{"id":68819,"date":"2021-06-12T08:21:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T12:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=68819"},"modified":"2021-06-12T08:21:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-12T12:21:34","slug":"these-are-some-of-the-bravest-covid-physicians-in-the-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=68819","title":{"rendered":"These are some of the BRAVEST Covid Physicians in the USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"vc_custom_heading text-blue font-Vollk align-left\" style=\"text-align: center;\">The FLCCC Physicians<\/h1>\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_container col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element video_subtitle\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p><strong>How the FLCCC Alliance came together and developed effective treatment protocols for COVID-19\u00a0<\/strong>(March 10, 2021)<\/p>\n<p>This is the story about how the FLCCC Alliance was formed\u2014and how, at the start of the pandemic, the team quickly began to develop protocols to successfully treat patients. Their first protocol was the MATH+ Hospital Treatment Protocol that was used to save critically ill patients and to prevent them from having to rely on ventilators to breathe.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, as COVID-19 cases surged, they urgently researched ways to offload the hospitals and reduce case counts and deaths. The team developed the I-MASK+ Prevention &amp; Early Outpatient Treatment Protocol\u2014centered around the drug ivermectin\u2014which is effective for every phase of COVID-19 disease\u2026 from prevention through late phase illness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element text-black\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"\">The Front Line Covid-19 Critical Care Alliance was created by highly published critical care specialists from major academic medical centers with collectively over 1,000 medical publications. Based on the rapidly emerging research into COVID-19, the early clinical experience in China reflected by the Shanghai expert commission, and their decades-long clinical and research experiences in severe infectious diseases around the country, the 5 experts developed the\u00a0<i class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/covid19criticalcare.com\/math-hospital-treatment\/\">MATH+ Hospital Treatment Protocol for Covid-19<\/a>. It is intended\u00a0for use early in the hospitalization of patients presenting with states of respiratory distress requiring supplemental oxygen. In October 2020, after reviewing numerous new studies from around the world on the antiparasitic drug ivermectin\u2019s use in prophyaxis and all stages of treatment for COVID-19, the team created the\u00a0<i class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19criticalcare.com\/i-mask-prophylaxis-treatment-protocol\/\">I-MASK+ protocol for prevention and early outpatient treatment<\/a>.\u00a0These 5 physicians have since been joined by an increasing number of hospitalist and ICU physicians who recognize the sound physiologic rationale, the emerging published research in support of the components, and the data demonstrating good clinical outcomes in hospitals and communities that have adopted the treatment regimen.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"vc_custom_heading text-blue font-Crimson font-28 align-left\">Founding members \/ MATH+ and I-MASK+ developers<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_content_element wpb_raw_html line_box\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner row team_carasol\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_container col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ptb_loops_wrapper ptb_loops_shortcode clearfix ptb_list-post\">\n<article id=\"post-382\" class=\"ptb_post clearfix post-382 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-team-core-group\">\n<div class=\"ptb_items_wrapper entry-content\">\n<div class=\"ptb_first_row ptb_row ptb_team_row \">\n<div class=\"ptb_col ptb_col1-1 ptb_col_first\">\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_thumbnail\">\n<figure class=\"ptb_post_image clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Paul E. Marik\" src=\"https:\/\/covid19criticalcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Paul-Marik.jpg\" alt=\"Paul E. Marik\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_title\">\n<h2 class=\"ptb_post_title ptb_entry_title\">Paul E. Marik, M.D., FCCM, FCCP<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_editor\">\n<div class=\"ptb_entry_content\">\n<ul>\n<li>Endowed Professor of Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Chief, Div. of Pulmonary &amp; Critical Care Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Eastern Virginia Medical School Norfolk, Virginia<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flccc.net\/flccc-alliance-member-cv-marik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curriculum Vitae \u2013 Dr. Paul E. Marik<\/a>\u00a0<i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\"><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"post-381\" class=\"ptb_post clearfix post-381 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-team-core-group\">\n<div class=\"ptb_items_wrapper entry-content\">\n<div class=\"ptb_first_row ptb_row ptb_team_row \">\n<div class=\"ptb_col ptb_col1-1 ptb_col_first\">\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_thumbnail\">\n<figure class=\"ptb_post_image clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Pierre-Kory-3\" src=\"https:\/\/covid19criticalcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pierre-Kory-3.