Cynthia M.A. Geppert, MD

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The Peer Review Process During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author:: Cynthia M.A. Geppert, MD

Publish date: July 12, 2021

The editors of Federal Practitioner provide a report card on the journal’s peer review process and published articles.

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The Veterans Health Administration Approach to COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation—Balancing Utility and Equity

Author:: Cynthia M.A. Geppert, MD

Publish date: February 8, 2021

The VHA vaccine allocation plan is based on an ethical platform with flexibility to adjust to evolving facts and is designed to ensure a fair, resp...

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Recalled to Life: The Best and Worst of 2020 Is the Year 2020

Author:: Cynthia M.A. Geppert, MD

Publish date: December 4, 2020

This has been a year in which our individual identities as health care professionals have been subsumed in our realities as citizens of a nation in...

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The Other Pandemic: Addiction

Author:: Cynthia M.A. Geppert, MD

Publish date: October 6, 2020

The acute stress and social isolation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating the challenges already faced by those who struggle with subs...

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All Hands on Deck: The Federal Health Care Response to the COVID-19 National Emergency

Author:: Cynthia M.A. Geppert, MD

Publish date: August 13, 2020

Although many aspects of the federal COVID-19 response have been lacking, federal health care providers have been on the frontlines providing essen...

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The Dog Days of COVID-19

Author:: Cynthia M.A. Geppert, MD

Publish date: July 9, 2020

Could pets be the answer as stay at home orders have prompted worries for an emerging mental health care crisis for socially isolated individuals?<...

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A Tale of 2 Medications: A Desperate Race for Hope

Author:: Cynthia M.A. Geppert, MD

Publish date: June 8, 2020

The pressure on health care providers to find a magic bullet in the battle against COVID-19 is unprecedented and unimaginable and can easily lead t...

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The Duty to Care and Its Exceptions in a Pandemic

Author:: Cynthia M.A. Geppert, MD

Publish date: May 11, 2020

Health care workers have an ethical duty to care for patients even at their own peril, but they must not face a disproportionate risk of exposure t...