Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with the Society of Critical Care Medicine President-Elect, Craig Coopersmith, MD, FCCM, and Jay Varkey, MD, about the Ebola epidemic and how clinicians should be preparing for emerging infections. Dr. Coopersmith is Professor of Surgery at Emory in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Varkey was on a team of clinicians at Emory who successfully treated an American missionary and doctor with Ebola. He is Assistant Professor of Medicine in Infectious Disease and serves as the Director of the Antimicrobial Management Program and Associate Hospital Epidemiologist at Emory University Hospital.
