DOM Newsletter Archive & COVID-19 Resources The COVID-19 Resource page is a repository of valuable information gathered by the Department of Medicine during the epidemic. DOM Newsletter Archive DOM Progress Note Bulletin 2024 Progress Note Bulletins enCOMPASS Issue 5 - Feb/March 2024 2023 Progress Note Bulletins Progress Note Issue 66 - September 22, 2023 Progress Note Issue 65 - September 8, 2023 Progress Note Issue 64 - August 18, 2023 Progress Note Issue 63 - July 28, 2023 Progress Note Issue 62 - July 14, 2023 Progess Note Issue 61 - June 23, 2023 Progress Note Issue 60 - June 09, 2023 Progress Note Issue 59 - May 19, 2023 enCOMPASS Issue 3 - May/June 2023 Progress Note Issue 58 - April 07, 2023 Progress Note Issue 57 - March 24, 2023 Progress Note Issue 56 - March 10, 2023 Progress Note Issue 55 - February 24, 2023 enCOMPASS Issue 2 - February 10, 2023 Progress Note Issue 54 - January 27, 2023 Progress Note Issue 53 - January 13, 2023 2022 Progress Note Bulletins 12/16/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 12/02/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 11/18/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 11/04/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 10/21/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 10/07/2022 - enCOMPASS Issue 1 09/23/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 09/09/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 08/19/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 08/05/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 07/22/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 07/08/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 06/24/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 06/10/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 05/27/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 05/13/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 04/29/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 04/15/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 04/01/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 03/18/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 03/04/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 02/18/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 02/04/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 01/28/2022 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin 2021 Progress Note Bulletins 12/17/2021 - Progress Note: Department of Medicine Weekly Bulletin DOM COVID-19 Second Surge Update 2021 Archive DOM Daily COVID-19 Update Newsletter Archive 2020 Archive COVID-19 Resources VIDEO LECTURES LTV Ventilator 1200 (Carefusion) (Sami Nachman, MD) Optimizing Ventilator Settings for Patients Outside of an ICU During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Daniel G. Fein, MD) Sedation and Analgesia Guideline for Patients Not in the ICU (Dr. Krystal Clevan) Management of Respiratory Failure During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Essentials for Non-Intensivists (Drs. Divya Reddy and Vivek Murthy) Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation and Management of Tracheostomy in COVID-19 Era (Drs. Ali Sadoughi and Bradley Schiff) OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES Returning an N95 Mask for Reprocessing Prone Position for Spontaneously Breathing COVID-19 PatientsCreated by JT Tina Chen, MD, and Michelle Gong, MD, MS. Respiratory Protocol for COVID19 pdf Management of COVID-19 Patients on Mechanical Ventilator s/p Tracheostomy Tube Placement pdf Tracheostomy Instructional Guideline for Management of COVID-19 Patients (pdf) Created by Divya Reddy MBBS, MPH, Ali Sadhoughi MD, and Bradley A. Schiff MD) COVID-19-RELATED PRESENTATIONS Chair of Medicine Update on COVID-19 Effort and Other Series 7.23.20 Internal Seminar Series: COVID-19 Associated Diabetes (Video) Speakers: Yaron Tomer, M.D., FACP; Anita and Jack Saltz Chair in Diabetes Research; Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine; and Shivani Agarwal, M.D., MPH; Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology), Montefiore Einstein 4.23.20 Link to slides | video Chair of Medicine Update #3 on DOM COVID-19 Effort; Presented by Yaron Tomer, MD. 4.7.20 View slides. This presentation was not recorded.Chair of Medicine Update #2 on DOM COVID-19 Effort; Presented by Yaron Tomer, MD. 3.24.20 Chair of Medicine Update #1 on DOM COVID-19 Effort (see highlights). This presentation was not recorded. COVID-19 Medicine Grand Round Series 11.19.20 COVID-19 Surge Update (Video) Presented by Inessa Glendina, MD, East Campus Director, Infection Prevention and Quality Improvement; East Campus Director, Infectious Diseases; Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Montefiore Einstein. 