The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on healthcare and the physician-patient relationship.  What may be less obvious is the threat of the pandemic on the long-term delivery of personalized and accessible medical care. 

Hospital physicians, nurses, and other health care workers have been in the forefront of the battle against COVID-19 and have worked valiantly while under great duress and at personal peril.  

The Academy of Medicine Of Washington D.C. salutes these modern medical heroes.