Hepatitis C Treatment | HCV and the Fort Peck Service Unit | April 27, 2021
Date of Presentation: April 27, 2021
Type: Past Presentation
Audience: Clinical
Program: Ending the Epidemics in Indian Country ECHO Program
Keywords: #direct acting antivirals #fort peck service unit #hcv treatment #hepatitis c #pharmacy led treatment
In this series of presentations, Paulina Deming, PharmD, reviews HCV treatment and provides an overview of the most common direct acting antivirals. Then, Brad Moran, PharmD, shares how the Fort Peck Service Unit is striving towards elimination through a pharmacy led HCV treatment program.
Recording:
Presented by:
Dr. Paulina Deming, Dr. Brad Moran
Paulina Deming, PharmD, is an Associate Professor-Clinical Educator within the Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences Department at the College of Pharmacy at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNMHSC). Dr. Deming completed a general practice residency and infectious diseases pharmacotherapy residency at UNMHSC. Her interests are focused in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections and clinical therapeutics. She is the assistant director for the Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) HCV clinic and serves on Project ECHO’s expert faculty panel advising providers on HCV care in community, corrections, and within the Indian Health Services settings. Licensed as a pharmacist clinician, she sees patients through the UNMHSC’s HCV clinic and the Truman HCV-HIV coinfection clinic. In addition to teaching and clinical work, Dr. Deming has co-authored papers on the management of HCV infections as well as HCV treatment outcomes in real-world settings.
Brad Moran, PharmD, is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in North Dakota. He was born and raised on the Fort Peck (Assiniboine and Sioux) Reservation in northeast Montana. Brad graduated from the University of Montana Skaggs School of Pharmacy in 2006. He returned home to begin his career with the Indian Health Service later that year at the Fort Peck Service Unit, where he still practices as a clinical pharmacist. Brad is “ECHO Trained” and began treating hepatitis C in 2009 with the guidance and expertise from UNM Project ECHO telehealth clinics. His professional interests include hepatitis C treatment, substance use disorder treatment, and diabetes management.
Resources Provided:
- Hepatitis C Treatment and Medication Overview (Presentation Slides)
- Simplified HCV Treatment Algorithm (Presentation Slides)
- Hepatitis C Virus and the Fort Peck Service Unit (Presentation Slides)
Date added: April 27, 2021