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Training

HIV PrEP and PEP 101 | January 16, 2025

Type: Past Presentation Training

Audience: Clinical

Program: Ending the Epidemics in Indian Country ECHO Program

Keywords: #hiv #pep #post-exposure prophylaxis #pre-exposure prophylaxis #prep

In this presentation, Dr. Jorge Mera, Indian Country ECHO Medical Director and Director of Infectious Diseases at Cherokee Nation, discusses HIV PrEP, the evidence on effectiveness, monitoring, and best practices. Then, Dr. Mera shares the latest recommendations for Post-exposure Prophylaxis ...

Date added: 01/16/25

Past Presentation

Drug Reactions 101 | January 21, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Dermatology

Keywords: #dermatology #drug eruptions #drug reactions #skin

In this session, Dr. Trevor Young, MD, fourth-year dermatology resident at the University of Pennsylvania, reviews clinical findings of common drug eruptions including common culprit medications, discusses “alarm” findings on history, exam, and laboratory studies that may indicate a more ...

Date added: 01/16/25

Past Presentation

The Month in Virology Clinical Update | January 15, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Virology

Keywords: #avian #covid #dengue #first line app #hepatitis A #influenza #virology #virus

In this series of presentations, Dr. Jorge Mera, ECHO Medical Director and Director of Infectious Diseases at Cherokee Nation, delivers a comprehensive clinical update on key virology topics. Dr. Mera discusses the latest respiratory virus updates (COVID-19 and Influenza), reviews ...

Date added: 01/15/25

Past Presentation

NW Elders ECHO | January 14, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical Community

Program: Elders, Knowledge Holders and Culture Keepers

Keywords: #AI/AN #aian #ceremony #community conversations #elder care #Elder Health #gathering #indigenous knowledge #indigenous ways #Native Elder #Sacred #sacred trust #screening and assessment #traditions

The Northwest Elders and Knowledge Keepers ECHO session took place on January 14, 2025. In this presentation, Birdie Wermy MPH, BS (Southern Cheyenne) discusses “Sacred Trust: Screening & Assessment with Elders.” The faculty panel and staff members for this session ...

Date added: 01/14/25

Past Presentation

Interview with Dr. Allick | March 27, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical Community

Program: Dementia Caregiver Support ECHO

Keywords: #caregiving #cultural #dementia #elders #healthy aging #long-term support services

In this discussion, Cole Allick, PhD, MHA, (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians), Research Assistant Professor at the Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH) at Washington State University, participates in a one-on-one interview with Dr. Neil ...

Date added: 01/14/25

Past Presentation

Using Research for Policy and Community Engagement to Address Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia | February 27, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical Community

Program: Dementia Caregiver Support ECHO

Keywords: #caregiving #cultural #dementia #elders #healthy aging #long-term support services

In this discussion, Cole Allick, PhD, MHA, (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians), Research Assistant Professor at the Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH) at Washington State University, continues the conversation on Longer Term Support Services ...

Date added: 01/14/25

Past Presentation

Elders, Tree Rings, and Long Term Support Services | January 30, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical Community

Program: Dementia Caregiver Support ECHO

Keywords: #caregiving #cultural #dementia #elders #long-term support services

In this discussion, Cole Allick, PhD, MHA, (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians), Research Assistant Professor at the Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH) at Washington State University, dives into Long Term Support Services (LTSS) for ...

Date added: 01/14/25

Past Presentation

Indian Health Service Maternal and Child Health Updates: Overview of New Resources | February 25, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Pregnancy Care and Access

Keywords: #obstetric readiness #pediatric #preventive care services

In this presentation, CDR Tina Pattara-Lau, MD, FACOG, Maternal and Child Health Consultant for the Indian Health Service and CAPT (Ret.) Stacey Dawson, PhD, MSN, CNM, Women’s Health Consultant for the Indian Health Service, provide updates on and share the ...

Date added: 01/14/25

Past Presentation

Managing Alcohol Withdrawal in Ambulatory Care | January 21, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Advancing Pharmacist Roles in Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Teams

Keywords: #alcohol #aud #disorder #substance #use #withdrawal

In this presentation, Dr. James Gasper, PharmD, BCPP, provides a comprehensive overview on optimizing the management of alcohol withdrawal in ambulatory care settings, with an emphasis on identifying low to moderate risk patients suitable for non-hospital treatment. Furthermore, Dr. Gasper ...

Date added: 01/13/25

Past Presentation

Hepatitis C Virus Point of Care RNA Testing | January 15, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #hcv #point of care #rna #testing

In this presentation, Dr. Alithea Gabrellas, MD, Infectious Diseases Physician at Gallup Indian Medical Center reviews the latest on Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) RNA point of care testing, when and how to utilize the test, and additional ideas as well ...

Date added: 01/9/25

	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