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Past Presentation

Pregnancy and Outcomes in Patients with COVID-19 | March 25, 2021

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Keywords: #antibody transmission #covid and pregnancy #pregnancy #vaccines and pregnancy

In this presentation, Dr Tom Becker, medical epidemiologist for Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center, reviews a recent set of articles on pregnancy and newborn outcomes among Covid-19 patients and the latest on antibody transmission from mothers to infants post vaccination in 3rd trimester.

Date added: 03/25/21

Past Presentation

HCV and People Who Inject Drugs | March 24, 2021

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #injection drugs

Dr. Jessica Gregg, Medical Director at DePaul Treatment Centers and lead ECHO faculty member, shares information on HCV in people who inject drugs, and medications used to treat opioid use disorder.

Date added: 03/24/21

Past Presentation

Decolonizing Gender in Clinical Spaces | March 22, 2021

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Trans & Gender Affirming Care

Keywords: #decolonizing #gender identity

This short presentation offers questions and prompts for providers to consider in their approach to identity and gender within clinical spaces for both themselves and patients.

Date added: 03/22/21

Past Presentation

SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Schools | Public Health and CDC/FDA Updates | March 22, 2021

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Virology

Keywords: #covid transmission #public health updates #schools. transmission in schools

In this series of presentations, Dr. Thomas Becker, Medical Epidemiologist and ECHO faculty member, reviews multiple articles on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the school setting. Then, Dr. Eileen M. Dunne, PhD, ECHO faculty member and Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer for the ...

Date added: 03/22/21

Past Presentation

Choosing to Provide PrEP | March 19, 2021

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Grand Rounds

Keywords: #hiv #pre-exposure prophylaxis #prep

In this series of presentations, ECHO faculty members Leslie Stewart, MD, Infectious Diseases physician for Chinle Hospital (Navajo Nation), and Heather Huentelman, Clinical Pharmacist at Phoenix Indian Medical Center will share an overview and their story of why they chose to ...

Date added: 03/19/21

Past Presentation

Epi Update | Older Adults and the Mental Health Effects of COVID -19 | March 18, 2021

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Virology

Keywords: #elders #mental health #mental health and quarantine #older adults #resilience

In this series of presentations, Dr. Michael Toedt, Chief Medical Officer for IHS, provides an epidemiology update. Then Dr. Ipsit Vahia, Medical Director for both the Institute for Technology in Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry Outpatient Programs at McLean Hospitals, discusses the mental ...

Date added: 03/18/21

Past Presentation

Vaccine Success Stories | Dental Operations During COVID-19 | March 15, 2021

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Virology

Keywords: #covid-19 vaccines #dental care and covid-19

In this series of presentations, Pat Butler, Health Director at White Earth, shares their story of COVID-19 vaccine administration success, opportunities and lessons learned. Then, Dr. Sean Kelly, Dental Support Center Clinical Consultant at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board and ...

Date added: 03/15/21

Past Presentation

Post-Bariatric Surgery Hypoglycemia in Patients with Diabetes | March 11, 2021

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Diabetes

Keywords: #hypoglycemia #post-bariatric surgery

Dr. Mary Carol Greenlee, practitioner at Western Slope Endocrinology in Grand Junction, Colorado, discusses caring for patients with diabetes experiencing hypoglycemia post-bariatric surgery. Dr. Greenlee discusses how to identify the causes of hypoglycemia and shares treatment best practices.

Date added: 03/11/21

Past Presentation

Walking the Tightrope – Consent Working with Gender-Diverse Youth | March 8, 2021

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Trans & Gender Affirming Care

Keywords: #gender-affirming care #gender-diverse youth #parental consent #youth

Jess, social worker with OHSU's Transgender Youth Program, shares knowledge to help providers navigate parental consent when providing gender-affirming care to youth, and discusses when it is appropriate to consider emancipation.

Date added: 03/8/21

Past Presentation

Vaccine Hesitancy | Public Health and CDC/FDA Updates | March 8, 2021

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Virology

Keywords: #covid clinical updates #vaccine hesitancy

In this series of presentations, Dr. Thomas Becker, Medical Epidemiologist and ECHO faculty member, provides a summary and article review of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Then, Eileen M. Dunne, PhD, ECHO faculty member and Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer for the Centers ...

