A virtual event on pandemic response featuring Dr. Omar Najim, Executive Office Director at Department of Health, Abu Dhabi in conversation with Dr. Soniya Gandhi, infectious disease specialist and Vice President of Medical Affairs and Associate Chief Medical Officer at Cedars-Sinai. 

The conversation will focus on the novel approaches cities, such as Abu Dhabi and Los Angeles, provided towards mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic and share lessons learned as the world charts a path forward for the future of international cooperation and disaster response. 

This event is open to the public. Pacific Council members may register below and members of the public may register here. 

This event is in partnership with the UAE Consulate General in Los Angeles. 

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Featuring: 

Dr. Omar Najim, Executive Office Director at Department of Health, Abu Dhabi

Bio forthcoming. 

Moderating: 

Dr. Soniya Gandhi, infectious disease specialist and Vice President of Medical Affairs and Associate Chief Medical Officer, Cedars-Sinai

Dr. Soniya Gandhi is an infectious disease specialist at Cedars-Sinai and Vice President of Medical Affairs and Associate Chief Medical Officer. In January 2020, Dr. Gandhi led the medical team that treated the first patient in Los Angeles known to have contracted SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, after traveling from Wuhan, China, to L.A.