Teleneurology Expansion in Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak at a Tertiary Health System in New York City
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- Received July 28, 2020
- Accepted January 19, 2021
- First Published March 9, 2021.
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Author Disclosures
- Benjamin R. Kummer, MD,
- Chloe Sweetnam, MSc (chloe.sweetnam{at}mssm.edu),
- Barbara G. Vickrey, MD, MPH (barbara.vickrey{at}mssm.edu),
- Georges Naasan, MD (georges.naasan{at}mssm.edu),
- Dayneen Harvey, CPC (dayneen.harvey{at}mssm.edu),
- Kimberly Gallagher (kimberly.gallagher{at}mssm.edu) and
- Nathalie Jetté, MD, MSc (nathalie.jette{at}mssm.edu)
- Benjamin R. Kummer, MD,
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(1) MD Aware, LLC
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(1) Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - Office of Well Being and Resilience grant for clinical informatics tools to support care coordination (awarded in Dec 2019, after manuscript was originally submitted)
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(1) Syntrillo LLC (formerly known as NeuroView LLC) - medical advisory board Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials: (1) Syntrillo LLC (formerly known as NeuroView LLC)
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- Chloe Sweetnam, MSc (chloe.sweetnam{at}mssm.edu),
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- Barbara G. Vickrey, MD, MPH (barbara.vickrey{at}mssm.edu),
NIA-funded study, COADS (Indiana University), Data Safety and Monitoring Board, 2018-present
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Japanese Society of Neurology, travel and honorarium for speaking at 60th annual meeting
Stroke section editor for Implementation Science, 2020-present (unpaid)
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NINDS, U54 NS081764, PI, 2012-2020; NIA R56 AG067045, co- investigator, 2020-2021; NIA P30 AG028741, Co-Leader of Pilot and Exploratory Studies Core, 2020-2025
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California Community Foundation, PI of grant
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- Georges Naasan, MD (georges.naasan{at}mssm.edu),
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- Dayneen Harvey, CPC (dayneen.harvey{at}mssm.edu),
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- Kimberly Gallagher (kimberly.gallagher{at}mssm.edu) and
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- Nathalie Jetté, MD, MSc (nathalie.jette{at}mssm.edu)
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I have received travel reimbursement to attend executive committee meeting of the American Epilepsy Society and International League Against Epilepsy.
Epilepsia, Associate Editor, 2013 to present (personal compensation); Neurology Editorial Board (no personal compensation).
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NJ receives grant funding paid to her institution for grants unrelated to this work from NINDS (NIH U24NS107201, NIH IU54NS100064).
NJ receives grant funding paid to her institution for grants unrelated to this work from PCORI.
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- Department of Neurology (BRK), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Clinical Informatics, Mount Sinai Health System; Department of Neurology (CS, BV, GN, DH, KG) and Departments of Neurology and Population Health Science and Policy (NJ), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York.
- Correspondence
Dr. Kummer benjamin.kummer{at}mountsinai.org
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