COVID-19 Community Updates

With the Omicron variant now officially in Western New York, Kevin Gibbons, MD discusses the variant and its potential impacts.

Dr. Gibbons is executive director of UBMD Physicians' Group and senior associate dean for clinical affairs at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He is also a neurosurgeon with UB Neurosurgeon.

Information is accurate at time of recording: 12.23.2021 at 10:00 a.m.

As we face an increasingly difficult wave of the Delta variant and face the upcoming Omicron variant, Dr. Kevin Gibbons provides a COVID-19 update for the Western New York community.

Dr. Gibbons is executive director of UBMD Physicians' Group and senior associate dean for clinical affairs at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He is also a neurosurgeon with UB Neurosurgeon.

Information is accurate at time of recording: 12.02.2021 at 3:00 p.m.

Kevin Gibbons, MD provides a September COVID-19 Update for the Western New York community.

Topics include:

• Where are we now and why? (at 00:57)
• Delta variant (at 4:04) Vaccines (at 8:40)
• Children and COVID-19 (at 12:38)
• Pregnancy (at 14:32)
• The near future (at 16:18)

Dr. Gibbons is executive director of UBMD Physicians' Group and senior associate dean for clinical affairs at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He is also a neurosurgeon with UB Neurosurgeon.

Please note, information is accurate at time of recording: 9.09.2021 at 2:20 p.m.

UBMD physicians address COVID-19 impacts on the upcoming school year in Western New York and how families can best keep their families safe.

The Line Up:

• COVID-19 school safety for children & those with special care needs (at 6:15)
• Sleep's impact on the immune system and vaccine efficacy (at 18:30)
• Back-to-school time: what pregnant moms need to know (at 32:00)
• Managing anxieties about the return-to-school (at 47:28)
• Q&A (at 1:01:18)

The panel consisted of:

• Dennis Kuo, MD, MPH, Division Chief, General Pediatrics, UBMD Pediatrics
• Alberto Monegro, MD, Pediatric & Adult Sleep Medicine Physician, UBMD Pediatrics & UBMD Internal Medicine
• Sarah Berga, MD, President, UBMD Obstetrics & Gynecology, Department Chair, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
• Michael Adragna, MD, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, UBMD Psychiatry; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Jacobs School, UB

In the latest presentation, Kevin Gibbons, MD reviews important trends in our community, as well as new information regarding variants and vaccines.

With a third COVID-19 vaccine approved for use, Kevin Gibbons, MD provides updates on the status of vaccines and what’s different between the vaccines.

Have unanswered questions about the COVID-19 vaccines? Well, we have the answers!

Kevin Gibbons, MD discusses in the above video the COVID-19 disease in Western New York, the three biggest questions he's been getting and the science behind the COVID-19 vaccines, including the important "why" behind these specific vaccines.

Two minutes for all the tips you need? Before we finish off the holiday season, Dr. Kevin Gibbons has the information you need.

Before entering the final stretch of the holiday season and 2020, Kevin Gibbons, MD provides a comprehensive update about where we stand in the community, the new disease variant found in the UK, vaccines and more.

Dr. Gibbons is the executive director of UBMD Physicians' Group, the senior associate dean of clinical affairs at the University at Buffalo and a neurosurgeon at UB Neurosurgery.

Ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, Kevin Gibbons, MD provides another update about COVID-19, it's current effect on our community and how things are changing very quickly.

Dr. Gibbons is the executive director of UBMD Physicians' Group, the senior associate dean of clinical affairs at the University at Buffalo and a neurosurgeon at UB Neurosurgery.

With COVID-19 incidence rapidly increasing in our community, Kevin Gibbons, MD provides an update about where we stand and what we need to do next as a community.

Dr. Gibbons is the executive director of UBMD Physicians' Group, the senior associate dean of clinical affairs at the University at Buffalo and a neurosurgeon at UB Neurosurgery.

With the COVID-19 pandemic continually evolving, UBMD invited the community to hear the latest news and information from a panel of experts on the frontlines.

The presentation included information about testing, telemedicine, timelines and more. 

The webinar took place on May 7, 2020 at 7 p.m., but is available for you to watch here at anytime. For ease of viewing, the presentation start times are listed below next to each title.

Coronavirus Basics (starts at 1:33)
Kevin Gibbons, MD
Executive Director, UBMD Physicians’ Group
Senior Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs, UB

Regional COVID-19 Testing: Trials and Triumphs (starts at 12:18)
John Tomaszewski, MD
President, UBMD Pathology
Chair, Department of Pathology, UB

Tracking Timelines: COVID-19 Cases and Vaccines (starts at 28:53)
John Sellick, DO, MS
UBMD Internal Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases

Healthcare's Response to COVID-19 (starts at 42:10)
Daniel Morelli, MD
President, UBMD Family Medicine
Chair, Department of Family Medicine, UB

Transforming Hospital Care to Meet Challenges of COVID-19 (starts at 51:53)
Jamie Nadler, MD
Critical Care, UBMD Internal Medicine

COVID-19 & Pregnancy (starts at 1:06:19)
Lisa Jane Jacobsen, MD, MPH, MSHPEd
Adult OBGYN, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecologist, UBMD Obstetrics & Gynecology 
Associate Dean for Medical Curriculum, UB

Limiting Your Risk (starts at 1:18:00)
Kevin Gibbons, MD

Q&A (starts at 1:28:52)

The information is accurate to the date and time it was recorded: May 7, 2020.

All physicians are members of UBMD Physicians' Group and faculty members at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo.