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Facing a Pandemic While Pregnant

Educational Objective
To understand how to manage pregnancy while during a pandemic

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JAMA Oncology

Published Online: April 24, 2020

Cancer Care Chronicles

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Coral Olazagasti, MD¹;

Nagashree Seetharamu, MD, MBBS¹

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¹Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health, Hempstead, New York

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December 15, 2019, was one of the happiest days of my life. After longing for a baby for years, I finally found out I was carrying a life inside of me. As a second-year hematology-oncology fellow in a busy fellowship program, I knew that pregnancy would come with its own set of challenges, which I was prepared to face. Many of my predecessors had gone through this before, and I did not think the experience would be any different for me. What I was absolutely not prepared for was facing a pandemic while living and training in one of the most populous cities in the world during the time I was carrying my first child.

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Article Information

Corresponding Author: Coral Olazagasti, MD, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health, 450 Lakeville Road, New Hyde Park, NY 11042 (colazagasti@northwell.edu).

Published Online: April 24, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.1652

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

Additional Contributions: This article reflects the first-person account of Dr Olazagasti. Dr Seetharamu is her mentor at Hofstra/Northwell Health and reviewed the article for agreement with the institution’s guidelines.

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Credit Designation Statement: The American Medical Association designates this Journal-based CME activity activity for a maximum of 1.00  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

1.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;;
1.00 Self-Assessment points in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s (ABOHNS) Continuing Certification program;
1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;
1.00 Lifelong Learning points in the American Board of Pathology’s (ABPath) Continuing Certification program; and
1.00 CME points in the American Board of Surgery’s (ABS) Continuing Certification program

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