Nicholas Shaheen, MD, MPH
During telehealth visits in April, Rena Yadlapati, MD, was frustrated when she had to tell patients with troublesome reflux they could not enroll in any of her clinical trials. Potentially effective care is being delayed because gastroenterological research is at a standstill, she said.
“Just today I had a telehealth clinic visit with a patient who has been symptomatic for years and really wants to enroll in one of my funded studies, and there’s just no way