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Ending the Syndemic – An Introduction | June 22, 2023

Date of Presentation: June 22, 2023

Type: Past Presentation  Training  

Audience: Clinical  

Program: Ending the Epidemics in Indian Country ECHO Program  

Keywords: #disease  #elimination  #epidemic  #hcv  #hiv  #sti  #SUD  #syndemic  #syphilis  

In this presentation, Dr. Jorge Mera, Indian Country ECHO Medical Director and Director of Infectious Diseases at Cherokee Nation, introduces the rationale, program design, leadership policies, and tools that may successfully be used by healthcare providers and tribal decision makers to develop and enhance programs to address the syndemic of interrelated disease states of Substance Use Disorder, HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Hepatitis C Virus.

 

Recording:

Presented by:

Jorge Mera

Jorge Mera, MD, FACP, is the Indian Country ECHO Medical Director and Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation Health Services (CNHS), the largest tribally operated health care system in the United States. He completed his fellowship in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and is Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) in Infectious Diseases. During recent years Jorge’s efforts have been dedicated to organizing the Cherokee Nation HCV elimination program, as well as the HIV/HCV ECHO project. He is also the Director of the HIV clinic since 2012 and the Principal Investigator of the End the HIV Epidemic for the CNHS. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine of the Oklahoma State University Health Science Center and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.

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Date added: June 15, 2023