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General Overview of Approaches to Treatment & Prevention of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
October 21, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT
Dr. Cheston Cunha takes a deep dive into how clinicians and scientists approach the treatment and prevention of SARS-CoV-2 during the global pandemic.
This free event is brought to you by the 2021 ASM Clinical Virology Symposium (CVS), one of a 4-part CVS Online: SARS-CoV-2 Webinar Series featuring leading experts in the field discussing the most pressing topics around COVID-19.
Participants will be able to ask questions during this live Q&A.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Cheston Cunha, M.D.
Rhode Island Hospital
Cheston Cunha, M.D. is the Medical Director of the Rhode Island Hospital and Miriam Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Program. He acts as an associate program director for the Infectious Disease Fellowship at Brown and Co-Course Leader of the Medical Student Infectious Disease Course. He is also assistant professor of medicine at Brown University Alpert School of Medicine. He has received the Dean’s Excellence in Teaching award from the Alpert Medical School of Brown University on numerous occasions, as well as the Beckwith Family Teaching Award and the Steven Opal Teaching Award. He has contributed over 45 articles and 65 book chapters to the medical literature. He serves as editor of the books: Antibiotic Essentials, Antimicrobial Stewardship: Principles & Practice, Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Stewardship in Critical Care Medicine and Schlossberg’s Clinical Infectious Disease.
This virtual event is open to ASM members and non-members. Registration opens Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021.