When Covid-19 first hit New York City, hospitals faced unprecedented patient surges. Queens, in particular, became an epicenter, overwhelming local facilities. Northwell Health’s John D’Angelo, MD, then operations chief for the Covid Command Center, recognized the urgent need to distribute this burden more evenly across the system. His solution: load-balancing.

In Part 2 of this three-part conversation, you'll hear how load balancing helped Northwell hospitals manage months-long surges and served as a model for other health systems. You'll also hear from Mangala Narasimhan, DO who, like Dr. D'Angelo, played a pivotal role in Northwell's response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Five years later, they sat down with Sandra Lindsay, RN, to reflect on this turbulant (and traumatic) time in our history. 

Meet our guests

• John D'Angelo, MD, Executive Vice President and Market President, Northwell Health’s Central Market


• Mangala Narasimhan, DO, Director, Critical Care Services, Northwell and medical director of the acute lung injury ECMO program

This is Part 2 of their conversation.

• Listen to Part 1 now


• Check back for Part 3 on Thursday, March 13

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