Dr. Boockvar remains the vice chair of neurosurgery and director of the Brain Tumor Center at Lenox Hill Hospital, where during the series he's seen confidently but compassionately treating some of the most complex cases at the hospital. He also spends a lot of time in the lab, so it should come as no surprise that when New York became the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Boockvar and his team began running clinical trials for medications.
Though healthcare workers have shown tremendous courage while treating COVID-19, Dr. Boockvar told the New York Post that the virus has undoubtedly challenged the system — something he believes will lead to meaningful change. "We've improved in a lot of ways what we know were inefficiencies in the health-care system prior to the coronavirus," he said.
