Dr. Jorge Mera, MD; CDR Dawn Benth, PHN; LCDR Casey Marlin, PharmD; LT Kelsey Kroon, PharmD

Dr. Jorge Mera is the Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation Health Services (CNHS), the largest tribally operated health care system in the United States. He completed his fellowship in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and is Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) in Infectious Diseases. During recent years Jorge’s efforts have been dedicated to organizing the Cherokee Nation HCV elimination program, as well as the HIV/HCV ECHO project. He is also the Director of the HIV clinic since 2012 and the Principal Investigator of the End the HIV Epidemic for the CNHS. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine of the Oklahoma State University Health Science Center and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.

LCDR Casey Marlin, PharmD, MS, BCGP; Dawn A. Benth, RN, BSN, MBA, CDR, USPHS; LT Kelsey Kroon, PharmD helped developed and run Crow/ Northern Cheyenne Hospital’s hepatitis C treatment program.