TAMEST Conversation on COVID-19: Survival and Recovery
TAMEST (The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas) held a conversation on COVID-19: Survival and Recovery, on Wednesday, September 9. Dr. Claire Aldridge of UT Southwestern, a survivor of COVID-19, joined a hospital president and two physicians leading COVID-19 recovery clinics to explore what the path to recovery looks like and what long-term health impacts may result from the novel coronavirus. The session examined what the science says about duration of infection, the spectrum of symptoms and possibility of reinfection.
Moderator: Claire Aldridge, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Commercialization and Business Development,
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Speaker: Marc L. Boom, M.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Ella Fondren and Josie Roberts Presidential Distinguished Centennial Chair,
Houston Methodist
Speaker: Alka Gupta, M.D.
Medical Director, Integrative Health and Wellbeing;
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine
Speaker: Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, M.D.
Chairwoman,
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
UT Health San Antonio