Long COVID in Children:
What We Know So Far
Dr. Anupma Wadhwa, MD, MEd, FRCPC
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Staff Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital for Sick Children
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Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto
Dr. Piushkumar Mandhane, MD, PhD, FRCPC
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Professor, Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, University of Alberta
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Senior Medical Director, Maternal Newborn Child Youth Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services
Moderator:
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Dr. Susan Law, PhD
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Knowledge Mobilization Lead, Long COVID Web
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Associate Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
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Senior Scientist, Trillium Health Partners
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Session Overview:
Please join us for the next webinar in this series, as we hear from experts on the effects of long COVID on children. Dr. Wadhwa will review what we know so far about long COVID in children including incidence, risk factors, clinical presentation and prognosis. She will also review a clinical management approach. Dr. Mandhane will then provide some of the data around long COVID in children based on his work in Alberta.
Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions of the speakers following their presentations.