A Resource for Healthcare and Social Services Professionals
January 8, 2021
9:00 am–10:00 am ET
This one-hour session will provide an overview of the available COVID-19 vaccines and considerations for healthcare workers.
Via Zoom
This session will provide an overview of both available COVID-19 vaccines and considerations for healthcare workers. There will be a short presentation on the vaccine, followed by ample time for Dr. Barocas to answer your questions concerning the vaccine. Please note that while this session is open to those across the country, some information regarding vaccine distribution will be specific to Massachusetts.
This session will be held via Zoom. The Zoom meeting information will be emailed to you before the session.
Clinical and administrative staff working in addiction treatment or other healthcare programs in the U.S.
Dr. Barocas is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and an Infectious Diseases physician at Boston Medical Center with expertise in the infectious complications of drug use. Dr. Barocas has been heavily involved in Boston Medical Center's COVID-19 response, organized accomodations for homeless patients with COVID-19, and shared his experience on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in academic publications and mainstream media outlets.
Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction, Department of Public Health, Bureau of Addiction Services
Grayken Center for Addiction TTA is a program of Boston Medical Center (BMC), a 514-bed academic medical center located in Boston's historic South End and the largest safety-net hospital in New England.
The content on this site and the content presented by Grayken Center for Addiction TTA is intended solely to inform and educate healthcare and social service professionals, and shall not be used for medical advice and is not a substitute for the advice or treatment of a qualified medical professional. The hospital, the program, and the contributors are not acting as health care providers or professional consultants on behalf of any specific patient and disclaim establishing a provider-patient relationship with any specific patient.