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FDA, CDC Resources & Research | June 8, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Dr. Alexander Wu, an Epidemic Intelligence Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provides a number of valuable COVID-19 related resources produced by the FDA and CDC. Dr. Wu also provides an overview of some recent updates in ...

Date added: 06/8/20

Past Presentation

IHS COVID-19 Clinical Readiness and Patient Care | June 4, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Virology

Keywords: #covid clinical care #covid clinical updates

In this series of three presentations, Dr. Jeff McCollum, Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Disease Prevention at IHS, provides a situation report on the COVID-19 pandemic in Indian Country. Then, Dr. Jonathan Iralu, Chief Clinical Consultant for Infectious ...

Date added: 06/4/20

Past Presentation

Managing Pain in Patients with Substance Use Disorder | June 4, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Substance Use Disorder

Keywords: #pain and addiction #pain management

Dr. Jonathan Robbins, Internal Medicine Physician at OHSU, shows how the neurobiology of pain mirrors the neurobiology of addiction and identifies ways to improve pain management in patients with substance use disorders.

Date added: 06/4/20

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Harm Reduction Approaches to COVID-19 | June 3, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Virology

Keywords: #harm reduction and covid-19

As people slowly return to their normal daily lives, they are seeking practical guidance about the new challenges they may encounter as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. By taking a harm reduction approach in our guidance, we acknowledge that ...

Date added: 06/3/20

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Trauma Informed Care and Trauma Stewardship – Metabolizing Your Trauma and Providing Services | June 2, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Harm Reduction

Keywords: #trauma #trauma stewardship #trauma-informed care

In this presentation, Dr. Danica Love Brown, Behavioral Health Manager at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, discusses the multiple intersections of life experiences that impact trauma, the current pandemic, and our collective trauma reaction. She shares thoughts on ...

Date added: 06/2/20

Past Presentation

COVID-19 Epi Updates: Testing Considerations | CDC, FDA Research & Resources | COVID-19 Update | June 1, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Virology

Keywords: #covid clinical updates

In this series of three presentations, Dr. Thomas Weiser provides an epidemiological update on COVID-19, focusing on testing recommendations and considerations. Then, Celeste Davis, shares valuable resources from the FDA and CDC. Finally, Dr. Jorge Mera, Director of Infectious Diseases ...

Date added: 06/1/20

Past Presentation

COVID-19: Opening Puyallup’s Clinic for Routine Dental Care | Lummi Dental Return to Work Interim | May 29, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Virology

Keywords: #dental #dental care and covid-19 #dentistry #lummi

In these two presentations, Dr. Sean Kelly, Dental Director for the Puyallup Tribal Health Authority, outlines the steps that the Puyallup Clinic has taken to resume routine dental care during the COVID-19 pandemic and keep their community safe. Then, Dr. ...

Date added: 05/29/20

Past Presentation

IHS COVID-19 Clinical Readiness and Patient Care | May 28, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Virology

Keywords: #covid clinical updates #hospice #palliative care

In these two presentations, Dr. Jonathan Iralu, Chief Clinical Consultant for Infectious Diseases at Indian Health Services, provides a clinical update. Then, Dr. Elizabeth Mann, a Hospice and Palliative Care Specialist at Gallup Indian Medical Center, discusses the role of ...

Date added: 05/28/20

Past Presentation

HCV and People Who Inject Drugs | May 27, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #Antagonist Treatment #injection drugs #Methamphetamine Use Disorder #Mirtazapine #opioid use disorder

Dr. Jessica Gregg, Associate Professor of Medicine at OHSU, shares information on HCV in people who inject drugs, and medications used to treat opioid use disorder.

Date added: 05/27/20

Past Presentation

Care for Persons Experiencing Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Yellowhawk Surveillance Study | May 27, 2020

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Virology

Keywords: #covid clinical updates #homelessness #yellowhawk tribal health center

People experiencing homelessness are at far greater risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Jennie Wei, an Internal Medicine Specialist at the Gallup Indian Medical Center, discusses the risk factors associated with homelessness and COVID-19. She shares strategies for preventing the ...

Date added: 05/27/20

	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