Three Texas doctors talk about caring for gravely ill coronavirus patients — and themselves.
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This session is supported by Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas.
El Sahly is an infectious disease specialist and an associate professor of molecular virology, microbiology and infectious diseases at the Baylor College of Medicine. She is an investigator at the Baylor College of Medicine Vaccine Research Center and principal investigator at the university’s Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit. El Sahly also serves as the chair of the Food and Drug Administrations’ Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee.
Madi serves as the chief of critical care medicine and director of the intensive care unit at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas. He specializes in general pulmonary medicine and has over 23 years of experience in the medical field.
Saravanan serves as the chief medical officer for the Odessa Regional Medical Center, a 225 bed tertiary care hospital, and the Scenic Mountain Medical Center, a 146 bed full-service community hospital in Big Spring, Texas. Previously, he served as chief medical officer of MASH Urgent Care in Buffalo,New York and director of clinical education and integration at the Jericho Road Community Health Center, which is also in Buffalo.
