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COVID-19

Two-Hour Concurrent Session

COVID-19 and the Immune System

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM US CST

CE: 2.0

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

Ryan Maves, MD, FCCM

Professor of Medicine and Anesthesiology
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston Salem, North Carolina

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Mona Patel, BCCCP, PharmD, FCCM

Clinical Pharmacy Manager, Surgical ICU
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

This session will cover the current understanding of COVID-19-related immune response, including moderate and severe disease, plus immune response to vaccination.

Learning Objectives:

Compare the differences in immune response between respiratory viruses and COVID-19
Explore the pivotal mechanisms of immune response in COVID-19
Summarize treatment options based on the dysregulated host response
Evaluate the immune response to the COVID-19 vaccines

Presentations:

COVID-19 Disease and the Immune Response
Concurrent Session Faculty: Kenneth Remy, MD, MSCI, MHSc – Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
COVID-19 Immunity and Immune Evasion
Concurrent Session Faculty: Ryan Maves, MD, FCCM – Wake Forest School of Medicine
COVID-19 Vaccination and the Immune System
Concurrent Session Faculty: Gavin Hudson Harris, MD – Emory University School of Medicine
Immunomodulator Management for COVID-19
Concurrent Session Faculty: Alexandra Barber, BCCCP, BCPS, PharmD – Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center