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Pierre Kory\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_title\">\n<h2 class=\"ptb_post_title ptb_entry_title\">Pierre Kory, M.D., M.P.A.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_editor\">\n<div class=\"ptb_entry_content\">\n<ul class=\"affiliations\">\n<li>Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialist<\/li>\n<li>President, Frontline COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC Alliance)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flccc.net\/flccc-alliance-member-cv-kory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Curriculum Vitae \u2013 Dr. Pierre Kory<\/a>\u00a0<i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\"><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"post-380\" class=\"ptb_post clearfix post-380 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-team-core-group\">\n<div class=\"ptb_items_wrapper entry-content\">\n<div class=\"ptb_first_row ptb_row ptb_team_row \">\n<div class=\"ptb_col ptb_col1-1 ptb_col_first\">\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_thumbnail\">\n<figure class=\"ptb_post_image clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Gianfranco Umberto Meduri\" src=\"https:\/\/covid19criticalcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Gianfranco_Meduri.jpg\" alt=\"Gianfranco Umberto Meduri\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_title\">\n<h2 class=\"ptb_post_title ptb_entry_title\">G. Umberto Meduri, M.D.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_editor\">\n<div class=\"ptb_entry_content\">\n<ul>\n<li>Professor of Medicine<br \/>\nUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center<\/li>\n<li>Pulmonary, Critical Care &amp; Sleep Medicine and Research Services<br \/>\nMemphis V.A. Medical Center<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flccc.net\/flccc-alliance-member-cv-meduri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Curriculum Vitae\u00a0\u2013 Dr. G. Umberto Meduri<\/a>\u00a0<i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\"><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"post-384\" class=\"ptb_post clearfix post-384 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-team-core-group\">\n<div class=\"ptb_items_wrapper entry-content\">\n<div class=\"ptb_first_row ptb_row ptb_team_row \">\n<div class=\"ptb_col ptb_col1-1 ptb_col_first\">\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_thumbnail\">\n<figure class=\"ptb_post_image clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Joseph Varon\" src=\"https:\/\/covid19criticalcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Joe-Varon.jpg\" alt=\"Joseph Varon\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_title\">\n<h2 class=\"ptb_post_title ptb_entry_title\">Joseph Varon, M.D., FCCP, FCCM<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_editor\">\n<div class=\"ptb_entry_content\">\n<ul>\n<li>Professor of Acute &amp; Continuing Care<\/li>\n<li>Chief of Staff &amp; Chief of Critical Care<\/li>\n<li>United Memorial Medical Center, Houston, Texas<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flccc.net\/flccc-alliance-member-cv-varon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Curriculum Vitae\u00a0\u2013 Dr. Joseph Varon<\/a>\u00a0<i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\"><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"post-383\" class=\"ptb_post clearfix post-383 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-team-core-group\">\n<div class=\"ptb_items_wrapper entry-content\">\n<div class=\"ptb_first_row ptb_row ptb_team_row \">\n<div class=\"ptb_col ptb_col1-1 ptb_col_first\">\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_thumbnail\">\n<figure class=\"ptb_post_image clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Jose Iglesias\" src=\"https:\/\/covid19criticalcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/JOSE-IGLESIAS.jpg\" alt=\"Jose Iglesias\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_title\">\n<h2 class=\"ptb_post_title ptb_entry_title\">Jose Iglesias, D.O.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_editor\">\n<div class=\"ptb_entry_content\">\n<ul>\n<li>Assoc. Prof., Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall<\/li>\n<li>Dept. of Nephrology &amp; Critical Care \/ Community Medical Center<\/li>\n<li>Dept. of Nephrology, Jersey Shore University Medical Center<\/li>\n<li>Neptune, New Jersey<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flccc.net\/flccc-alliance-member-cv-iglesias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Curriculum Vitae \u2013 Dr. Jose Iglesias<\/a>\u00a0<i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\"><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"vc_custom_heading text-blue font-Crimson font-28 align-left\">Founding members<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_content_element wpb_raw_html line_box\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner row team_carasol\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_container col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ptb_loops_wrapper ptb_loops_shortcode clearfix ptb_list-post\">\n<article id=\"post-387\" class=\"ptb_post clearfix post-387 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-team-cofounders\">\n<div class=\"ptb_items_wrapper entry-content\">\n<div class=\"ptb_first_row ptb_row ptb_team_row \">\n<div class=\"ptb_col ptb_col1-1 ptb_col_first\">\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_thumbnail\">\n<figure class=\"ptb_post_image clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Keith Berkowitz\" src=\"https:\/\/covid19criticalcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/keith-berkowitz.jpg\" alt=\"Keith Berkowitz\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_title\">\n<h2 class=\"ptb_post_title ptb_entry_title\">Keith Berkowitz, M.D., M.B.A.