In this session, Dr. Hall will discuss his recent experience as a patient with COVID-19, which led to his admission to the ICU. Following this discussion, Dr. Hall will provide an overview of the health disparities related to kidney and gastrointestinal diseases in African Americans. Next, he will review the significantly increased incidence of renal disease and discuss some of the causes, including a genetic link.  Infectious hepatitis demographics and other gastrointestinal disease differences will also be reviewed.    

Please note that any data, indications, and guidelines presented in this activity are current as of the recording on 1/19/2021 and they are subject to change as new information is published.

Gregory L. Hall, MD

Associate Professor of Integrative Medical Sciences, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, Assistant Clinical Professor in Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, Director, Center for African American Health, Research, Education & Policy, Cleveland, OH