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- 03Providing Hope to Our Community Through Research
- 04Highlights from the University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute
- 05Highlights from the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center
- 06UC Health Launches Region’s First Post-COVID-19 Clinic
- 07Father of Two Recovers from COVID-19 After Six Weeks at UC Medical Center
- 08COVID-19 Milestones in the Community
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- 13UC Health Nurses Lead the Way
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06UC Health Launches Region’s First Post-COVID-19 Clinic
UC Health launched Greater Cincinnati’s first clinic dedicated to providing subspecialized care to COVID-19 patients with lingering symptoms, often referred to as “COVID-19 long-haulers or long-COVID.”
The clinic provides a team of multidisciplinary specialists and subspecialists to help patients who have been diagnosed with PASC and referred to UC Health by their primary care physicians.
“As Greater Cincinnati’s only academic health system, we are pleased to be able to provide a post-COVID-19 clinic where multiple specialties and clinicians combine their expertise to help patients suffering from PASC. We can help,” said Charles Hattemer, MD, UC Health physician, chief of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, and the Mabel Stearns Stonehill Endowed Chair and Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the UC College of Medicine.
After a patient is diagnosed with possible PASC and referred by their primary care provider, an initial consultation is held with a UC Health cardiologist or pulmonologist via telehealth. UC Health specialists will frequently initiate a panel of simple tests to better understand the patient’s condition.
The UC Health Post-COVID-19 Clinic includes subspecialists in cardiology, pulmonology, neurology, rheumatology, psychology and dermatology.
The Post-COVID-19 Clinic is led by Richard C. Becker, MD, UC Health physician, director of the UC Heart, Lung and Vascular Institute, and professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the UC College of Medicine; and Rachel Foot, MD, UC Health physician and assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the UC College of Medicine.
Experts at UC and UC Health are also conducting clinical and scientific research into PASC to learn more about how COVID-19 affects this subset of patients.
“In addition to providing a consolidated clinic where we have the resources to provide cardiac rehabilitation, pulmonary rehabilitation, physical therapy and subspeciality care, we also are conducting research into PASC,” Dr. Becker said. “As the region’s academic health system, we are uniquely positioned to conduct such research, and what we learn is translated to the patient and the care that is provided to them.”
