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Discussing Your Questions About Health and Wellbeing
Providing a Professional & Honest Approach to Health
David Nayak, MD MPH
Producer & Host
Board Certified, Internal Medicine
Provides long-term, comprehensive care in the office and in the hospital, managing both common and complex illnesses
Board Certified, Allergy-Immunology
Recognized specialists in allergy and immunology
Master of Public Health
Working with specific populations and communities to improve their health through awareness, education, policy, and research
Latest Episodes
Episode 23: Quick Hits: If I'm vaccinated, why should I wear a mask?
Episode 22: COVID-19 Variants and Vaccine Efficacy
In Episode 22 of Dr. Dave On Call, we discuss the COVID-19 variants and the effects on vaccine efficacy with Dr. David Montefiori.
Episode 21: Revisiting pediatric mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic
Episode 20: Quick Hits: What does 95% effectiveness mean for the experimental COVID-19 vaccines?
In Episode 20 of Dr. Dave On Call, we discuss the reported 95% effectiveness for the experimental COVID-19 vaccines. There are currently 2 vaccines by the companies Pfizer and Moderna that are reporting 95% effectiveness…
Episode 19: Can the flu vaccine give me the flu?
Episode 18: Quick Hits: What's the purpose of a Stay-At-Home Order?
In Episode 18, we begin Dr. Dave On Call-Quick Hits and discuss the purpose of a Stay-At-Home Order. In the United States, we are recording about 150K COVID-19 cases on a daily basis, and in the next month or so, we should likely be over 200K daily.
Episode 17: My experience in the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial
In Episode 17 of Dr. Dave On Call, I discuss my experience in the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial. This episode has been a culmination of about 2 months of my observations while participating as a research subject in the Moderna mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine trial.
Episode 16: The COVID-19 saliva test-An interview with creator, Dr. Martin Burke
In Episode 16, we discuss the COVID-19 saliva test with creator, Dr. Martin Burke, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (U of I).
Episode 15: Forgiveness and our health: An interview with Dr. Fred Luskin
Episode 14: COVID-19 vaccine research update with lead investigator, Dr. Richard Novak
In Episode 14 of Dr. Dave On Call, we discuss the Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial of Moderna lead by Dr. Richard Novak, Chief of Infectious Diseases at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Episode 13: Food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic
In Episode 13 of Dr. Dave On Call, we discuss food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic. We speak with Jennie Hull, Director of Programs at the Lakeview Pantry, Chicago’s oldest and largest food pantry.
Prioritizing the Health & Safety of Your Business During COVID-19
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Dr. Dave supports Paulie Gee’s restaurant through pandemic
Paulie Guee's, Logan Square restaurant assisited by Dr. Dave during the pandemic, has received a Critics’ Choice Takeout Awards from the Chicago Tribune, being recognized as one of Chicago’s best chefs, industry innovators and community champions of 2020. Dr. Dave is...
Dr. Dave Ensures Chicago Restaurants Open Safely
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Dr. Dave Helps Ensure Chicago Restaurants Can Re-Open Safely
After thorough contact-tracing, testing, disinfecting, and with the confidence of @drdaveoncall we are officially OPEN FOR BUSINESS..... View this post on Instagram #Repost @halfsourchicago ・・・ Making the soup to reopen today was very therapeutic. After being informed...
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