Critical Review Two-Years Thereafter of the Effectiveness of the Revolutionary Changes in a Gastroenterology Division at A Medical School Teaching Hospital in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Medical School, Residency, and Gastrointestinal Fellowship Education and Clinical Practice of Gastroenterology Attendings and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Profound and pervasive GI divisional changes maximized clinical resources devoted to COVID-19-infected patients and minimized risks of transmitting infection. Academic changes degraded by massive cost-cutting while offering institution to about 100 hospital systems and eventually “selling” institution to Spectrum Health, without faculty input.