On Dec. 30, 2019, an ophthalmologist named Li Wenliang notified his colleagues about an illness that was reminiscent of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in a city in the Hubei province of China called Wuhan. As an ophthalmologist, this was not directly relevant to his practice; he merely wanted to warn colleagues that they might…
For the last 20 years, Philip Seo, MD MHS, has trained, worked and conducted research at Johns Hopkins University. As an associate professor of medicine, he also serves in two other roles: as the director of the university’s fellowship training program and director of its vasculitis center. After graduating medical school from Columbia University in…