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Treatment of Antimicrobial-Resistant Gram-Negative Infections | February 16, 2023

Date of Presentation: February 16, 2023

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  

Program: Infectious Disease  

Keywords: #antimicrobial resistant  #antimicrobial stewardship  #covid  #gram-negative infections  

In this series of presentations, Dr. Jorge Mera, ECHO Medical Director and Director of Infectious Diseases at Cherokee Nation, provides a clinical update on COVID-19 and RSV. Then, Dr. Alithea Gabrellas, an Infectious Diseases Physician at Gallup Indian Medical Center, discusses the rise in antimicrobial resistance, the latest IDSA guidance on the treatment of antimicrobial-resistant gram-negative infections, and how to practice robust antimicrobial stewardship.

 

Recording:

Presented by:

Dr. Alithea Gabrellas, MD | Dr. Jorge Mera, MD

Dr. Alithea Gabrellas, MD, is an Infectious Diseases Physician at Gallup Indian Medical Center. Dr. Gabrellas received her medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, and specialized in Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine.

Dr. Jorge Mera is the 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: February 14, 2023