Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

1) Understand the overarching strategies for a Surge Response to a pandemic event
2) Identify the tactical requirements for expanding testing capacity during a pandemic event
3) Understand the specific testing challenges that have been in play during the COVID-19 pandemic

Faculty:
James M. Crawford, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Senior Vice President for Laboratory Services, Northwell Health

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

Dr. Crawford is a consultant for the Technical Advisory Committee of ClaraPath (No Renumeration), is a Board Member for Santa Fe Foundation, LLC (NO Renumeration) and the President of the NorthWell Health Genomics Alliance (No Renumeration).