Ohio State doctors share lessons learned from the HIV/AIDS pandemic and how they shaped COVID-19 care
Susan Koletar, MD and Michael Para, MD, were working at the frontlines when the first HIV patients were identified in central Ohio in the 1980s.
The irony isn’t lost on Michael Para, MD. After caring for cancer patients during his fellowship in the late 1970s, he didn’t think he could emotionally handle being around dying patients. He decided to switch from oncology to infectious diseases instead. In May of 1981, just before he started at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Para received a call from a friend who worked at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It was a call that would ultimately reveal his destiny.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – A cardiac MRI of athletes who had COVID-19 is seven times more effective in detecting inflammation of the heart than symptom-based testing, according to a study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine with 12 other Big Ten programs. Learn more.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have new insights into how the heart’s sinoatrial node (SAN), the body’s natural pacemaker, and its electrical signals are affected during heart failure.
April 9, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio – To further educate the health care community, Bon Secours Mercy Health and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are hosting COVID-19 for the Long Haul, a continuing medical education event about how to care for patients in post-COVID recovery. The collaboration is a direct result of Healthy State Alliance, a strategic initiative between the two organizations to work together to improve community health.
The virtual event is April 10 from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. with Gov. Mike DeWine providing opening remarks to the more than 1,100 health care workers from 19 states registered to attend.
Physicians from both organizations will speak on topics such as COVID-19 risk factors and symptoms, the role of exercise, therapy, pain management and nutrition as well as the community health impact and community resources available to assist with recovery.