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Update on Routine Childhood Immunizations | April 28, 2021

Date of Presentation: April 28, 2021

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  

Program: Maternal and Child Health ECHO Program  

Keywords: #covid-19 vaccines  #routine child immunizations  

In this presentation, Dr Thomas Weiser, MD, MPH, Medical Epidemiologist for the Portland Area Indian Health Service and Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, reviews childhood immunization rates, effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine pediatric and adolescent vaccine ordering and valuable tips to help improve vaccine coverage.

Presenter Bio:

Dr. Tom Weiser

Thomas Weiser, MD, is the Medical Epidemiologist for the Portland Area Indian Health Service assigned to the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board and NW Tribal Epidemiology Center. He has been with PHS since 1998, initially serving as an IHS Medical Officer in Whiteriver, Arizona from 1998-2005. He completed the CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service from 2005-2007. In addition to supporting general public health and epidemiologic research at the NW Tribal Epidemiology Center, Tom is also the Co-Chair of the Portland Area IHS Institutional Review Board. Nationally, he has served on the IHS Heroin, Opioids and Pain Efforts (HOPE) Committee as the Chair of the Metrics Sub-committee and since 2018 has served as the IHS ex-officio representative to the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

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Date added: April 28, 2021