ONMedU has joined a webinar with US doctors on counteraction and treatment of COVID-19

  • 13. 04. 2020

Odessa National Medical University has joined a COVID-19 treatment webinar with the participation of Ukrainian and American doctors.

The webinar was initiated by businessman Andrii Stavnicer, who oversees the fight against the spread of COVID-19 in Odessa. The discussion was moderated by the acting Vice-Rector of Odessa National Medical University, the Head of the Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine Professor Oleh Tarabrin. “We are at the stage of preparation, and your experience is of great importance to us, because you are now at the epicenter of the pandemic. Your experience is very important, ”Oleh Tarabrin emphasized.
The video conference was joined by Professor of Pediatric Reanimatology, Dnipro Academy of Medicine, Denis Surkov, anesthesiologist of The Brooklyn Hospital Center Eugene Pinelis (NY), associate professor of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, internist of Montefiore Weiler Hospital Valentyna Holoborodko (NY), ONMedU , University of California and Harvard graduate, medical group administrator of Kaiser Permanente Hospital Network Alexander Rakul (Oakland, CA) and others.
Currently, there are approximately 14,000 COVID-19 patients at medical institutions in New York alone. The American colleagues shared their experience of treating patients, in particular in the difficult conditions, treatment methods and protocols, as well as the experience of organizing resuscitation wards organizing.