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Dr. Matula Adams - Covid 19 in Queens, NY

A frontline physician shares her experience at the height of the crisis in New York

with Ken Kemp – Posted: July 24, 2020 

RECORDED July 3, 2020

Podcast Show Notes

St John’s Episcopal Hospital

Queens, New York

See the NYTimes Video report

on St. Johns and Queens

 

 

Matula Adams, M.D. 

Born in Athens Greece, she completed Medical School which was always her life dream. She worked in France in brain mapping while a student and did clinical rotations in surgery, particularly in transplant in Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital. Matula was recruited from the NIH, Department of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases where she did a post-doctorate fellowship. She is currently completed con her Medical Certification process, is ECFMG certified, at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital this spring. Matula is a volunteer in local nonprofit clinics and at doctors’ offices when she is needed. Also passionate about art, she resides in Dallas with her husband and their children.
 
This year, she found herself on the front lines working long shifts battling the Coronavirus. She, along with her courageous co-workers, works at high risk. Exhausted and in need of basic safety equipment in the ER and ICU, she has called for prayers – and compliance with all the safety measures called for by our leaders and medical professionals.
 
Dr. Adams is a member of the Board of Directors for Flite To Freedom where Ken assists with communication.

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