Jeff Hersh, Ph.D., M.D. ’90, is the chief medical officer for GE Healthcare, which has been developing necessary equipment for the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Hersh says GE was able to pivot quickly to increase production of ventilators by working with the Ford Motor Company to make 50,000 pandemic-specific ventilators over a four-month period. The company is now focusing its efforts on the increasing demand for non-COVID-19 care, like imaging and contrast agents. "I am extremely proud of the GE employees who stepped up to work longer hours in factories, left their homes to go to a factory to work, and stepped out of their comfort zone," Dr. Hersh said.
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