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Steroid Induced Hyperglycemia | April 8, 2021

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Keywords: #glucocorticoid treatment #glucose control #hyperglycemia #steroids

Dr. Mary Carol Greenlee, practitioner at Western Slope Endocrinology in Grand Junction, Colorado, discusses caring for patients undergoing glucocorticoid treatment, which can worsen glucose control in patient with a pre-existing diagnosis of diabetes, or cause steroid-induced diabetes in patients who ...

Date added: 04/8/21

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Post-Bariatric Surgery Hypoglycemia in Patients with Diabetes | March 11, 2021

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Diabetes ECHO Program

Keywords: #hypoglycemia #post-bariatric surgery

Dr. Mary Carol Greenlee, practitioner at Western Slope Endocrinology in Grand Junction, Colorado, discusses caring for patients with diabetes experiencing hypoglycemia post-bariatric surgery. Dr. Greenlee discusses how to identify the causes of hypoglycemia and shares treatment best practices.

Date added: 03/11/21

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Integrating Traditional Indigenous Knowledge: Path to Good Health | February 11, 2021

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Diabetes ECHO Program

Keywords: #culturally competent care #historical trauma #Motivational Interviewing #traditional indigenous knowledge #traditional intervention #traditions #trauma

Dr. Danica Love Brown, Behavioral Health Director at Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, presents on the integration of traditional indigenous knowledge and behavioral health. Drawing on her extensive work in addressing substance misuse among AI/AN patients, Dr. Brown describes ...

Date added: 02/11/21

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Pancreatogenic Diabetes | January 14, 2021

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Diabetes ECHO Program

Keywords: #diabetes diagnosis #pancreatogenic diabetes

Dr. Mary Carol Greenlee, a practitioner at Western Slope Endocrinology in Grand Junction, Colorado, presents about identifying and caring for a patient with pancreatogenic diabetes. Pancreatogenic diabetes is an often misdiagnosed type of diabetes mellitus with a complex endocrinopathy and ...

Date added: 01/14/21

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COVID-19 Related Diabetes: Can COVID-19 Cause Diabetes? | August 13, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Diabetes ECHO Program

Keywords: #covid-19 related diabetes #diabetes and covid-19

Dr. Mary Carol Greenlee, a practitioner at Western Slope Endocrinology in Grand Junction, Colorado, examines recent articles and opinions regarding the possibility that COVID-19 can directly result in new onset diabetes. She examines cases related to this topic, and looks ...

Date added: 08/13/20

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Diabetes and Cirrhosis | July 9, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Diabetes ECHO Program

Keywords: #cirrhosis #ppe

Approximately 30% of patients with cirrhosis have diabetes mellitus. In addition, diabetes is an independent factor for poor prognosis in patients with cirrhosis. Dr. Mary Carol Greenlee, practitioner at Western Slope Endocrinology in Grand Junction, Colorado, shares vital information for ...

Date added: 07/9/20

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The Vargus Nerve: Simple Tools to Help it Function in Our Favor | July 8, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Diabetes ECHO Program

Keywords: #self care #vagus nerve

This hour long session with Dr. Darryl Tonemah, a PhD of Psychology Counseling and Cultural Studies of Kiowa, Comanche, Tuscarora heritage, focuses on self-care and the Vagus Nerve, as well as self-care for providers. He provides actionable tools to deal ...

Date added: 07/8/20

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Questions about Metformin Recall | June 11, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Diabetes ECHO Program

Keywords: #metformin #metformin recall

The FDA recently alerted patients and health care professionals to nitrosamine impurity findings in certain metformin extended-release products. As clinicians continue to receive questions about the recent FDA alert, Dr. Mary Carol Greenlee, practitioner at Western Slope Endocrinology in Grand Junction, ...

Date added: 06/11/20

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Adapting Our Diabetes Programs During COVID-19 to Meet Our Patients’ and Community’s Needs | May 14, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Diabetes ECHO Program

Keywords: #diabetes and covid-19 #tulalip

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced tribal providers and programs to adapt how they operate to reach patients. In this presentation, Veronica Leahy, Program Director for the Tulalip Diabetes Care and Prevention Program, shares how her program has changed to meet ...

Date added: 05/14/20

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COVID-19 and Diabetes: Tools for Sick Day & Care Medication Management Updates | April 28, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Diabetes ECHO Program

Keywords: #covid clinical care #covid-19 related diabetes #insulin

According to recent reports by the CDC 31% of people who have died from COVID-19 had diabetes, and diabetes affects nearly a quarter of AI/AN adults. In this presentation, Dr. Mary Carol Greenlee, practitioner at Western Slope Endocrinology in Grand ...

