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Past Presentation

Adapting Our Diabetes Programs During COVID-19 to Meet Our Patients’ and Community’s Needs | May 14, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Keywords: #diabetes and covid-19 #tulalip

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced tribal providers and programs to adapt how they operate to reach patients. In this presentation, Veronica Leahy, Program Director for the Tulalip Diabetes Care and Prevention Program, shares how her program has changed to meet ...

Date added: 05/14/20

Past Presentation

COVID-19 Emerging Topic: A Public Health Framework for Reopening Tribal Economies | COVID-19 Updates | May 13, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Virology

Keywords: #contact tracing #covid and kids #covid clinical updates

Celeste Davis, Environmental Public Health Director at the Northwest Tribal Epicenter, shares resources and information intended to aid Tribal leaders in making decisions around reopening their communities and economies. Then, Dr. Jorge Mera, Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation ...

Date added: 05/13/20

Past Presentation

Gender-Affirming Hormones for Adults and Adolescents | May 13, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Trans & Gender Affirming Care

Keywords: #hormone therapy #transgender care

Dr. Robert Goldstein, Medical Director of the Transgender Health Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, explains the importance of obtaining consent before beginning hormone therapy and the variable timeline of physical change once hormone therapy has begun. Dr. Goldstein also provides ...

Date added: 05/13/20

Past Presentation

Keeping it Confidential: How to Be Mindful of Confidentiality During the COVID-19 Pandemic | May 13, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Peer Recovery

Keywords: #covid-19 #patient confidentiality

In this presentation, Jessica Carroll provides an updated look on the importance of maintaining confidentiality in peer support programs, even during the COVID-19 pandemic. She shares lessons learned from the Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon and the challenges ...

Date added: 05/13/20

Past Presentation

Routine Child Immunizations | Updates – SARS-CoV-2 – Antibody Blocking Infection? | COVID-19 Updates | May 11, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Virology

Keywords: #covid clinical updates #covid testing #routine child immunizations

In this series of presentations, Dr. Tom Weiser discussed the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on routine child immunizations. Dr. Alexander Wu, an Epidemic Intelligence Officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shares the findings of ...

Date added: 05/11/20

Past Presentation

SUD Peers in COVID-19: Challenges, Resiliency & Emerging Strategies | May 7, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Substance Use Disorder

Keywords: #covid and SUD #resilience

Debra Buffaloboy, Peer Consultant for the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, discusses the challenges of peer recovery for those with substance use disorder in the COVID-19 pandemic. She shares strategies for resiliency and providing services.

Date added: 05/7/20

Past Presentation

COVID-19 Clinical Update | Setting Up and Starting an Alternate Care Facility | May 7, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Virology

Keywords: #alternate care sites #covid clinical updates

Following a situation update from RADM Michael Toedt, Chief Medical Officer for the Indian Health Service, Dr. Jonathan Iralu, shares new research on COVID-19 symptoms and updates on testing and treatment. Finally, Dr. Kevin Gaines, the Acting Deputy Chief at ...

Date added: 05/7/20

Past Presentation

Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists COVID-19 Case Definition | Laboratory Testing for COVID-19 | Example Population Testing Strategy for Tribes | May 6, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Virology

Keywords: #coding #covid clinical updates #covid testing

In this series of presentations, Dr. Harry Brown, Medical Epi Consultant for the United Southern and Eastern Tribes, discusses laboratory testing for COVID-19. Dr. Alex Wu, an Epidemic Intelligence Officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Dr. ...

Date added: 05/6/20

Past Presentation

Harm Reduction in Tribal Communities | May 5, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Harm Reduction

Keywords: #historical trauma #origins of harm reduction #syringe services #trauma #trauma-informed care

American Indian and Alaska Native people experience adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and trauma at higher rates than the general population. This has serious implications for health throughout the lifespan. In this presentation, Dr. Danica Love Brown, Behavioral Health Manager at ...

Date added: 05/5/20

Past Presentation

Testing for COVID-19 | COVID-19 Timelines – Updated Return to Work for Healthcare Workers | COVID-19 Updates | May 4, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Virology

Keywords: #coding #covid clinical updates #covid testing #return to work

In this series of presentations, Dr. Alex Wu, an Epidemic Intelligence Officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provides several timelines for COVID-19 and the criteria for return to work for healthcare workers suspected or confirmed to have ...

Date added: 05/4/20

	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