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Infectious Disease News | August 16, 2023

Date of Presentation: August 16, 2023

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  

Keywords: #covid  #covid clinical updates  #covid treatment  #doxy pep  #rsv  #vaccine  

In this presentation, Dr. Jorge Mera, ECHO Medical Director and Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation Health Services, discuss the latest COVID-19 clinical updates, including epi trends, national emerging variants, treatment and vaccine updates as well as the latest publications. Then, Dr. Mera provides updates on the RSV monoclonal antibody for all infants, and a new addition to the CDCs STI guidelines to inform clinical guidance on the safe and effective use of post-exposure prophylaxis with doxycycline (also called doxy as PEP) to prevent gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis.

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Dr. Jorge Mera

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.

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Date added: August 15, 2023