COVID-19: A Time Like No Other in (the Department of) Neurological Surgery

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has disrupted lives and indelibly impacted the practice of medicine since emerging as a pandemic in March 2020. For neurosurgery departments throughout the United States, the pandemic has created unique challenges across subspecialties in devising methods of triag...

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Published in:World neurosurgery 2021-04, Vol.148, p.256-262
Main Authors: Pannullo, Susan C., Guadix, Sergio W., Souweidane, Mark M., Juthani, Rupa G., Baaj, Ali A., Dupree, Tracey, Strybing, Kristin, Henry, Roseann F., Linen, Harry, O'Neill, John, Stieg, Philip E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Medical Centers
Biomedical Research
COVID-19
Delivery of Health Care
Education
Education, Distance
Faculty, Medical
From the Annals of Weill Cornell Neurological Surgery
Health Personnel
Hospital Departments
Humans
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery - education
Neurosurgery - methods
Neurosurgery - organization & administration
Neurosurgical Procedures
New York City
Operating Rooms
Pandemic
Personnel Management
Redeployment
SARS-CoV-2
Teleworking
Triage
Webcasts as Topic
Workflow
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Summary:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has disrupted lives and indelibly impacted the practice of medicine since emerging as a pandemic in March 2020. For neurosurgery departments throughout the United States, the pandemic has created unique challenges across subspecialties in devising methods of triage, workflow, and operating room safety. Located in New York City, at the early epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis, the Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Neurological Surgery was disrupted and challenged in many ways, requiring adaptations in clinical operations, workforce management, research, and education. Through our department's collective experience, we offer a glimpse at how our faculty and administrators overcame obstacles, and transformed in the process, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
ISSN:1878-8750
1878-8769
DOI:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.11.166