Mount Sinai NY Surgeon on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brooklyn, NY, USA

Abstract

A surgeon was among the teams caring for critically-ill patients with COVID-19 infection during the height of the pandemic in March and April 2020 in Brooklyn. He recorded his experiences and thoughts as events unfolded, a chronicle of the landmark public health event of the century. Working to exhaustion alongside his colleagues from Mount Sinai Hospital, he encountered tragedy and inspiration.