In this podcast, Dr. Donald DiPette, the Health Sciences Distinguished Professor at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, provides an introductory overview of his upcoming presentation, “Landmark Hypertension Studies during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Practical Clinical Implications”, taking place October 27 during SMA’s Annual Scientific Assembly in Greensboro, North Carolina. 

During the conversation, Dr. DiPette, who is also Advisor to the Pan American Health Organization HEARTS in the Americas Program, Hypertension Initiative, discusses some of the integral studies that were published during the pandemic time period and offers insight into their major and immediate clinical implications that should be considered by both primary care and specialty physicians. 

For more information and to register for the Assembly, please visit https://sma.org/asa2023 or call (800) 423-4992.