Dr. James R. Ficke Directs the New Baltimore Field Hospital Being Constructed to Care for Recovering COVID-19 Patients

James R. Ficke, MD, director of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, is an SOA member, a former SOA Board member, and also director of the Joint Hopkins Maryland Federal Medical Station, where doctors will offer acute care for people who have been infected with COVID-19 but are stable enough to leave permanent hospitals. The field hospital is being constructed in the Baltimore Convention Center.

Dr. Ficke was featured in the following Baltimore Sun article and video which covered the new Medical Station:

https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs-md-coronavirus-baltimore-convention-hospital-20200328-ivfc5gf6lvfupmfowjjz5edake-story.html

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