In the first session, Alexandra Coria discusses hospital preparations for the pandemic and the experience of treating COVID patients through the first surge. She discusses how traumatic the surge was for the people she worked with and the personal impact of the pandemic on her emotional life. In this second session, Alexandra Coria provides an update on how her pediatric practice has been going and her decision to join the Black Lives Matter protests. She discusses her experience with medical racial discrimination intertwined with her decision to join the protests. She also examines social aspects of the the pandemic: who is on her "quaran-team", online dating during the pandemic, and how her family is managing the pandemic
Physicians; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; COVID-19 (Disease)--Social Aspects; Epidemics--Social Aspects; Black lives matter movement; Social distancing (Public health); United States Race relations 21st century; Coria, Alexandra
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2020
Physical Description
84 pages
Note (Biographical)
Alexandra Coria is a pediatrician with a global health background working at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn. Originally from California, Coria has worked in global health advocacy and conducted public health research on HIV and breastfeeding in Haiti
Note
Interviewed by Ryan Hagen on April 23 and July 14, 2020
Note (Provenance)
Alexandra Coria, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2023