13 MAY COVID-19 ECHO clinic
Channel: Department of Medicine, UCT and GSH
Date: 14/05/2020

WEDNESDAY 13 May 2020

COVID-19 ECHO clinic facilitators: Wendy Spearman and Mark Sonderup

INTRODUCTION: Graeme Meintjes

SPEAKERS
Andrew Boulle
Western Cape Department of Health and UCT School of Public Health
“Brief update on surveillance of COVID-19 infections in the Western Cape”

Joel Dave is Head of the Division of Endocrinology at Groote Schuur Hospital and the University of Cape Town. His early research work focussed on the metabolic complications of anti-retroviral therapy. He is currently leading the Diabetes Stewardship Program at Groote Schuur Hospital.
His talk will revise key aspects of the pathogenesis of infection in people living with diabetes as well as the impact of diabetes and obesity on COVID-19. He will specifically focus on the following: To what degree do diabetes and obesity increase the risk of severe COVID-19? What are the putative mechanisms underlying this increased risk? How should patients with diabetes and COVID-19 be optimally managed? Practical guidance regarding
glycaemic management in these acutely ill patients will be provided.

PANEL TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS AND ENGAGE IN DISCUSSION: 
Sipho Dlamini: Infectious Disease Specialist, Groote Schuur Hospital/UCT
Ankia Coetzee: Endocrinologist, Tygerberg Hospital/Stellenbosch University
Peter Raubenheimer: Endocrinologist, Groote Schuur Hospital/UCT