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Past Presentation

Clinical Update | August 19, 2020

Date of Presentation: August 19, 2020

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  

Program: Virology  

Keywords: #covid clinical updates  

In this session, Dr. Jorge Mera, Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation Health Services, shares clinical updates on COVID-19. Then, Whitney Essex, Family Nurse Practitioner at Cherokee Nation Health Services, provides answers to previously submitted questions from participants.

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Presented by:

Dr. Jorge Mera, Whitney Essex

Jorge Mera, MD, FACP, is the Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation Health Service, the largest tribally operated health care system in the United States. He oversees surveillance, policies, and programs to treat and prevent the transmission of COVID-19, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV and HCV.

Whitney Essex, MSN, FNP-BC, is a Family Nurse Practitioner for Cherokee Nation Health Services. Mrs. Essex works in the Infectious Diseases Department, where she is the coordinator for the Cherokee Nation Hepatitis C Elimination program. She assists in the maintenance of general infectious diseases clinical services, as well as the provision of medical care for patients accessing HIV, PrEP, Hepatitis C, and other infectious diseases-related services.

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Date added: August 19, 2020