Date added: 03/8/21

	Jason Arion Butler is an enrolled member of the Ute Tribe of Fort Duchesne, Utah and is also part Mojave and Cherokee. He resides in Gibson, Idaho with his wife of 22 years, children, and grandchild who are all enrolled members of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. He graduated from Idaho State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and earned his Master of Science in Family and Human Development from Arizona State University. He has spent the past 5+ years employed by the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Tribal Health and Human Services Department, where he spent time serving as the Recovery Service Coordinator for the Four Directions Treatment Center, the manager for the Community Health Representative program, and recently accepted the position of Behavioral Health Manager. He strives to incorporate Native culture, traditions, morals, and values into the healthcare services provided to Native communities, implementing these practices into his work with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and advocating for the reconstruction of healthcare practices nationally. Today he says, “I am loving life and am extremely thankful to have found a career path I love.

	Carrie Sampson-Samuels is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation located in Eastern Oregon. Carrie has an early background in nursing providing patient care in long term and clinical care settings. Carrie then furthered her education in community health and health studies at Portland State University, later advancing her education in healthcare management at Oregon Health and Sciences University while serving in leadership and executive management for a Tribal health organization as the Community Health Director. Carrie has served Tribes from Oregon to Montana and the Treaty 7 Blackfoot Confederacy in Southern Alberta. As the Community Health Aide Project Director for the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, Carrie has provided leadership, advocacy and project management for expansion for the Behavioral Health Aide and Community Health Aide Program under the umbrella and direction of the Tribal Community Health Provider Project. This work has led to the expansion of Tribal Community Health Providers in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Carrie is responsible for leading partnerships with the education institutions, key Tribal partner sites, contract experts and advisory workgroups. This includes development of education infrastructure, education curriculum, recruitment strategies, tools for integration of providers into tribal health organizations, and working with state partners to develop policy and infrastructure for provider reimbursement. Carrie manages and writes multiple grants that support all aspects of this work and provides technical assistance support to the Portland Area CHAP Certification Board. Carrie is the proud mother of 4 daughters and resides on a small ranch on her Tribal homelands.

	Dr. Liu is a generalist OB/GYN at Gallup Indian Medical Center. In addition to her medical degree, she holds a PhD in Health Policy. Among other publications, she served as the chief editor for the 2019 Oxford University Press book: “50 Studies Every Obstetrician and Gynecologist Should Know.” She has formal training in Quality Improvement processes through the Partners Clinical Process Improvement Leadership Program (CPIP), which she utilized to implement emergency contraception at Massachusetts General Hospital. During her six years at Gallup Indian Medical Center she has primary responsibility for preparing and reporting of metrics related to the delivery of obstetric care, and serves on the Continuing Medical Education committee.

	Dr. Hoover is from Chicago, where he grew up and went to medical school, at Rush University, on Chicago’s diverse West Side. He was trained in Urology at Boston Medical Center in Boston’s beautiful South End neighborhood. Dr. Hoover went on to pursue fellowship training in voiding dysfunction and laser prostate surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Hoover is a Board-Certified Urologist, by the American Board of Urology, having achieved this honor in 2018. Dr. Hoover has several peer-reviewed publications, including research studies and medical illustrations. His family is happy to call Gallup home since the end of 2017. In their free time they like to explore New Mexico’s wilderness and go camping. Now that their two girls are growing up, it’s also imperative that we catch Pokemon wherever we go.Dr. Hoover is the only Urologist in McKinley County, New Mexico, and in any of the surrounding counties– it’s just him between Albuquerque and Flagstaff. He’s happy to continue seeing established patients, and is accepting new patients from the entire region. Dr. Hoover believes in communication, candor, and compassion as essential tenets of patient care. Dr. Hoover is an expert in general Urology, male and female voiding dysfunction, kidney stones and kidney stone surgery, BPH and laser prostate surgery, erectile dysfunction, vasectomy, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, testicular cancer. Many of the procedures he do as a Urologist are done in the office including: cystoscopy, vasectomy, urodynamics, treatment foroveractive bladder, and many others. Please call/text or email and let him and his staff know how they can help you.

	Eric Wortmann, MD is the former Director of Emergency Medicine at Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility. Besides patient care, Eric has a deep passion for mentoring aspiring physicians and health care providers. He was the Education Director of Emergency Medicine at Chinle as well as Adjunct Faculty for the US Army teaching Special Forces Medics. He has been a visiting professor of Emergency Medicine in Haiti and has worked in the Dominican Republic since 1989. Eric has a long-time passion as a mid and long-distance running coach. He has lived on Kauai for 30 years. Currently he divides his time between Northern Italy and Hawaii. Recently he was accepted into Doctors without Borders USA and is awaiting his first assignment.

	Corey Detlefs, MD, FACS, is the Trauma Outreach Director and an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix