Add to Calendar2021-06-17 19:00:002021-06-17 20:00:00Department of Medicine Covid-19 Grand Rounds - The Delta Variant, and Lessons from the Pandemic (with Andy Slavitt)
The Delta Variant, and Lessons from the Pandemic (with Andy Slavitt)
Session moderated by Bob Wachter
In this UCSF Department of Medicine Covid-19 Medical Grand Rounds, we begin with an update on the pandemic from UCSF epidemiologist George Rutherford, with a particular focus on the Delta variant, which began in India and is both more infectious and partly vaccine resistant. It has now become the dominant virus in the UK, and threatens to do the same in the U.S.
The bulk of the session will be an interview with Andy Slavitt, who recently left his role as White House senior advisor on Covid-19 and whose book, “Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response,” was published this week. Slavitt will reflect on the successes and failures of the past 18 months, describe the inside story of how the Biden team approached the vaccine rollout, and discuss how the pandemic has changed the healthcare system forever.
Speakers:
George Rutherford, MD, is Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at UCSF. He serves as the Medical Director of Prevention and Public Health Group. His research focuses on the epidemiology and prevention of infectious and tropical diseases of public health.
Andy Slavitt, MBA, was President Biden’s White House Senior Advisor for the Covid-19 response from January to June 2021. He has led many of the nation’s most important health care initiatives, serving as President Obama’s head of Medicare and Medicaid and overseeing the turnaround, implementation and defense of the Affordable Care Act. He is the founder of United States of Care, a national non-profit health advocacy organization as well as a founding partner of Town Hall Ventures, a healthcare firm that invests in underrepresented communities. He chronicles what goes on inside the government and across the nation at town halls, in USA Today, and on Twitter. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Business School, he is host of the popular Covid-themed podcast “In the Bubble.”
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In this UCSF Department of Medicine Covid-19 Medical Grand Rounds, we begin with an update on the pandemic from UCSF epidemiologist George Rutherford, with a particular focus on the Delta variant, which began in India and is both more infectious and partly vaccine resistant. It has now become the dominant virus in the UK, and threatens to do the same in the U.S.
The bulk of the session will be an interview with Andy Slavitt, who recently left his role as White House senior advisor on Covid-19 and whose book, “Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response,” was published this week. Slavitt will reflect on the successes and failures of the past 18 months, describe the inside story of how the Biden team approached the vaccine rollout, and discuss how the pandemic has changed the healthcare system forever.
Speakers:
George Rutherford, MD, is Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at UCSF. He serves as the Medical Director of Prevention and Public Health Group. His research focuses on the epidemiology and prevention of infectious and tropical diseases of public health.
Andy Slavitt, MBA, was President Biden’s White House Senior Advisor for the Covid-19 response from January to June 2021. He has led many of the nation’s most important health care initiatives, serving as President Obama’s head of Medicare and Medicaid and overseeing the turnaround, implementation and defense of the Affordable Care Act. He is the founder of United States of Care, a national non-profit health advocacy organization as well as a founding partner of Town Hall Ventures, a healthcare firm that invests in underrepresented communities. He chronicles what goes on inside the government and across the nation at town halls, in USA Today, and on Twitter. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Business School, he is host of the popular Covid-themed podcast “In the Bubble.”
Or join by phone by dialing (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 312 626 6799 or
+1 646 558 8656 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 301 715 8592
International numbers available: https://ucsf.zoom.us/u/abBh6VatYU
He is the founder of United States of Care, a national non-profit health advocacy organization as well as a founding partner of Town Hall Ventures, a healthcare firm that invests in underrepresented communities. He chronicles what goes on inside the government and across the nation at town halls, in USA Today, and on Twitter. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Business School, he is host of the popular Covid-themed podcast “In the Bubble.”