Steven Palmer discusses his experiences in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic: first hearing about it and moving from outpatient clinical trials to a front-line inpatient role. He compares and contrasts the COVID pandemic with the early days of the HIV pandemic. Palmer speaks about the stresses of facing death and uncertainty, which he gradually learned to confront with humor, therapy, and nat ure
Physicians' assistants; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; COVID-19 (Disease)--Social Aspects; Epidemics--Social Aspects; AIDS (Disease)--History.--United States; HIV (Viruses)--Research; Washington Heights (New York, N.Y.); Palmer, Steven (physician assistant); Presbyterian Hospital (New York, N.Y.)
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2020
Physical Description
26 pages
Note (Biographical)
Steven Palmer is a physician assistant at Columbia Universit focused on HIV vaccine research. Palmer began treating people with HIV in 1996
Note
Interviewed by Mary Marshall Clark on June 19, 2020
Note (Provenance)
Steven Palmer, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2023