September 2020 IMPACT OF SARS-COV-2 ON THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT AND INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASEFeaturing: Stephen B. Hanauer, MD and Robert F. Kushner, MD
Episode SummaryA recent Northwestern Medical Grand Rounds presentation by Stephen B. Hanauer, MD, the Clifford Joseph Barborka Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and medical director of the Digestive Health Center, reviews the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection, with a focus on the gastrointestinal tract, as well as the potential impact of inflammatory bowel disease therapies on the risk and treatment of SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19.
Robert F. Kushner, MD, professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, also presents the link between obesity and COVID-19. |
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