Amina Chaudhry, MD, MPH, MBA | Meghan Curry O’Connell, MD, MPH | Topher Jentoft, MD

Amina Chaudhry, MD, MPH, MBA (she/her) is a general internist with over 20 years of clinical and community health experience. She has been providing clinical care at the Rosebud Service Unit since 2019 in both the outpatient and inpatient settings. Dr. Chaudhry completed her residency in Internal Medicine/Primary Care at New York University and a general internal medicine fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, where her research focused on the integration of addiction treatment into HIV primary care. In recent years, she has developed a focus on digital health and ways it can be used to expand access to high quality care and enhance the care experience. Currently, she is a core faculty member at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Rural Medicine Program (part time) and cofounder and CEO of Sunny, a virtual medical practice focused on providing sexual and reproductive health, including medication abortion.

Meghan Curry O’Connell, MD, MPH (Cherokee) is the Chief Public Health Officer for the Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board (GPTLHB). The GPTLHB represents 18 tribal communities throughout a four-state region of Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. The Great Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center (GPTEC) is a core component of the GPTCHB, providing leadership, technical assistance, support and advocacy for the tribal communities throughout the region. Dr. O’Connell received her undergraduate degree at Grinnell College and her medical and public health training at the University of Washington. After completing residency in family medicine at North Colorado Family Medicine Residency, Dr. O’Connell practiced primary care – including full-scope family medicine – in tribal and underserved communities.

Christoper “Topher” Jentoft, MD, currently serves the Diné as Clinical Director at Chinle Health Care Center. Previously, he served the White Mountain Apache Tribe at the Whiteriver Indian Hospital for 10 years. Starting as a full-spectrum family physician, he later moved to full-time work in the ER. Topher was founding clinician of the local Jail Clinic and HIV/AIDS Ryan White Clinic, Deputy Director of the Emergency Department, Medical Director of the local EMS agency, coordinator of unofficial, ad hoc“Middle Management Committee” of medical staff leadership, High-Risk Team Coordinator during Alpha and Delta COVID-19 surges, and Deputy Infection Control Officer under Incident Command during Omicron. His professional interests include blunting morbidity and mortality resulting from man-made inequities in health while working towards their ultimate resolution.