Journal of neurosurgical anesthesiology
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J Neurosurg Anesthesiol · Jan 2022
The Impact of COVID-19 on Trainees: Lessons Learned and Unanticipated Opportunities.
Dr. Emanuel Martin Papper was a Professor and Department Chair at Columbia University whose top passion was training the next generation of anesthesiologists. As such, a fitting topic for discussion at Columbia University Department of Anesthesiology's Papper Symposium was the "The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Trainees: Lessons Learned and Unanticipated Opportunities," presented by Dr. ⋯ The innovative educational responses, including a pivot to virtual learning and virtual recruitment, provided a silver lining to the health care crisis. Another bright spot was that anesthesiology as a specialty rose to the forefront of patient care. Anesthesiologists displayed impactful leadership during the pandemic, paving the way for future growth and broadened reach of our specialty.
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Dr. Emanuel Papper, the founding chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at Columbia University, was passionate about research, training, and innovation. At an event held in his honor on March 20, 2021, experts came together to discuss the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its myriad challenges. ⋯ Technology such as V-SAFE has helped to accrue extensive postdevelopment safety data that will be utilized for licensure of these vaccines. The COVID-19 vaccine success is tempered by the knowledge that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 continues its natural selection of variants that threaten the efficacy of vaccines. Important questions remain regarding the future of the COVID-19 pandemic, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 variants, successful vaccination strategies, and preparedness for future pandemics.
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J Neurosurg Anesthesiol · Jan 2022
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C): Experiences With a New Disease Process.
On March 20, 2021, the Columbia University Department of Anesthesiology hosted the Papper virtual event dedicated to an academic discussion of various aspects of coronavirus disease-2019. Dr. Eva Cheung, a pediatric intensivist and pediatric cardiologist, spoke about the clinical challenges associated with tackling multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, a novel clinical entity in pediatric patients related to coronavirus disease-2019, and the experience with confronting multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children in New York.