9.24.20 COVID-19 Testing for Disease Surveillance and Control (Video) Presented by Michael Mina, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 9.17.20 The Spectrum of Pulmonary Complications of COVID-19: Airway, Alveolar and Vascular Compromise; (Video) presented by Divya Reddy, MBBS, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Pulmonary Medicine) 9.10.20 COVID-19 and HIV (Video) Presented by Steven Johnson, MD, Professor, Medicine-Infectious Disease; Associate Division Head for Clinical Affairs, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado School of Medicine; Director, University of Colorado HIV/AIDS Clinical Program 8.27.20 COVID-19 and the GI Tract (pdf) Presented by Daniel Behin, MD, Gastroenterology Attending; Professor, Department of Medicine (Gastroenterology); and Fellowship Director, Gastroenterology. 8.20.20 Updates on COVID-19 Therapeutics and Vaccines (PPT pdf) Speaker: Barry Zingman, MD, Clinical Director of Infectious Diseases at the Moses Division of Montefiore Medical Center; Medical Director of the Montefiore AIDS Center; Professor of Medicine at Einstein 8.13.20 COVID-19 in Persons with Cancer Video Speaker: Noah Kornblum, MD, Bone Marrow Transplant/Heme Malignancy; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Oncology; Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care 8.6.20 COVID-19 and Research from the Division of Allergy & Immunology (Video) Speaker: Manish Ramesh, MBBS, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine; Director Montefiore Food Allergy Centers, Division of Allergy & Immunology, Montefiore Einstein 07.30.20 SARS CoV2 and the Liver (PPT Slides) Speaker Shalom Z. Frager, MD, Attending Physician and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hepatology, Montefiore Einstein 07.23.20 Caring for Our Patients in the Era of COVID-19, Division of Rheumatology - Video Speakers: Bibi Ayesha, MD; Director of Vasculitis Clinic; Director of QI, Division of Rheumatology; Rheumatology Fellowship Associate Program Director, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology); Tamar Rubinstein, MD; Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics (Pediatric Rheumatology) and; Attending Physician, CHAM; and Clement Tagoe, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine (Rheumatology), Chief, Department of Medicine Division of Rheumatology 7.23.20 Internal Seminar Series: COVID-19 Associated Diabetes - Video Speakers: Yaron Tomer, M.D., FACP; Anita and Jack Saltz Chair in Diabetes Research; Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine; and Shivani Agarwal, M.D., MPH; Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology), Montefiore Einstein 07/16/2020 Diabetes, Multimorbidity, and COVID-19 Video Speakers: Shivani Agarwal, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology) and Nir Barzilai, Professor, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology); Professor, Department of Genetics; Ingeborg and Ira Leon Rennert Chair in Aging Research; Director, Institute for Aging Research 07-09-20 The Impact of COVID-19 on Renal Disease (PPT Slides) Speaker: Neelja Kumar, MD, Division of Nephrology 07-02.20 Facing the Surge: Montefiore Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine and the COVID-19 Crisis of Spring 2020 in the Bronx (Video not available) Speaker: Adam Keene, MD, Division of Critical Care/Pulmonary Medicine 06-25-2020 COVID-19 Related Myocarditis VideoSpeaker: Sasha Vukelic, MD; Division Cardiology 06-23-2020 Hypercoagulability and Thrombosis in COVID-19 Video Speaker: Margarita Kushnir, MD; Division of Hematology 06-11-2020 Structural Racism and COVID-19 Video Speakers: Matthew Akiyama, MD; Chanelle Diaz, MD; Iman Hassan, MD; Tiffany Lu, MD; Jon Ross, MD; Shani Scott, MD, Division of General Internal Medicine 06-04-2020 The Inpatient Medical Service During the COVID-19 Pandemic Slides pdf and video Speakers: Drs. Jessica Dekhtyar, Jessica Pacifico, Keron Lezama, Shitij Arora, Division of Hospital Medicine 06-03-2020 What We Can Learn From Convalescent COVID 19 Patients: Antibody Responses And Development of Monoclonal Antibodies Video Speakers: Johanna Daily, MD and Kartik Chandran, PhD Link to Johanna Daily's slides pdf Kartick Chandran's slides pdf and Video (Password: 5M*f9$^1) 5-27-2020 Convalescent Plasma for COVID-19 (Slides only pdf) Speaker: Liise-anne