Professor Erica Spatz MD talks to Dr Funmi Okunola MD about the effects of Long COVID on the heart. Professor Spatz is a cardiologist and clinical investigator at the Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation. She is the Associate Professor of Cardiology and Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Yale School of Medicine in the USA and is the Director of the Preventative Cardiovascular Health Program. REFERENCES 1.Shah SM, Odanovic N, Kunnirickal S, Feher A, Pfau SE, Spatz ES. Chest pain...

Professor Ric Arseneau MD is a clinical professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and a specialist in Internal Medicine with expertise in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/ CFS), Fibromyalgia and Long COVID. Dr Funmi Okunola MD talks to Professor Arseneau MD about ME/CFS, Long COVID and the diagnosis and management of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS). REFERENCES: 1.Definition of Dysautonomia 2.Dr Ric Arseneau Homepage 3.POTS...

Professor Michelle Harkins MD is Professor of Medicine at the School of Medicine at the University of New Mexico and Division Chief Of Pulmonary Critical Care in the United States of America is interviewed by Dr Funmi Okunola MD about breathing difficulties with Long COVID. REFERENCES 1 Breathing Difficulty in Long COVID - Long COVID the Answers Website 2. . Evans R, Pick A, Lardner R, Masey V, Smith N, Greenhalgh T. Breathing difficulties after covid-19: a guide for primary care. bmj. 2023...

This interview is part of our neurological Long COVID section of the series. Professor Thida Thant MD is an award-winning consultation liaison psychiatrist  and Director of the Psychiatric Consultation for the Medically Complex Clinic at the University of Colorado, where she provides rehabilitation for Long COVID survivors.  She is one of the few psychiatrists we have found who is taking a lead in the rehabilitation of people with complex chronic disease. References 1 Psychiatric...

Professor Ric Arseneau MD is a clinical professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and a specialist in internal medicine with expertise in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/ CFS), Fibromyalgia and Long COVID. He is interviewed today about ME/CFS by Dr Funmi Okunola MD. REFERENCES 1. Walitt B, Singh K, LaMunion SR, Hallett M, Jacobson S, Chen K, Enose-Akahata Y, Apps R, Barb JJ, Bedard P, Brychta RJ. Deep phenotyping of post-infectious...

Dr Amy Proal, Microbiologist, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Polybio discusses Long COVID in the context of other viral illnesses that lead to Chronic Post Viral Illness. This is part 2 of a 2 part series. REFERENCES 1. Polybio 2. Proal AD, VanElzakker MB. Long COVID or post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC): an overview of biological factors that may contribute to persistent symptoms. Frontiers in microbiology. 2021 Jun 23;12:698169.

Dr Amy Proal, Microbiologist, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Polybio discusses Long COVID in the context of other viral illnesses that lead to Chronic Post Viral Illness. This is part 1 of a 2 part series. REFERENCES Polybio Proal AD, VanElzakker MB. Long COVID or post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC): an overview of biological factors that may contribute to persistent symptoms. Frontiers in microbiology. 2021 Jun 23;12:698169.

Professor James Jackson PsyD is a licensed neuropsychologist and internationally renowned expert on Long Covid and its effects on cognitive and mental health functioning. He is a research professor of Medicine and Psychiatry at Vanderbilt, University School of Medicine Consortium in Nashville, Tennessee in the USA. He is interviewed by Dr Funmi Okunola about the psychological management of mental illness in Long COVID. References 1. “Clearing the Fog from Surviving to Thriving with Long...

Professor James Jackson PsyD is a licensed neuropsychologist and internationally renowned expert on Long Covid and its effects on cognitive and mental health functioning. He is a research professor of Medicine and Psychiatry at Vanderbilt, University School of Medicine Consortium in Nashville, Tennessee in the USA. He is interviewed by Dr Funmi Okunola about the nature and rehabilitation of Brain Fog in Long COVID. He is also author of “Clearing the Fog from Surviving to Thriving with Long...

