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BERKS COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
A Quarterly Publication
To provide news and opinion to support
professional growth and personal connections within
the Berks County Medical Society community.
Berks County Medical Society
MEDICAL RECORD
Lucy J. Cairns, MD
Editor
Features
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Editorial Board
D. Michael Baxter, MD
Jillian Ventuzelo, DO
T. J. Huckleberry, MPA
Raymond C. Truex Jr., MD, FAANS, FACS
Berks County Medical Society Officers
Michael L. Haas, MD
President
Jillian Ventuzelo, DO
President Elect
Kristen Sandel, MD
Chair, Executive Council
Ankit Shah, MD
Treasurer
Jin Xu, MD
Secretary
Gregory T. Wilson, DO
Immediate Past President
T. J. Huckleberry, MPA
Executive Director
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Why Do Obese
Patients Suffer
Worse from
COVID-19?
Useful Pandemic Resources
Selected by your Editor
Doctor-Pharmacist Communication
in the Hospital Setting
22 Measuring the Success of Mitraclip
Technology via Predictive Modeling
26 A College Student's Perspective on
COVID-19 in Berks County
28 Drexel University College of
Medicine at Tower Health Welcomes
Karen Restifo, MD, JD, to Berks
Community as Inaugural Vice Dean
30 Berks County COVID-19 Health
Advisory Panel
31 Influenza Vaccination More
Important than Ever During the
Pandemic
32 Student Summer Research Projects
Berks County Medical Society
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Science Research Institute in Berks
Broadens Research-Based Learning
for Kids
The Amazing World of Butterflies
Tower Health Adds UV Disinfection
Robots to Healthcare Team
Reflections on the War-
Then and Now
Welcome New Members
54 Berks Nature Rx
55 The Foundation of the Pennsylvania
Medical Society
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4 President's Message
6 Editor's Comments
10 Compass Points
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