Wed, Oct 27
|Zoom Event
E-Cigarettes and Vaping
Dr. McGraw will be discussing how to illuminate resources and do screenings for e-cigarette use and vaping. Dr. Handa will be discussing vaping devices, prevalence, and current laws on this topic.
Time & Location
Oct 27, 2021, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Zoom Event
Guests
About the Event
PRESENTERS:
Matthew McGraw, MD
Dr. McGraw’s primary goal as a pediatric pulmonologist is to provide excellent care for all children and adolescents with underlying lung disease. He sees all patients with pediatric lung diseases including but not limited to cystic fibrosis, chronic lung disease of prematurity, and asthma. The primary focus of his basic science is better understanding the mechanisms of rare lung diseases, such as childhood interstitial lung disease (chILD) and bronchiolitis obliterans (BO), in order to identify new medical therapies.
Deepali Handa, MD
Dr. Handa is an academic Pediatrician, Neonatologist and the Medical Director for the level 4 NICU at Oishei Children’s hospital of Buffalo. She has been creating awareness in our community about the Vaping epidemic affecting our youth for the past couple of years. As a mother of two young children and a Pediatrician, she realized the importance of advocating against vaping early on and has been working towards creating recognition about its risks in adolescents, parents and medical community in Buffalo.