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Screening for Hepatocellular Carcinoma | June 23, 2021

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Keywords: #hcc #hepatocellular carcinoma

Incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is rising quickly in the United States, and AI/AN people are being affected greater than any other group. In this presentation, Dr. Jon Gerry, surgeon and physician at Franz Liver Cancer Clinic, Providence Portland Medical ...

Date added: 06/23/21

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HCV and People Who Inject Drugs | March 24, 2021

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #injection drugs

Dr. Jessica Gregg, Medical Director at DePaul Treatment Centers and lead ECHO faculty member, shares information on HCV in people who inject drugs, and medications used to treat opioid use disorder.

Date added: 03/24/21

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HCV in Pregnant Women – How the Opioid Crisis is Changing the Landscape | December 8, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #hcv and opioids #hcv and pregnancy #maternal child health #opioids #perinatal transmission #pregnancy

In this presentation, Kimberly Page, PhD, MPH, Professor of Epidemiology at The University of New Mexico, describes overall HCV infection trajectory in the US and shares trends seen in HCV infection among pregnant women and children. Kim also reviews the ...

Date added: 12/8/20

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The Challenges of and Opportunities for HCV Screening and Treatment of Alaska Native persons Living in Remote Communities | November 10, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #hcv screening #remote communities #rural communities #telemedicine

Brian McMahon, MD, Hepatologist at Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, shares information on the epidemiology of HCV in Alaska, explains who should be screened to detect chronic HCV infection based on recommendations from the CDC & USHSTF, discusses the barriers ...

Date added: 11/10/20

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Common HCV Medication Interactions | October 13, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #drug interactions

Matthew Begay-Bruno, PharmD, Southcentral Foundation ANPCC Pharmacy, shares a valuable overview of common medication interactions with hepatitis C medications.

Date added: 10/13/20

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Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease | September 8, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #alcohol-related #hepatology #liver disease

Brian McMahon, MD, Hepatologist at Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, shares information on alcohol-associated liver disease and new practice guidelines from AASLD focused on the diagnosis and treatment of alcohol-associated liver diseases.

Date added: 09/8/20

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Barriers to Hepatitis C Care Facing People Who Use Drugs | August 11, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #hcv treatment #SUD

Lauren Canary, an infectious diseases epidemiologist, shares information on the barriers to care for hepatitis C facing people who use drugs, and provides some strategies providers can use to help overcome some of these barriers.

Date added: 08/11/20

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Liver Fibrosis | July 14, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #liver disease #liver fibrosis

Dr. Youssef Barbour, a Liver Specialist at the Alaska Native Medical Center shares an overview of liver fibrosis, different approaches to evaluation, as well as a some tools for calculating the level of fibrosis and how to interpret and provide ...

Date added: 07/14/20

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Simplified Hepatitis C Treatment | June 9, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #hcv treatment

Annette Hewitt, an ARNP with the Liver Disease and Hepatitis Program at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, provides a simplified overview of HCV treatment.

Date added: 06/9/20

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HCV and People Who Inject Drugs | May 27, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #Antagonist Treatment #injection drugs #Methamphetamine Use Disorder #Mirtazapine #opioid use disorder

Dr. Jessica Gregg, Associate Professor of Medicine at OHSU, shares information on HCV in people who inject drugs, and medications used to treat opioid use disorder.

Date added: 05/27/20

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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.

	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

	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.