Posts by Crystal M. North, MD, MPH
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Histopathology of COVID-19 Is Typical of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
By reviewing autopsy and biopsy studies, Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have shown that COVID-19 manifests principally as diffuse alveolar damage, the histopathologic pattern typically associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome.
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Centralized Processes Facilitate Clinical Trial Enrollment During COVID-19
Massachusetts General Hospital has established a centralized scientific review committee to determine which COVID-19 trials will be conducted here; a core group of physicians works with study teams to ensure we are offering trial enrollment to as many patients as possible.
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Blood Type Does Not Affect Risk of COVID-19 or COVID-19 Mortality
When survivors of COVID-19 were compared with non-survivors in China or the U.S., there was no association between ABO blood group and fatal outcome.
Biography
Dr. Crystal North is a pulmonologist and critical care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, associate in Global Health at Mass General Center for Global Health, visiting scientist at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and research fellow in the Mass General Medical Practice Evaluation Center. Her research focuses on understanding the epidemiology of chronic lung disease in resource-limited settings. In particular, she is investigating the influences of HIV and ambient air pollution on lung inflammation and lung function in Uganda. Dr. North earned her MD from the University of Washington and her MPH from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She completed internal medicine residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital – Cornell, pulmonary and critical care fellowship at the Harvard combined program and was a Fogarty Global Health fellow in Mbarara, Uganda. Her research is supported by grants from the American Thoracic Society, the Harvard Center for AIDS Research, the Parker B. Francis Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital provides comprehensive care for the full range of respiratory conditions and diseases.