convalescent plasma

WTEN: Recovered From COVID-19, Frontline Workers Donating Plasma to Help Others

April 28, 2020

Joseph Hunziker, a lab technician at St. Peter's Hospital, spoke to WTEN about his decision to donate plasma following his bout with COVID-19. Hunziker contracted the virus in March and has since recovered. [...]

Times Union: At Albany Area Hospitals, Plasma Therapy to Treat COVID-19 Picks Up Steam

April 28, 2020

The Times Union interviewed Jorge Cerda, M.D., chief of medicine at St. Peter's Hospital, and Joseph Hunziker, a lab technician at St. Peter's Hospital, for its story on convalescent plasma therapy. Hunziker contracted the virus in March. Once recovered, he made the decision to donate plasma in hopes of helping others recover. [...]

WTEN: St. Peter’s Health Partners Using New Therapies to Treat Coronavirus Patients

April 13, 2020

WTEN/News10 aired a story on multiple therapies being used to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients at St. Peter's and Samaritan hospitals. [...]

Times Union: St. Peter’s Seeking Plasma Donations from Recovered COVID-19 Patients

April 10, 2020

The Times Union did a story about how SPHP is among the first hospital systems nationwide to receive federal approval for an experimental COVID-19 treatment. [...]

St. Peter’s Health Partners Battling COVID-19 with Groundbreaking Therapies, Interdisciplinary Care

April 10, 2020

Multiple groundbreaking therapies to treat the sickest COVID-positive patients in the Capital Region are being employed at St. Peter's Health Partners' (SPHP) acute care hospitals in Albany and Troy. They include the antiviral drug remdesivir; IL-6 inhibitor drugs; macrophage inhibitors; and convalescent blood plasma therapy. [...]