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Starting a Harm Reduction Program at Cass Lake IHS | June 28, 2023

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Keywords: #harm reduction #naloxone #primary care #sterile equipment #syringe

In this presentation, Whitney Dickson, PharmD, shares the story of Cass Lake Indian Health Service choosing to start a harm reduction program, how they started, their success', challenges and lessons learned integrating a program in their pharmacy.

Date added: 06/21/23

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A National Initiative to Eliminate HCV in the United States | June 21, 2023

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #daa #direct acting antiviral #elimination #hcv

In this presentation Dr. Karla Thornton provides an update on the national initiative to eliminate HCV in the United States, including a background on the epidemiology of the the public health crisis, current barriers to getting hepatitis C treatment, examples ...

Date added: 06/16/23

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Hepatitis C Direct Acting Antiviral Treatment Interruptions | June 7, 2023

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #daa #direct acting antiviral #hcv #missed doses #treatment interruption

In this presentation Dr. Karla Thornton discusses how to apply the guidance provided by the AASLD/IDSA on HCV DAA treatment interruptions, identify when patients should have DAA therapy continued vs when DAA therapy should be stopped, and also describes the ...

Date added: 06/5/23

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Hepatitis B Testing and Serology Interpretation | May 24, 2023

Type: Past Presentation

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #hbv #hbv serology #hepatitis #hepatitis b

In this presentation Dr. Karla Thornton discusses Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and serology interpretation. Dr Thornton describes the global burden of HBV, HBV awareness, how to identify appropriate baseline serologies for HBV and how to correctly interpret serologic tests for ...

Date added: 05/18/23

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Medication Management of Depression | May 17, 2023

Type: Past Presentation

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #depression #medications #pharmacotherapy

In this presentation, Dr. Jasen Christensen, DO, discusses the range of antidepressants available, reasons to choose and reasons to avoid certain antidepressants, and reviews the importance of antidepressant treatment duration.

Date added: 05/17/23

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State of Hep C 2023 | May 3, 2023

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #hcv #hepatitis c #insurance #prior authorization #restrictions

In this presentation, Dr. Richard Manch, MD, provides a comprehensive overview and update of the latest HCV Treatment Restrictions Data from all 50 state Medicaid programs. Hepatitis C is our nation’s deadliest bloodborne infectious disease, yet many state Medicaid programs ...

Date added: 04/30/23

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HCV 101: Medications and Management | April 26, 2023

Type: Past Presentation Training

Audience: Clinical

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #hcv #hcv cure #hcv treatment #hep c #hepatitis

In this training, Dr. Paulina Deming discusses treatment and management of patients with hepatitis C in primary care, including medications, approaches to treatment, medication interactions, and treatment monitoring.

Date added: 04/26/23

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Supporting Pregnant and Parenting People Experiencing SUDs | April 19, 2023

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical Community

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #parents #pregnancy #pregnant #substance use disorder #SUD #SUD treatment

In this series of presentation, Dr Sherry Daker, PharmD, MHA, Treatment and Recovery Co-Lead for the IHS National Committee on Heroin, Opioids & Pain Efforts, highlights best practices for supporting pregnant and parenting people, partners, and families experiencing substance use disorders. ...

Date added: 04/17/23

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Diabetes and HCV | April 5, 2023

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #diabetes #dm #hcc #hcv and diabetes #hepatitis c #hepatocellular carcinoma #type 2 diabetes

In this presentation, Dr. Carol Greenlee, endocrinologist, discusses the relationship of diabetes, liver disease and HCV infection. Dr. Greenlee provides an overview of extra hepatic manifestations of HCV infection, HCV & insulin resistance, how HCV can potentially induce or aggravate ...

Date added: 04/3/23

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Substance Use and Injecting Behaviors During and After Hepatitis C Treatment Among Persons Who Inject Drugs | March 22, 2023

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #cure #hcv #pwid #substance use

In this presentation, Kimberly Page, PhD, MPH, Professor of Epidemiology at The University of New Mexico, describes injection practices among people who inject drugs (PWID) before, during, and after HCV treatment with DAAs. Dr Page also examines whether sharing injecting ...

Date added: 03/20/23

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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