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. 2021 Feb 16;2(2):100190.
doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2021.100190. Epub 2021 Jan 14.

The endangered physician-scientist and COVID-19

Rajesh C Rao  1 , Brian J Dlouhy  2 , Brian C Capell  3 , Oluwaseun Akeju  4
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The endangered physician-scientist and COVID-19

Rajesh C Rao et al. Cell Rep Med. .

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost every stakeholder in healthcare, including the vulnerable population of clinician investigators known as physician-scientists. In this commentary, Rao et al. highlight the underappreciated challenges and opportunities, and present solutions, for physician-scientists vis-à-vis the uniquely disruptive event of the pandemic.

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