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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

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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SUMMER 2020

Coronavirus Chronicles:
Berks Responds

The More Things Change the More 	
They Remain the Same
COVID-19 Challenges for
Primary Care
Interview with Debra Powell, MD
Seeing Each Other by a
Different Light
Addiction Medicine and COVID-19
Situation & Response: Stress,
Coping, Running and Covid-19
Fear and Loathing (but mostly Fear)
and Faith in the ICU
Inspired by the Generosity and
Resourcefulness of Our Community
Medical Education
Addressing an Ongoing Epidemic
During a Pandemic
Penn State Health St. Joseph in its
Finest Hour
From Basketball Arena
to Hospital in 2 Weeks
4th Year Medical Student
Reading Hospital - Tower Health
Response to COVID-19

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32	 The Doctor Will See Your Now, From
	Anywhere
33	 COVID Experience
34	 Living with COVID-19
35 	 "The dirty little secret of the 	
	 COVID-19 crisis"
35	 A Laboratory Response to the Global 	
	Pandemic
36	 Anxiety, Moral Distress, and Healing 	
	 in a World with COVID-19
37	 A Note of Gratitude to our 	
	 Community's Physicians
38	 An Agent-Based Simulation 	
	 Model to Inform COVID-19 	
	 Intervention Decisions
42 	 Berks PPE Resource Network: 	
	 Mobilizing our Community
45	 The Foundation of the Pennsylvania 	
	 Medical Society
46	 Berks Nature RX
47 	 PAMED Legislative Update

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8 	 Compass Points
				

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