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Let’s Talk About PrEP | November 21, 2019

Date of Presentation: November 21, 2019

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  

Program: Substance Use Disorder  

Keywords: #HIV prevention  #pre-exposure prophylaxis  #prep  

Dr. Jorge Mera, Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation Health Service, and Whitney Essex, Family Nurse Practitioner for Cherokee Nation Health Service, explain PrEP, the process in which an HIV-negative person who is at very high risk for acquiring HIV takes daily medication to reduce their risk. They provide strategies for assessing candidates for PrEP, and the process for starting new patients on PrEP.

Presented by:

Dr. Jorge Mera, Whitney Essex

Jorge Mera, MD, 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.

Whitney Essex, MSN, FNP-BC, is a Family Nurse Practitioner for Cherokee Nation Health Service. Mrs. Essex works in the Infectious Diseases Department, where she is the coordinator for the Cherokee Nation Hepatitis C Elimination program. She assists in the maintenance of general infectious diseases clinical services, as well as the provision of medical care for patients accessing HIV, PrEP, Hepatitis C, and other infectious diseases-related services.

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Date added: November 21, 2019