New ‘Top Docs’ features MAG MRC/COVID-19 Response Team
The latest edition of the Medical Association of Georgia’s (MAG) ‘Top Docs’ show focuses on the MAG Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) and its newly-formed COVID-19 Response Team. The guests include MAG MRC Medical Director John S. Harvey, M.D., and MAG MRC Resident Section Leader Ian McCullough, M.D.
They discuss…
– The MAG MRC’s role
– Some of the MRC’s recent missions
– How the MAG MRC is related to the Georgia State Defense Force
– Who is eligible to volunteer for the MAG MRC COVID-19 Response Team
–Response Team volunteers’ roles/options (e.g., local clinics/telemedicine-only)
– Whether these volunteers are covered by insurance & workers’ comp
Dr. Harvey has been a general and trauma surgeon in North Atlanta for about 30 years. In addition to serving as MAG’s president in 2015-2016, he was the Speaker of MAG’s House of Delegates from 2009 to 2014. It is also worth noting that Dr. Harvey has been a member of the Georgia State Defense Force since 2000. He is a graduate of the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta.
Dr. McCullough is a PGY4 anesthesiology resident at Emory University. In addition to heading up the MAG MRC Resident Section, he is leading the MAG MRC’s COVID-19 Response Team B2 Unit. He has a medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine.
Between downloads and live listeners, ‘Top Docs’ – which won an American Association of Medical Society Executives Profiles of Excellence Award and a Health Information Resource Center Digital Health Awards award in 2019 – has now reached more than 850,000 listeners and viewers, which includes people in all 50 states and more than 80 countries.
‘Top Docs’ is supported with a grant from Alliant Health Solutions in memory of Tom Williams, its former CEO.
In addition to the video recordings that are available on Facebook, ‘Top Docs’ is available as a podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, and iHeart Radio.
MAG ‘Top Docs’ show on MAG/MRC & COVID-19 Response Team
Resources
MAG MRC COVID Response Team registration/web page
The views of the guests who appear on ‘Top Docs’ are theirs and aren’t necessarily consistent with MAG’s policies or positions. Contact Tom Kornegay at tkornegay@mag.org with questions about MAG’s ‘Top Docs’ show.