Department of Medicine Covid-19 Grand Rounds - The State of the Pandemic, and Covid-19 and Immunosuppressed Patients

The State of the Pandemic, and Covid-19 and Immunosuppressed Patients

Session moderated by Bob Wachter

In this UCSF Department of Medicine Covid-19 Medical Grand Rounds, we begin with an update on the state of the pandemic by George Rutherford. We’ll consider the current state of regional surges, as well as the dire situation in India. Then we will turn to the unique challenges of patients whose immune system is suppressed by virtue of disease or treatments. What are their risks? Do the vaccines work? Do they need to be tested for vaccine efficacy? Do they need to be more careful than people with normal immune systems, both before and after vaccination? Speakers include rheumatologist Lianne Gensler, oncologist Shagun Arora, and infectious disease specialist Brian Schwartz. 

Speakers:

George Rutherford, Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics; Director of the Prevention and Public Health Group

Lianne Gensler, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology at VA

Shagun Arora, MD, Asst. Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology at UCSF Health

Brian Schwartz, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases at UCSF Health

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