This podcast was recorded on December 9, 2020. A&M’s Managing Director, Larry Kaiser, MD, FACS, talked with Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs at University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Robert Barish, MD, and Tony Reed, MD, EVP & Chief Medical Officer of Temple University Health System, to hear the challenges they have faced, how they prepared for this current surge in cases and other solutions they have implemented to deal with the crisis in their health systems. With a vaccine on the horizon in just days, they also share their strategic plans to distribute the vaccine to their staff, who continue to serve their patients and communities in the fight against COVID-19.