Well Newborn
COVID-19
Public Health
Neonatology
Global Neonatal & Children's Health
Immunizations/Delivery
David Kaufman, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics
University of Virginia School of Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Dustin Flannery, DO, MSCE
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Neonatology
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has changed the way we care for our patients, do our jobs and live our lives. While many of our hopes for a return to more normal times are pinned on an effective vaccine, the history of vaccination pregnant women and newborn infants - the patients we take care of - is one that is complicated by both a complex biology and social perception of vulnerability and safety. The explosion in vaccine development and research may also be fruitful in preventing and improving outcomes from many other neonatal infectious diseases. Maternal and neonatal vaccination may provide direct and indirect protection against neonatal infection-possibly even early and late-onset neonatal infections. What do we know about the safety of maternal vaccines, their efficacy in protecting the newborn and the challenges of eliciting immune response in newborns upon vaccination? How does this knowledge translate to what we can expect with the anticipated vaccine against SARS-CoV-2? Drs. Swamy and Levy will help us answer some of these questions while informing of us of the advances we can expect and how we can participate in the process of protecting our patients
9:00 | Welcome and Introduction - Dr Dustin Flannery
9:15 | Dr Geeta Swamy
9:45 | Dr Ofer Levy
10:15 | Q&A
10:45 | Closing remarks - Dr David Kaufman
11:00 | session ends
Presenter: Geeta Swamy, MD – Duke University
Presenter: Ofer Levy, MD, PhD – Boston Children's Hospital
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