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COVID-19 Epi Update | COVID-19 Updates | April 6, 2020

Date of Presentation: April 6, 2020

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  

Program: Virology ECHO Program  

Keywords: #covid clinical updates  #covid-19  

Dr. Tom Weiser shares an epi update on COVID-19, and Dr. Jorge Mera, Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation Health Service, provides an overview of some of the latest relevant studies.

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Presenter Bio:

Dr. Tom Weiser, Dr. Jorge Mera

Thomas Weiser, MD, MPH, has been with Portland Area Indian Health Services since 1998, initially serving as an Indian Health Services Medical Officer in Whiteriver, Arizona from 1998-2005. He completed the CDC Epidemiology Intelligence Service from 2005-2007, assigned to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. In 2007, he began his new position assigned to the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board and Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center. Dr. Weiser is passionate about improving the quality of healthcare services, data access and data quality for American Indian and Alaska Native populations; human subjects protection; infectious disease epidemiology and surveillance.

Jorge Mera, MD, FACP, is the Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation Health Service, the largest tribally operated health care system in the United States. He oversees surveillance, policies, and programs to treat and prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases, HIV and HCV.

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Date added: April 6, 2020