In addition to his roles as professor and medical director at the Stony Brook School of Medicine, Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero serves as vice chair of clinical research for the school’s Department of Anesthesiology. In 2020 and 2021, Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero completed and published research on the high SARS exposure rates among people in direct contact with COVID-19 patients.
SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) is a respiratory disease that researchers first identified at the beginning of 2003 after a Chinese outbreak that ultimately spread to four additional countries. The scientific community determined that a SARS-associated coronavirus was responsible for the disease. Much like influenza and the common cold, it can spread through the air in tiny droplets of saliva. Symptoms of SARS include fever, head and muscle pain, coughing, and serious breathing problems that can result in low blood oxygen levels and the need for mechanical ventilation. Although there is no cure for SARS, medical professionals suggest measures such as quarantining and contact tracing as key prevention measures.
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AuthorDr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero is both an educator and a vice chairman at Stony Brook Medicine. Archives
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