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Past Presentation

Syphilis: A Harm Reduction Approach for CHRs | October 20, 2022

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical Community

Keywords: #harm reduction #infectious disease #sexual health #std #sti #syphilis

In this presentation, Jessica Leston, MPH, highlight best practices for responding to the rise of syphilis rates in Indigenous communities. Jessica provides a brief syphilis 101 followed by the epidemiology of syphilis as well as syphilis in pregnancy, best practices ...

Date added: 10/20/22

Past Presentation

COVID-19 Clinical Update | October 19, 2022

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Virology

Keywords: #covid #covid clinical updates #covid treatment #influenza #monkeypox

In this presentation, Dr. Jorge Mera, ECHO Medical Director and Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation Health Services, discusses the latest COVID-19, Monkeypox and Influenza clinical updates, including COVID-19 epidemiology, variants, PASC, vaccine protection, Evusheld, and treatment updates.

Date added: 10/19/22

Past Presentation

Language of Addiction | October 19, 2022

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #language #mat #MOUD #non-stigmatizing language #OUD #Recovery #substance use disorders #SUD

Dr. Karla Thornton, Professor of Infectious Diseases at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, speaks about the importance of using non-stigmatizing language in substance use and shares the language recommended by the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Date added: 10/19/22

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Trauma-Informed Care | October 18, 2022

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

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

Keywords: #retrigger #tic #trauma #trauma-informed care #trigger

In this presentation, Dr. Nomi Levy-Carrick, MD, MPhil, presents on Healthcare Engagement: The Trauma-Informed Approach. Dr. Levy-Carrick introduces trauma-informed care (TIC) principles and paradigm shift, discusses how TIC provides context to recognize, mitigate, and even prevent trauma and retriggering, and ...

Date added: 10/18/22

Past Presentation

Tirzepatide | October 13, 2022

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Diabetes

Keywords: #diabetes #medications #mounjaro #tirzepitide

In this presentation, Cathrine Bauchman, PGY1 Resident at Yakama IHS, discusses Maunjaro (Tirzepatide), provides an overview of results of several studies of this medication, and shows the impact on future practices in diabetes mellitus type 2 control, and weight loss.

Date added: 10/16/22

Past Presentation

Coccidioidomycosis: Presentation, Diagnosis, and Treatment | October 20, 2022

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Infectious Disease

Keywords: #cocci #Coccidioides immitis #Coccidioides posadasii #coccidioidomycosis #desert rheumatism #id #valley fever

In this series of presentations, Dr. Jorge Mera, ECHO Medical Director, provides a clinical update on emerging COVID-19 and monkeypox topics. Then, Dr. John N Galgiani, MD, presents on coccidioidomycosis or "Valley Fever". Dr. Galgiani will describe the gap in ...

Date added: 10/13/22

Past Presentation

Review of Evidence for Treatment of Methamphetamine Use Disorder | October 13, 2022

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical Community

Keywords: #contingency #contingency management #meth #methamphetamine #MUD #psychosocial #stimulant #SUD #use disorder

In this presentation, Dr. Jasen Christensen, DO, provides an overview of the existing evidence for treatment and management of methamphetamine use disorder (MUD). Dr. Christensen describes the strength of evidence for psychosocial interventions with a particular focus on contingency management. ...

Date added: 10/13/22

Past Presentation

Journey to Health ECHO | October 13th, 2022

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical Community

Program: Journey to Health

Keywords: #aian #Community healing #dine #health #navajo #traditional healing #traditional indigenous knowledge #traditional intervention #traditional medicine #treatment

In this presentation, Sheila Goldtooth (Diné/Navajo Nation) provides a brief overview of traditional Diné healing methods, principles, and ceremonies. Please note this presentation was not recorded. Please reach out to echo@npaihb.org if you have any questions.

Date added: 10/13/22

Past Presentation

Trauma Visual Cues | October 12, 2022

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Trauma Rounds

Keywords: #ed #emergency #er #trauma #traumatic #visual cues

In this presentation, Dr. Gannon Sungar, DO, highlights visual cues that allow prompt recognition of high-risk traumatic injuries and identifies physical exam and radiographic findings associated with injuries that may be worse than they appear.

Date added: 10/12/22

Past Presentation

NW Elders ECHO | October 11th, 2022

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical Community

Program: Elders, Knowledge Holders and Culture Keepers

Keywords: #best practices #culturally competent care #culture-based strategies #elders #indigenous knowledge #relationality #traditional indigenous knowledge

The Northwest Elders and Knowledge Keepers ECHO session took place on October 11th, 2022. In this presentation, Suzie Kuerschner discusses how traditional indigenous knowledge should be viewed as best practice in raising children, building communities, and more. The faculty panel ...

Date added: 10/11/22

	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