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Past Presentation

Non-scarring Alopecias | May 21, 2024

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Keywords: #alopecia #derm #dermatology #non-scarring #scarring #skin

The Indian Country Dermatology ECHO provides comprehensive information to support Indian Health Service, Tribal, and Urban Indian clinicians to improve dermatologic care and access for American Indian and Alaska Native people. In this session, Dr. Trevor Young, MD, third-year dermatology ...

Date added: 05/14/24

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Evaluation of Wide-Complex Tachycardia | June 10th, 2024

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Cardiology

Keywords: #cardiac #ECG #heart #outpatient #tachycardia

In this presentation, Dr. Leon Ptaszek, MD, PhD, cardiologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Associate Physician on the Cardiac Arrhythmia Service at the Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses how best to utilize clues on 12-lead ECGs ...

Date added: 05/13/24

Past Presentation

Trauma is Always in the Room

Type: Past Presentation

Program: Trans & Gender Affirming Care

Date added: 05/13/24

Past Presentation

The Month in Virology Clinical Update | May 15, 2024

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Virology

Keywords: #covid #covid clinical updates #covid treatment #influenza #measles #necroptosis #virus

In this presentation, Dr. Jorge Mera, ECHO Medical Director and Director of Infectious Diseases at Cherokee Nation, provides a clinical update on COVID-19, necroptosis and influenza, avian influenza, measles, and the latest on hepatitis.

Date added: 05/13/24

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Cannabis Use in Pregnancy through Postpartum | May 21, 2024

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Advancing Pharmacist Roles in Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Teams

Keywords: #cannabis #conception #lactation #marijuana #pregnancy #prenatal

In this presentation, Dr. Kristin Prewitt and Dr. Jamie Lo, discuss the effects of cannabis use prior to conception. Furthermore, they describe the impact of prenatal cannabis exposure on offspring development and explain ways to counsel patients regarding cannabis use ...

Date added: 05/10/24

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Diabetes Foot Infection Guidelines Update | May 16, 2024

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Infectious Disease

Keywords: #covid #diabetes #foot #infection #influenza #rsv

In this series of presentations, Dr. Alithea Gabrellas, Infectious Diseases Physician at Gallup Indian Medical Center, provides a clinical update on the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot Infections (DFI). Then, Dr. Jamie Cowan, Infectious Diseases Physician at the Northern ...

Date added: 05/8/24

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Training

How Gender-Affirming Care Saved My Life | June 27, 2024

Type: Limited Access Past Presentation Training

Audience: Clinical

Keywords: #affirming #care #gender #Referral

In this keynote presentation, Natalie Turner, shares the story of how gender-affirming care saved my life.

Date added: 05/7/24

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Training

Success Story – United Indian Health Services | June 27, 2024

Type: Limited Access Past Presentation Training

Audience: Clinical

Keywords: #affirming #care #gender

In this presentation, Haley Davies, FNP-C, shares the story implementing gender-affirming care at United Indian Health Services (UIHS). Haley identifies challenges to providing gender-affirming care at a tribal health clinic, reviews strategies to improve affirming clinic environment, and shares resources ...

Date added: 05/7/24

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Training

Navigating Referral-Care Needs | June 27, 2024

Type: Limited Access Past Presentation Training

Audience: Clinical

Keywords: #affirming #care #gender #Referral

In this series of presentations, Hannah Wenger, MD and Louisa Mook, MD, describe referral care policy and associated appeals processes in IHS/Tribal healthcare facilities, share new referral care policy updates as relates to gender-affirming medical and surgical services and review ...

Date added: 05/7/24

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Training

Media Training for Providers | June 27, 2024

Type: Limited Access Past Presentation Training

Audience: Clinical

Keywords: #affirming #care #gender #media

In this series of presentations, Sara Mar, MPH, reviews best practices for working with the media, interview tips and how to talk about transgender medical care. Please note recording is not available for this session.

Date added: 05/7/24

	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