A Patient’s Perspective and Multidisciplinary Discussion Panel

Malone is the director of the Pediatric Post-COVID-19 Rehabilitation Clinic at Kennedy Krieger Institute. She is also a physician scientist in Kennedy Krieger’s Center for Movement Studies, and an assistant professor of neurology and physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Malone has contributed to national and international programs and guidance regarding pediatric long COVID, including serving as lead author on the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation's post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) infection collaborative guidance statement on the assessment and treatment of PASC in children and adolescents.

Azola is an assistant professor in the Departments of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine and Pediatrics, director of the Long COVID Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Clinic, and co-director of the Clinical and Translational Research Core of the JH-UTSW Brain Health Program. She is a co-investigator in several National Institutes of Health, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sponsored studies on long COVID. She has co-authored several guidance statements on managing long COVID symptoms, including fatigue, dysautonomia, and cardiovascular complications.

As medical directory, Carnavali coordinates Mount Sinai Doctors/Ansonia’s long COVID care efforts for hundreds of patients. In 2019, Carnavali joined the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai Morningside–Mount Sinai West as its chief for the Division of General Internal Medicine. When the COVID-19 health crisis came to New York City, Carnavali helped coordinate the response to the crisis at all Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Morningside outpatient sites. Carnavali has presented nationally and internationally on the topic of long COVID to both individuals living with the condition and healthcare providers.

Becker is a clinical neuropsychologist, assistant professor of medicine, and health services researcher in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Becker is master principal investigator of the NIH’s RECOVER-Neuro, a multisite randomized controlled trial to treat cognitive dysfunction post-COVID-19. She is principal investigator of a NIH/National Institute for Mental Health randomized controlled trial to treat comorbid cognitive dysfunction and depression in persons with long COVID.