MEDIA ALERT—VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCE

WHAT: Keck Medical Center of USC will receive its first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and will begin to vaccinate health care workers.

Join us for a virtual press conference as Keck Medicine of USC experts discuss how the health system is handling the receipt and distribution of vaccines the week vaccinations are scheduled to begin.

WHEN & WHERE: Tuesday, Dec. 15, Noon – 12:30 p.m. PST. Please click here to join the press conference. The passcode is 154264.

FEATURED EXPERTS:

Neha Nanda, MD, medical director of infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship, Keck Medicine of USC

Krist Azizian, PharmD, MHA, chief pharmacy officer, Keck Medicine of USC

TOPICS COVERED:

• Process of securing vaccines
• Logistics of storing and distributing vaccines, including special freezers needed
• CDC-recommended tiers of who receives the vaccine first
• Coordinating numerous screenings and inoculations in just a few days
• How this first wave of vaccinations will impact the larger community
• Next steps: second doses and vaccinating even more health care workers

No RSVP needed. The moderated panel will be followed by a brief Q&A session.

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Learn more about Keck Medicine of USC vaccine efforts here. For more information about Keck Medicine of USC, please visit news.KeckMedicine.org.