COVID-19 Pandemic Grand Rounds: Epidemiology, Transmission, Diagnostics and Clinical Course

In this April 9, 2020 grand rounds, Keck Medicine of USC physicians discuss COVID-19's epidemiology, transmission, diagnostics and clinical course.

AGENDA

Topic 1: Epidemiology and transmission/infectivity
Neha Nanda, MD, medical director of infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship at Keck Medicine of USC and clinical associate professor of medicine

Topic 2: Diagnostics
Andrea Kovacs, MD, division head of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Center for Infectious Diseases and professor of pediatrics, pathology and preventive medicine

Topic 3: Initial clinical presentation, course, risk stratification and home care
Rishi Mehta, MD, clinical assistant professor of medicine and Anuj Ohri, MD, clinical assistant professor of medicine

Topic 4: Pathophysiology of severe illness/criteria for ICU admission
Zea Borok, MD, chief of the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine and professor of medicine; Santhi Kumar, MD, vice chair for quality and safety and assistant professor of clinical medicine; and Peter Marshall, MD, clinical vice chief of critical care and clinical associate professor of medicine