Pirofski, MD, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases 05-21-2020 COVID-19 and Older Adults: Clinical and Ethical Issues Video Speakers: Amy Ehrlich, MD, Professor of Medicine; Associate Chief, Division of Geriatrics; Medical Director, Montefiore Home Care and Tia Powell, MD, Professor in the Departments of Epidemiology & Population Health and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Division Head, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health Biomedical and Bioethics Research Training; and Dr. Shoshanah Trachtenberg Frackman Faculty Scholar in Biomedical Ethics 04-23-20 Medicine Chair’s Update #3 on DOM COVID-19 Efforts Video Presented buy Yaron Tomer, MD, Chair, Department of Medicine. 04-14-2020 Psychological PPE: Enhancing Resilience in the Face of Stress Video Presented by Carol A. Bernstein, MD, Professor and Vice-Chair for Faculty Development and Wellbeing, Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science and Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health . 04-09-20 Medicine Grand Rounds: An Evolving Global Pandemic Video Speaker: Divya Reddy, MBBS, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmoary Medicine) 03-19-2020 - Video COVID-19 Update: Preparedness at Montefiore Speakers, Inessa Gendlina, MD; Priya Nori, MD; and Barry Zingman, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases. Slide Presentation (pdf) 03-06-2020 COVID-19 Update: Preparedness at Montefiore Ambulatory Clinics Video Presented by Inessa Gendlina, MD, East Campus Director, Infection Prevention and Quality Improvement; East Campus Director, Infectious Diseases; Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Montefiore Einstein. 3.31.20 Special Grand Rounds Update on COVID-19; Speaker, Lindsey Baden, MD, Director of Clinical Research in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Video. 3.31.20 COVID-19 Update: Webinar: Theresa Madaline, MD, Montefiore Healthcare Epidemiologist. Video Resources for Healthcare Workers First-Aid for Burnout (FAB) Provider burnout is commonly experienced by healthcare workers and has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. DOM clinical psychologist Stephanie Leung, Ph.D. Dr. Leung will offer recommendations, resources, and facilitate referrals if needed. All contact with the First-Aid for Burnout program will be strictly confidential. Email fab@einsteinmed.org. This is a private email account that is accessed only by Dr. Leung.The COVID-19 Recovery (CORE) Clinic The Department of Medicine's CORE clinic provides follow-up and recovery engagement to patients who had COVID-19 in order to address their ongoing symptoms and chronic conditions, as well as any new issues that arise related to their COVID-19 infection. Patient referrals can be made by calling 844-556-6683, extension #36. More info here.Montefiore Resilience | Coaching & WorkshopsRootwise Leadership has developed for Montefiore faculty a series of focused coaching and affinity groups and three interactive workshops intended to break down some of the myths about resilience and wellness in the work place while teaching some practical tools. Visit the website for more info, a schedule of coaching and workshops, and to register. Occupational Health Services (OHS) COVID-19 Response Team Please see the following documents to learn the latest protocols followed by OHS. Guidance on workplace implications of test results for SARS-CoV-2 here An overview of the protocols followed by OHS for associates exposed to COVID-19 is found here and more details can be found here. Guidance for who can work after post-vaccine side effects is found here House Staff Wellbeing Resource List A comprehensive list of resources provided by the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and To Your Health! Associate Wellness. To access resources, visit the website or use the QR code in the resource list. COVID-19 In the News CBS News 'Bravery and Hope: 7 Days on the Front Line' Michelle Ng Gong, MD, MS, Chief, division of pulmonary medicine and clinical care medicine and colleagues are featured in this behind the scenes look at Montefiore during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch the full segment here. Dr. Michelle Ng Gong Among Museum of the City of NY Game Changer Honorees Michelle Ng Gong, MD, MS, Chief of the Divisions of Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine, was among six 'Champions & Change Makers of the COVID-19 Crisis' honored by the Museum of the City of New York. The MCNY’s Champions & Change Makers Virtual Award Ceremony aired June 17, 2020, on YouTube.
