COVID-19's Long-Term Effects To Be Discussed At Stony Brook Forum

STONY BROOK, NY — Experts from Stony Brook Medicine’s post-COVID-19 clinic will discuss long-term effects and approaches to care in a virtual forum on Tuesday.

As part of "Post-COVID: In it for the long haul" speakers will include neurologist Dr. Angieszka Kowalska, pulmonologist Dr. Abigail Chua, and psychiatrist Dr. Jenna Palladino, interim director of adult outpatient psychiatry. It will be moderated by Dr. Sritha Rajupet, director of population-based health initiatives of the Department of Family, Population, and Preventive Medicine, and primary care lead of the post-COVID clinic.

It will be live-streamed at 4:45 p.m.

Most people with COVID-19 get better within weeks, but some experience long-term side effects, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Post-COVID-19 conditions range from "new to returning, or ongoing health problems" that patients can experience for weeks after first being infected with the virus, Stony Brook Medicine officials said.

Stony Brook’s post-COVID-19 clinic opened in November 2020 at Stony Brook Medicine’s Advanced Specialty Care in Commack to provide ongoing care and assessment of adults who are recovering from the virus. At the clinic, patients have access to a range of doctors such as primary care physicians and specialists in the areas of cardiology, pulmonary and vascular medicine, nephrology, neurology, as well as mental health providers.

The clinic provides care for patients who are still experiencing symptoms, and staffers monitor patients for "any late effects of COVID-19 infection," officials said.

For more information go to, https://www.stonybrookmedicine.edu/advancedspecialtycare/post_COVID_clinicThe livestream event can be seen on Facebook at at https://www.facebook.com/298909540164955/posts/4578401205549079/ and YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vqCloqgKGg