Date added: 04/28/20

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	Jason Arion Butler is an enrolled member of the Ute Tribe of Fort Duchesne, Utah and is also part Mojave and Cherokee. He resides in Gibson, Idaho with his wife of 22 years, children, and grandchild who are all enrolled members of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. He graduated from Idaho State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and earned his Master of Science in Family and Human Development from Arizona State University. He has spent the past 5+ years employed by the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Tribal Health and Human Services Department, where he spent time serving as the Recovery Service Coordinator for the Four Directions Treatment Center, the manager for the Community Health Representative program, and recently accepted the position of Behavioral Health Manager. He strives to incorporate Native culture, traditions, morals, and values into the healthcare services provided to Native communities, implementing these practices into his work with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and advocating for the reconstruction of healthcare practices nationally. Today he says, “I am loving life and am extremely thankful to have found a career path I love.

	Carrie Sampson-Samuels is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation located in Eastern Oregon. Carrie has an early background in nursing providing patient care in long term and clinical care settings. Carrie then furthered her education in community health and health studies at Portland State University, later advancing her education in healthcare management at Oregon Health and Sciences University while serving in leadership and executive management for a Tribal health organization as the Community Health Director. Carrie has served Tribes from Oregon to Montana and the Treaty 7 Blackfoot Confederacy in Southern Alberta. As the Community Health Aide Project Director for the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, Carrie has provided leadership, advocacy and project management for expansion for the Behavioral Health Aide and Community Health Aide Program under the umbrella and direction of the Tribal Community Health Provider Project. This work has led to the expansion of Tribal Community Health Providers in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Carrie is responsible for leading partnerships with the education institutions, key Tribal partner sites, contract experts and advisory workgroups. This includes development of education infrastructure, education curriculum, recruitment strategies, tools for integration of providers into tribal health organizations, and working with state partners to develop policy and infrastructure for provider reimbursement. Carrie manages and writes multiple grants that support all aspects of this work and provides technical assistance support to the Portland Area CHAP Certification Board. Carrie is the proud mother of 4 daughters and resides on a small ranch on her Tribal homelands.

	Dr. Liu is a generalist OB/GYN at Gallup Indian Medical Center. In addition to her medical degree, she holds a PhD in Health Policy. Among other publications, she served as the chief editor for the 2019 Oxford University Press book: “50 Studies Every Obstetrician and Gynecologist Should Know.” She has formal training in Quality Improvement processes through the Partners Clinical Process Improvement Leadership Program (CPIP), which she utilized to implement emergency contraception at Massachusetts General Hospital. During her six years at Gallup Indian Medical Center she has primary responsibility for preparing and reporting of metrics related to the delivery of obstetric care, and serves on the Continuing Medical Education committee.

	Dr. Hoover is from Chicago, where he grew up and went to medical school, at Rush University, on Chicago’s diverse West Side. He was trained in Urology at Boston Medical Center in Boston’s beautiful South End neighborhood. Dr. Hoover went on to pursue fellowship training in voiding dysfunction and laser prostate surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Hoover is a Board-Certified Urologist, by the American Board of Urology, having achieved this honor in 2018. Dr. Hoover has several peer-reviewed publications, including research studies and medical illustrations. His family is happy to call Gallup home since the end of 2017. In their free time they like to explore New Mexico’s wilderness and go camping. Now that their two girls are growing up, it’s also imperative that we catch Pokemon wherever we go.Dr. Hoover is the only Urologist in McKinley County, New Mexico, and in any of the surrounding counties– it’s just him between Albuquerque and Flagstaff. He’s happy to continue seeing established patients, and is accepting new patients from the entire region. Dr. Hoover believes in communication, candor, and compassion as essential tenets of patient care. Dr. Hoover is an expert in general Urology, male and female voiding dysfunction, kidney stones and kidney stone surgery, BPH and laser prostate surgery, erectile dysfunction, vasectomy, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, testicular cancer. Many of the procedures he do as a Urologist are done in the office including: cystoscopy, vasectomy, urodynamics, treatment foroveractive bladder, and many others. Please call/text or email and let him and his staff know how they can help you.

	Eric Wortmann, MD is the former Director of Emergency Medicine at Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility. Besides patient care, Eric has a deep passion for mentoring aspiring physicians and health care providers. He was the Education Director of Emergency Medicine at Chinle as well as Adjunct Faculty for the US Army teaching Special Forces Medics. He has been a visiting professor of Emergency Medicine in Haiti and has worked in the Dominican Republic since 1989. Eric has a long-time passion as a mid and long-distance running coach. He has lived on Kauai for 30 years. Currently he divides his time between Northern Italy and Hawaii. Recently he was accepted into Doctors without Borders USA and is awaiting his first assignment.

	Corey Detlefs, MD, FACS, is the Trauma Outreach Director and an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix