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Past Presentation

Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus | January 16, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Keywords: #covid #H5N1 #hiv #infuenza #rsv

In this series of presentations, Dr. Jorge Mera, provides an overall infectious disease clinical update. Then, Dr. Tim Uyeki, Chief Medical Officer of the Influenza Division at CDC, reviews the latest and provides updates on the H5N1 response.

Date added: 01/8/25

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Opthalmic Emergencies | January 7 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical Community

Program: Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Keywords: #eye injuries #eye trauma #pupils

In this presentation, Dr. Mateo Garcia provides an overview of common opthalmic complaints and emergencies including eye anatomy, the pupillary light reflex, and specific issues such as foreign bodies, trauma, iritis, and exposures. Dr. Garcia includes case studies to illustrate ...

Date added: 01/7/25

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Leveraging Wearable Technology for Enhanced Clinical Decision Support in SUD Treatment | January 7th 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical Community

Program: Harm Reduction

In this presentation, David Reeser shares on OpiAID and how to leverage technology to aid in clinical decision making in the treatment of substance use disorders.

Date added: 01/7/25

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Once-Weekly Basal Insulin | January 16, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Diabetes

Keywords: #basal #diabetes #dm #icodec #insulin #weekly

In this presentation, Dr. May Fry, PharmD, BS, provides a comprehensive overview of once-weekly basal insulin, focusing on the advances, challenges, and practical applications.

Date added: 01/7/25

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Together Against Syphilis

Type: Download Handouts

Audience: Clinical

Program: Infectious Disease Syphilis ECHO

Keywords: #congenital syphilis #syphilis

This informational document contains general information for clinicians regarding syphilis screening and treatment.

Date added: 01/7/25

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Trauma, It’s More than Physical: Secondary Traumatic Stress | January 8, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Trauma Rounds

Keywords: #care #informed #patient #safety #trauma #trust #vicarious

In this presentation, Laurie Charles, defines vicarious trauma, secondary traumatic stress, and burnout, and explores their impact on health care professionals working with trauma survivors. Participants will learn about the biopsychosocial effects of patient trauma on their own well-being and ...

Date added: 01/2/25

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Pediatric Toxic Ingestions | December 19th, 2024

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Keywords: #emergency pediatrics #ems #ingestion #pediatric #toxic #Toxicity

In this presentation C. Mateo Garcia, MD, covers the evaluation and management of toxic ingestions in children, emphasizing the importance of monitoring vital signs and recognizing signs of toxicity. It highlights common dangerous substances, such as acetaminophen, aspirin, antidepressants, and ...

Date added: 12/19/24

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Grief and Depression After Loss | December 18, 2024

Type: Past Presentation

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #depression #grief #loss #support

In this presentation, Dr. Jasen Christensen, DO, reviews how to differentiate between normal grief and complicated grief and discusses approaches to help.

Date added: 12/17/24

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HCV and HIV: CHRs Save Lives | January 13, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Program: Community Health Representative (CHR)

Keywords: #chr #chw #hcv #hiv

In this presentation Brigg Reilley, Epidemiologist, and Andrew Yu, MS, RN, ACRN, National HIV/HCV/STI Clinical Coordinator at Indian Health Service Headquarters provide a broad overview of HIV and Hepatitis C, the ways they are transmitted, prevented and treated. Brigg and ...

Date added: 12/17/24

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Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS) | December 17, 2024

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

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

Keywords: #acute #paws #post #SUD #syndrome #withdraw #withdrawal

In this presentation, CDRs Grund and Gustafson will explore Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS), a phenomenon that can complicate the recovery process for individuals who have recently stopped using addictive substances. Participants will learn about the causes, warning signs, and duration ...

Date added: 12/15/24

	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