New York City COVID-19 resident physician exposure during exponential phase of pandemic

CONCLUSION Many resident physicians around NYC have been affected by COVID-19 through direct infection, quarantine, or redeployment. Lack of access to testing and concern regarding suboptimal PPE are common among residency programs. Infection risk may differ by specialty.FUNDING National Eye Institute Core Grant P30EY019007; Research to Prevent Blindness Unrestricted Grant; Parker Family Chair; University of Pennsylvania.

Source: Journal of Clinical Investigation - August 4, 2020 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Mark P. Breazzano, Junchao Shen, Aliaa H. Abdelhakim, Lora R. Dagi Glass, Jason D. Horowitz, Sharon X. Xie, C. Gustavo de Moraes, Alice Chen-Plotkin, Royce W.S. Chen, on behalf of the New York City Residency Program Directors COVID-19 Research Group Source Type: research