Keeping Patients Safe: A Message to Our Neurosurgery Patients

Keeping Patients Safe: A Message to Our Neurosurgery Patients

Joshua B. Bederson, MD, Chair of Neurosurgery, and Vicki LoPachin, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President, Mount Sinai Health System, discuss the measures taken to ensure patient safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Bederson also urges patients not to put their health care on hold, but rather to get the care they need. Leslie Schlachter, PA, Clinical Director of Neurosurgery, explains the protocol that patients must follow prior to surgery.


Published

June 8, 2020

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Physician's Channel - Mount Sinai New York

Featured Faculty

Joshua Bederson, MD

Joshua Bederson, MD

The Leonard I. Malis, MD / Corinne and Joseph Graber Professor of Neurosurgery
Chair of Neurosurgery for the Mount Sinai Health System

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Vicki LoPachin, MD, FACP, MBA

Vicki LoPachin, MD, FACP, MBA

Chief Medical Officer
Senior Vice President
Mount Sinai Health System

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Leslie Schlachter, PA

Leslie Schlachter, PA

Clinical Director and Chief Physician Assistant
Department of Neurosurgery
Mount Sinai Health System

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