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📞 Webinar: COVID-19 Vaccines for Endocrine Patient

December 20, 2020December 20, 2020 MaryO Helpful Doctors, Interviews, Meetings and Conferences California, COVID-19, Dr. Theodore Friedman, endo, endocrinologist, Vaccine, webinar

Dr. Theodore Friedman will host a webinar on COVID-19 Vaccines for Endocrine Patients

Dr. Friedman will discuss topics including:

How do the vaccines work?
What did the New England Journal of Medicine article say about the Pfizer vaccine?
What are the different vaccine options?
What are the side effects?
Who should and shouldn’t get a vaccine?
What about Dr. Friedman’s vaccine studies?

Sunday • December 27 • 6 PM PST
Click here on start your meeting or
https://axisconciergemeetings.webex.com/axisconciergemeetings/j.php?MTID=m5085619c25d8a2417d9316b56fe7830b

OR
Join by phone: (855) 797-9485

Meeting Number (Access Code): 177 542 2496 Your phone/computer will be muted on entry.
Slides will be available on the day of the talk here
There will be plenty of time for questions using the chat button. Meeting Password: pcos
For more information, email us at mail@goodhormonehealth.com

💉 Helpful Doctors: California

December 5, 2020December 5, 2020 MaryO Five Star, Helpful Doctors, North Carolina Cushing's Disease, Cushing’s Help, doctor, Dr Daniel Kelly, endonasal, Pacific Neuroscience Institute, Pituitary, skull base surgery, Video

Dr. Daniel Kelly, a board certified neurosurgeon, is Director of the Pacific Neuroscience Institute and Professor of Neurosurgery at the John Wayne Cancer Institute.

Considered to be one of the best neurosurgeons in the US and a multiple recipient of the Patients’ Choice Award, Dr. Kelly is internationally recognized in the field of minimally invasive keyhole surgery for brain, pituitary and skull base tumors.

He has one of the world’s largest series in endonasal surgery with over 2000 procedures performed including over 800 endonasal endoscopic surgeries, and over 2000 craniotomies for brain and skull base tumors. His current surgical practice encompasses the full spectrum of brain and skull base tumors, both benign and malignant, treated with minimally invasive and conventional approaches.

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