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_editor\">\n<div class=\"ptb_entry_content\">\n<ul>\n<li>Medical Director, Center for Balanced Health<\/li>\n<li>Voluntary Attending Physician, Lenox Hill Hosp. New York, New York<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flccc.net\/flccc-alliance-member-cv-berkowitz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Curriculum Vitae \u2013 Dr. Keith Berkowitz<\/a>\u00a0<i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\"><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"post-389\" class=\"ptb_post clearfix post-389 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-team-cofounders\">\n<div class=\"ptb_items_wrapper entry-content\">\n<div class=\"ptb_first_row ptb_row ptb_team_row \">\n<div class=\"ptb_col ptb_col1-1 ptb_col_first\">\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_thumbnail\">\n<figure class=\"ptb_post_image clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Fred Wagshul\" src=\"https:\/\/covid19criticalcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/FRED-WAGSHUL_5x7.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Wagshul\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_title\">\n<h2 class=\"ptb_post_title ptb_entry_title\">Fred Wagshul, M.D.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_editor\">\n<div class=\"ptb_entry_content\">\n<ul>\n<li>Pulmonologist &amp; Med. Dir., Lung Center of America<\/li>\n<li>Clinical Instructor, Wright State University School of Medicine,<\/li>\n<li>Dayton, Ohio<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flccc.net\/flccc-alliance-member-cv-wagshul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Curriculum Vitae\u00a0\u2013 Dr. Fred Wagshul<\/a>\u00a0<i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\"><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"vc_custom_heading text-blue font-Crimson font-28 align-left\">Clinical advisors<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_content_element wpb_raw_html line_box\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner row team_carasol\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_container col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ptb_loops_wrapper ptb_loops_shortcode clearfix ptb_list-post\">\n<article id=\"post-385\" class=\"ptb_post clearfix post-385 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-clinical-advisors\">\n<div class=\"ptb_items_wrapper entry-content\">\n<div class=\"ptb_first_row ptb_row ptb_team_row \">\n<div class=\"ptb_col ptb_col1-1 ptb_col_first\">\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_thumbnail\">\n<figure class=\"ptb_post_image clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eivind H. Vinjevoll\" src=\"https:\/\/covid19criticalcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Eivind.jpg\" alt=\"Eivind H. Vinjevoll\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_title\">\n<h2 class=\"ptb_post_title ptb_entry_title\">Eivind H. Vinjevoll, M.D.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_editor\">\n<div class=\"ptb_entry_content\">\n<ul>\n<li>Senior Consultant Anesthesiologist<\/li>\n<li>Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine, Anesthesia<\/li>\n<li>Volda, Norway<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"post-386\" class=\"ptb_post clearfix post-386 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-clinical-advisors\">\n<div class=\"ptb_items_wrapper entry-content\">\n<div class=\"ptb_first_row ptb_row ptb_team_row \">\n<div class=\"ptb_col ptb_col1-1 ptb_col_first\">\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_thumbnail\">\n<figure class=\"ptb_post_image clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Scott Mitchell\" src=\"https:\/\/covid19criticalcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Scott.jpg\" alt=\"Scott Mitchell\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_title\">\n<h2 class=\"ptb_post_title ptb_entry_title\">Scott Mitchell, MBChB<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_editor\">\n<div class=\"ptb_entry_content\">\n<ul>\n<li>Associate Specialist<\/li>\n<li>Emergency Department<\/li>\n<li>Princess Elizabeth Hospital<\/li>\n<li>States of Guernsey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"post-1004\" class=\"ptb_post clearfix post-1004 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-clinical-advisors\">\n<div class=\"ptb_items_wrapper entry-content\">\n<div class=\"ptb_first_row ptb_row ptb_team_row \">\n<div class=\"ptb_col ptb_col1-1 ptb_col_first\">\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_thumbnail\">\n<figure class=\"ptb_post_image clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eric-Osgood\" src=\"https:\/\/covid19criticalcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Eric-Osgood.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Eric Osgood\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ptb_module ptb_title\">\n<h2 class=\"ptb_post_title ptb_entry_title\">Eric Osgood, M.D.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19criticalcare.com\/about\/the-flccc-physicians\/\">https:\/\/covid19criticalcare.com\/about\/the-flccc-physicians\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}