In this Episode, Dr. Tyler Evans, Chief Medical Officer of Emergency Management who works on COVID19 response updates us on COIVD19 in NYC. He tells us why did he chose to work in the epicenter of COVID19 in the US and shares his experiences abroad as a physician and public health epxert.
Tyler B. Evans, MD, MS, MPH, AAHIVS, DTM&H currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for the NYC Office of Emergency Management medical section focusing on the COVID-19 response. He was previously the CMO for the county of Santa Cruz (California) Health Services Agency, as well as other CMO posts in Southern California focusing on homelessness, substance abuse and migrant health, as well as leading infectious disease divisions in a number of organizations across the US – including the AIDS HealthCare Foundation.
Dr. Evans has held positions with a number of international organizations as well, including Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors without Borders (MSF), Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), UNICEF and Partners in Health (PIH) – mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and the Middle East.