Topic: Defining and Treating Long-COVID: An Ongoing Challenge and a Call to Action

Speaker: Dr. Upinder Singh

Objective(s): 

  1. Summarize research into Long-COVID, focusing on the first observations of chronic sequelae of infection early in the pandemic and the subsequent development of a local clinical program to treat patients with Long-COVID. 
  2. Outline the NIH RECOVER program to establish a national program to study and define Long-COVID and the program's recent successes. 
  3. Outline Stanford’s approach to find treatments for Long-COVID with the description of the first global trial of the use of an antiviral (Paxlovid) in the treatment of Long-COVID to include the rationale, study design, and lessons learned to date."
Session date: 
09/21/2023 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm EDT
Location: 
Lecture Hall 160
Greenville, SC 29605
United States
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  • 1.00 ABS MOC I (Accredited CME)
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