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Post-Acute COVID-19 Evaluation and Management of Pulmonary Complications | COVID-19 in Children | Epi and Public Health Updates | May 24, 2021

Date of Presentation: May 24, 2021

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  

Program: Virology  

Keywords: #covid and kids  #covid resource drop  #public health updates  #pulmonary complications  

In this presentation, Dr. Jorge Mera, Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation Health Services, and Whitney Essex, Family Nurse Practitioner at Cherokee Nation Health Services focus on post-acute covid-19 evaluation and management of pulmonary complications and COVID-19 in children. Then, Brigg Reilley, Epidemiologist and ECHO faculty member, provides valuable COVID-19 related resources produced by the FDA and CDC, updated COVID-19 numbers and vaccination rates in Indian Country, an overview of recent COVID-19 news, and lessons learned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recording:

Presented by:

Dr. Jorge Mera, Whitney Essex, Brigg Reilley

Jorge Mera, MD, FACP, 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.

Whitney Essex, MSN, FNP-BC, received her Master of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2011 and is board certified in family practice by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center. Whitney has been a Nurse Practitioner with Cherokee Nation Health Services since 2012 and works in the Infectious Diseases Department where she coordinates the Cherokee Nation Hepatitis C Elimination Program and co-directs the Ending the HIV Epidemic Program. Whitney assists in the maintenance of a general infectious diseases clinical service, providing primary care for HIV, HIV-PrEP, hepatitis C, and other infectious diseases related patients. She also serves as faculty for several infectious diseases-related virtual ECHO clinics across Indian Country.

Brigg Reilley, MPH, has worked with IHS and NPAIHB for a combined 12 years, starting with the HIV program. Brigg now supports the National Program’s management and evaluation for HIV and HCV. Prior to IHS, he worked for Doctors without Borders in several international projects and for the Office of Public Health in Louisiana. Brigg has an MPH from Tulane University.

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Date added: May 24, 2021