Harvard alums on the front lines
One came out of clinical retirement to help. A second works in an emergency room at the center of the U.S. pandemic. A third treats low-income and immigrant communities outside of Boston. Judy Salerno, S.M. ’76, M.D. ’85, S.P.H. ’85, Tony Dajer ’78, and Mallika Marshall ’92 are among the thousands of medical professionals working nonstop to care for patients as the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the nation. The three physicians spoke recently with the Gazette about their experiences on the front lines of the crisis and the lessons the pandemic may teach. Judy Salerno Salerno came out of clinical retirement to help with the COVID-19 pandemic by liaising between medical providers and families of patients with the disease. She is the president of the New York Academy of Medicine. GAZETTE: Where are you working right now? SALERNO: I’m working at Bellevue Hospital, which is a large public hospital, a safety-net health care facility...