

Dr. Meltzer discusses concussion assessment with Dr. David Levine and Dr. Will Denq. Dr. Levine is a practicing Emergency Medicine Physician and Regional Medical Director who also works directly with many companies across the county, focusing on utilizing technology to aid and improve the daily operations of clinical teams.Dr. Denq is clinical assi…

Marisa Dowling, MD, MPP is the GW Health Policy Fellow for the Class of 2021. Dr. Dowling graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Human Biology. She then attended Duke University for medical school and earned a Master in Public Policy degree from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Dr. Dowling completed residency training in Emergen…

Dr. Meltzer discusses POCUS in the Era of COVID-19 with Dr. Kathleen Ogle and Dr. Mike Blaivas including:• Characteristic cardiac and lung findings• The role of serial exams• The role of POCUS in tracking disease progressionDr. Kat Ogle is an Assistant Professor at the George Washington University. She is engaged in medical student, resident and fe…

Dr. Solomon is the Clinical Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute. He and Dr. Meltzer discuss what insights genomics research might be able tell us about COVID-19.Av Urgent Matters

Dr. Meltzer talks about COVID-19 impact on the NYC area with Dr. Ethan Cowan. As the pandemic spread exponentially throughout the country, NYC has been dealing with the brunt of its effects for weeks. Dr. Cowan shares his experience on changes to flow, clinical research, and provider moral.Av Urgent Matters