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My Unexpected Career Detour as a Hollywood Studio's COVID-19 Compliance Officer (Guest Column)

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Before the pandemic, I had been in practice as an ear, nose and throat doctor in Manhattan for nearly 17 years. Last spring, I was seeing about 125 patients a week, COVID-19 patients along with everyone else.

March 17, 2020, was my last full day in the office — I had no idea it would be my last. Like so many in New York, in the world, "the last day" would become permanent.

I shifted to telemedicine until the illnesses waned and the calls stopped. The majority of my patients, many of whom worked on Broadway, fled the city.

With little income and overhead costs savaging my savings, I had to let my staff go in April. I volunteered to work at three NYC hospitals, but my phone didn't ring.

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