Abstract/Description: |
Dr. Barbara Paris, physician and director of the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Services, at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, was interviewed by Naomi Steinberger on June 18, 2021, for the Collecting These Times oral history project. Dr. Paris, who lives in New York City, describes her experiences at the hospital with patients during the pandemic, contracting COVID, attending her grandson's bar mitzvah and other family events, being a parent to two doctors during the pandemic, and advising her synagogue on reopening. |