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Past Presentation

Preventing, Monitoring and Treating Infectious Diseases in the MAT Clinic | November 3 2022

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  

Program: Substance Use Disorder  

Keywords: #hcv  #infectious disease  #mat  #pharmacotherapy  #prevention  #Screening  #substance use  #SUD  #treatment  

In this presentation Whitney Essex, APRN-CNP shares on prevention, monitoring, and treating infectious diseases in the setting of pharmacotherapy for substance use disorders. She discusses infectious diseases associated with substance use disorders, the intersection between infectious disease and substance use disorder and the importance of providing a comprehensive approach to provide the entire range of services needed for the individual seeking care.

Recording:

Presented by:

Whitney Essex, APRN-CNP

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.

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Date added: November 3, 2022