SFIC ONLINE BRIEFING FOR FAITH LEADERS

SF HEALTH OFFICER DR. SUSAN PHILIP
BRIEFS FAITH LEADERS ON THE STATUS OF
COVID-19 & RECOMMENDED PRECAUTIONS

Thursday, May 26, 2022
8:30 am - 9:45 am

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With reports of a rise in COVID-19 positive test rates and hospitalizations throughout 
the Bay Area region, San Francisco faith and religious institution leaders are seeking guidance regarding how the virus is impacting our City and prudent precautions to take
to protect and ensure the safety of those entrusted to their care. This week's "Online Briefing for Faith Leaders," hosted by the San Francisco Interfaith Council, welcomes San Francisco Health Officer Dr. Susan Philip, who will report on the COVID-19's status, what the latest case and hospitalization counts indicate, the City’s strategy to mitigate its effects on highly-impacted communities, and recommended actions to avoid getting infected and lower the spread of the virus in our communities.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY ONLINE BRIEFING MODERATOR

Michael G. Pappas, Executive Director

WELCOME & READING OF SFIC STATEMENT

Nancy Nielsen, Chair

REFLECTIVE MOMENT

Chaplain Claire C. Bohman, M.Div BCC
Executive Director
Sojourn Chaplaincy Multi-Faith Spiritual Care
at the Zuckerberg SF General Hospital and Trauma Center

(Introduction of Guest Presenter and Presentation
by SFIC Executive Director Michael Pappas)
Dr. Susan Philip, SF Health Officer
Susan Philip is the Health Officer for the City and County of San Francisco. She has been part of the city’s COVID-19 response since the SFDPH Department Operations Center was first activated on January 21, 2020. Previously she was a Deputy Health Officer and the Director of the Disease Control and Prevention branch in the Population Health Division of the San Francisco Department of Public Health. In that role, she oversaw population level clinical, biomedical, disease intervention efforts to reduce communicable and chronic diseases in San Francisco. She has worked for SFDPH since 2005. Dr. Philip received her M.D. from Washington University in St. Louis and trained as a resident in Internal Medicine at the University of Chicago. After a M.P.H at the Harvard School of Public Health, she completed a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at UCSF. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of California, San Francisco and has been an HIV primary care provider at San Francisco City Clinic.

(Dr. Philip will respond to questions from San Francisco Faith Leaders
submitted in advance of this briefing).
CLOSING REMARKS

Michael G. Pappas, Executive Director
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