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David Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc
Recently, two novel agents have become available in BC for the treatment of COVID-19 in mild to moderately ill patients: a direct-acting oral antiviral, nirmatrelvir/ritonavir, and an IV antiviral, remdesivir. A... Read More
A novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, was first identified in December 2019 and resulted in cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, China.[1] Since then, SARS-CoV-2 has spread rapidly around the globe. On 11 March 2020, the World... Read More
British Columbia uses data and analytics to inform its response for tackling COVID-19. Mathematical modeling is one of the tools in our response. Mathematical modeling of infectious diseases allows us to study the... Read More
Dr David Patrick What profession might you have pursued, if not medicine? Music. I play jazz and rhythm and blues, and it might have been fun to focus on that for a while. Which... Read More