Care Plan March brought rapid changes to HMS and the Longwood Medical Area. After weeks of dissecting reports of the disease wreaking havoc in Asia and Europe, assessing the available science with colleagues near and far, and intensely deliberating how to best care for the health and wellbeing of the members of this community, the leaders of HMS and its affiliated hospitals introduced plans that removed all but a small number of individuals from campus. The implementation of these complex plans was breathtaking. In a matter of days, students moved from Vanderbilt Hall, classes transitioned online, clinical rotations ramped down, research operations shut down or were transformed to tackle the science of the virus, and staff and faculty relocated their campus offices to their homes. The campus may have gone quiet but the energy, creativity, and purpose that fuels this community continues unabated. So does the mission of Harvard Medical School. by Ann Marie Menting Photography by Gretchen Ertl
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