Monday, October 3rd, 2022
9:00 am to 9:15 am
Welcome from Dr. Diana Zuckerman, President of National Center for Health Research, and Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, Chair of Rehabilitation Medicine at Long School of Medicine at UT Health Science Center
9:15 am to 10:15 am
Panel I: Autoimmunity and Long COVID:
Dr. Rasika Karnik, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Internal Medicine, and Director of Post COVID Recovery Clinic
Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, Chair of Rehabilitation Medicine at Long School of Medicine at UT Health Science Center
Dr. Esther Melamed, Dept. of Neurology and Research, and Director of PASC Program at Dell Medical School at UT Austin Audience Q&A
10:15 am to 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am to 11:30 am
Panel 2: ME/CFS and Long COVID
Emily Taylor MA, V.P. of Advocacy and Engagement at Solve M.E.
Dr. Hector Bonilla, Clinical Associate Professor, Dept. Infectious Diseases, and Co-Director of PACS Clinic at Stanford University
Lisa McCorkell MPP, Long COVID patient; co-founder of Patient-Led Research Collaborative Audience Q&A
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Panel 3: The Challenges of Caregiving
Dr. Talya Fleming, Director of Post-COVID Rehabilitation & Aftercare Programs at JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute
Chimére Smith, Diversity in Volunteerism Consultant for #MEAction with caregiver Sequoia S. Thompson
Dr. Alexandra Yonts, Director of Children’s National Hospital Pediatric Post COVID Program Clinic Audience Q&A
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
Networking Lunch at Via Sophia restaurant
1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Panel 4: Long COVID Among Children and Teens
Moderator: Dr. Alexandra Yonts, Director of Children’s National Hospital Pediatric Post COVID Program Clinic
Dr. Amanda Morrow, Co-Director of Pediatric PASC Rehabilitation at Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Dr. Laura Malone, Co-Director of Pediatric PASC Rehabilitation Clinic at Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Dr. Amy Edwards, Director of Pediatric COVID Recovery Clinic at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital Cleveland
Audience Q&A
2:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Networking Break
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Panel 5: The Role of the Veterans Administration
Dr. Jacqueline Neal, Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Northwestern University; Physiatrist at Jesse Brown VA
Dr. Brionn Tonkin, Chief of Neurorehabilitation at Minneapolis VA, and Dr. David Atkins, Director of Veterans Administration Health Services Research and Development Service
Audience Q&A
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Panel 6: Ongoing Research and What’s Needed Next?
Moderator: Dr. Irene Estores, Director of Integrative Medicine Program and COVID RESTORE program, University of Florida
Dr. Steven Deeks, Professor of Medicine at UCSF, and Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
Dr. David Putrino, Director of Rehabilitation Innovation at Icahn School of Medicine: Mount Sinai Audience Q&A
5:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Final Remarks:
Dr. Diana Zuckerman and Dr. Monica Verduzco Gutierrez
5:30 pm
Optional Happy Hour