THIS PODCAST WAS RECORDED ON THE 17th JANUARY 2024 Professor David Cutler, the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics at Harvard University in the U.S.A., research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a member of the National Academy of Medicine in the USA talks about the economic cost of Long COVID. REFERENCES 1 Otto Eckstein 2 Cutler DM, Summers LH. The COVID-19 pandemic and the $16 trillion virus. Jama. 2020 Oct 20;324(15):1495-6. 3 Cutler DM. The economic...

Dr Richard J. Baron MD - President and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, talks to Dr Funmi Okunola about how Primary Care needs to adapt to provide medical services for Long COVID and other forms of chronic disease. 1. The Patient Centered Medical Home, History, Seven Core Features, Evidence and Transformational Change – Published by the Robert Graham Center, 2007 2. Homer CJ, Baron RJ. How to scale up primary care...

Dr Funmi Okunola MD interviews Professor Michelle Harkins MD – Professor of Medicine at the School of Medicine at the University of New Mexico in the USA about how to diagnose Long COVID in Primary Care.  Professor Harkins runs a Post COVID clinic and Project Echo telehealth program that provides real time education and case discussions for community health practitioners for the management of Long COVID in the community. 1. Pinto MD, Lambert N, Downs CA, Abrahim H, Hughes TD, Rahmani AM,...

Professor Todd Davenport is the Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Physical Therapy in the School of Health Sciences at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, USA is interviewed by Dr Funmi Okunola about Post Exertional Malaise in Long COVID and ME/CFS. REFERENCES 1.    Davenport TE,Stevens SR, Stevens J, Snell CR, VanNess JM. Lessons from myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome for Long COVID: Postexertional symptom exacerbation is an abnormal response...

Highly respected investigative science journalist, filmmaker, Long COVID advocate and Long Hauler Gez Medinger talks about his personal Long COVID story in this interview with Dr Funmi Okunola. REFERENCES 1 The Long COVID Handbook by Gez Medinger & Professor Danny Altmann 2. Patcai J. Is ‘Long Covid’similar to ‘Long SARS’?. Oxford Open Immunology. 2022 Jan 1;3(1):iqac002. 3. Gez Medinger You Tube Channel 4. The Shawshank Redemption 5. PACE trial & ME/CFS & Shepherd CB. PACE...

This is the second of a two-part series of episodes about Paediatric Long Haulers. Dr Danilo Buonsenso is a is a Physician-Scientist and a specialist in Infectious Diseases in children. He talks with Dr Funmi Okunola MD about how to diagnose and manage children with Long COVID. Dr. Buonsenso currently works at the Department of Women, Child and Public Health at the Gemelli University Hospital in Rome, Italy. Research Articles and Links: 1. Bygdell M, Kindblom JM, Martikainen J, Li H,...

In this episode Dr Danilo Buonsenso explains the underlying mechanisms of Long COVID in children. Dr Danilo Buonsenso MD Phd is a Paediatric Infectious Disease Specialist and Physician Scientist who currently works at the Department of Woman, Child and Public Health at the Gemelli University Hospital in Rome.  He has a PhD in Public Health and Biomolecular Sciences and is currently doing his MSc in Infectious Disease at Oxford University.  References 1.    The WHO definition of Post-COVID...

Professor Danny Altmann is a Professor of Immunology at Imperial College London in the UK. In this interview, Professor Altmann will describe the functional changes in the body that occur with Long COVID. 1. Altmann DM, Whettlock EM, Liu S, Arachchillage DJ, Boyton RJ. The immunology of long COVID. Nature Reviews Immunology. 2023 Oct;23(10):618-34. 2.Elneima O, McAuley HJ, Leavy OC, Chalmers JD, Horsley A, Ho LP, Marks M, Poinasamy K, Raman B, Shikotra A, Singapuri A. Cohort profile:...

Professor Danny Altmann is a professor of Immunology at Imperial College London in the UK. In this interview, Professor Altmann defines Long COVID. Research Articles: 1. Altmann DM, Whettlock EM, Liu S, Arachchillage DJ, Boyton RJ. The immunology of long COVID. Nature Reviews Immunology. 2023 Oct;23(10):618-34. 2. Elneima O, McAuley HJ, Leavy OC, Chalmers JD, Horsley A, Ho LP, Marks M, Poinasamy K, Raman B, Shikotra A, Singapuri A. Cohort profile: post-hospitalisation COVID-19...