CYPRESS, Calif., April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- AAGL
Gynecologic Surgeons host a global webinar on Thursday, April 2, 2020, 3:00 pm PT/6:00 pm
ET- to discuss surgical safety practices in response to the
COVID-19 crisis.
AAGL frontline surgeons from John Hopkins Hospital in
Maryland, Louisiana State University Healthcare Network in
New Orleans and Amsterdam
University Medical Center in the
Netherlands will discuss what every gynecologist needs to
know about safe surgery and perioperative care during the COVID-19
Pandemic, including: background on the virology principles
impacting our healthcare delivery, information about impact of
COVID-19 on a surgical setting, methods to mitigate risks and how
to nimbly adapt perioperative care during this crisis.
Moderators: Sarah L. Cohen, MD,
MPH of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,
Minnesota and Amanda Nickels
Fader, MD of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland will oversee the
discussion and facilitate a question and answer session from
physicians listening live from around the world. Faculty include:
Robert A. de Leeuw, MD, PhD,
Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands Stacey A. Scheib, MD,
Louisiana State University Healthcare
Network, New Orleans, Louisiana,
Rebecca L. Stone, MD, MS, John
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore,
Maryland, David L. Thomas,
MD, MPH, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
"This webinar is slated to be an engaging and informative
discussion from leading surgeons on the frontlines of the COVID
pandemic." -Jubilee Brown, MD, AAGL President
This webinar training will be available live on AAGL's Online
Video Platform, SurgeryU. The event is available to the public and
registration is complimentary. Visit: https://bit.ly/2UW38iS for
more information.
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AAGL is a professional medical association of laparoscopic
surgeons and is the global leader in minimally invasive gynecologic
surgery. AAGL's mission is to elevate the quality and safety of
health care for women through excellence in clinical practice,
education, research, innovation and advocacy. The AAGL is
accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for
physicians. Find out more about the AAGL at:
http://www.aagl.org.
SOURCE AAGL