Session Title: Global Neurology in the Time of COVID: Addressing Clinical Care, Research, and Education
Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has had major global impacts on neurology care, education, and research, particularly in resource-limited settings. In this session, a diverse group of leaders in global neurology from around the world will discuss the impact of COVID-19 on delivery of neurologic care, research, and neurology training.
Chair: Aaron Berkowitz, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University
Co-Chair: Felicia Chow, MD, MAS, University of California, San Francisco
Objective(s):
Learners will be better prepared to navigate pandemic-induced changes in neurology by:
- Learning from diverse global leaders about challenges and successes around the world during the last year
- Participating in a dialogue with global leaders from diverse practice settings about care delivery in the time of COVID-19
- Applying innovative strategies to continue to advance global neurology care delivery, education, and research under current constraints
Presentations:
A Nation within a Nation: Neurologic Care in the Navajo Nation During COVID-19
Speaker:
Garrett Riggs, MD, PhD
Northern Navajo Medical Center, Indian Health Service
Keeping a Clinical Study Afloat During a Pandemic: Stories From Two Asia Cities
Speaker:
Phillip Chan, MBCHB, MRCP (UK), FHKCP, FHKAM
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Global Neurology in the Time of COVID: Addressing Clinical Care, Research, and Education
Speaker:
Elisa Resende, MD, PhD
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID: Disparities in Recognition and Challenges in Management
Speaker:
Allison Navis, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Neurological Manifestations of Patients with Mild-to-moderate COVID-19 Attending a Public Hospital in Lima, Peru
Oral Presenter:
Monica Diaz, MD
The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Epilepsy Stigma in the Republic of Guinea and its Demographic, Social, and Clinical Associations: A Cross-sectional Analysis
Oral Presenter:
Dylan Rice, BA
Massachusetts General Hospital