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Past Presentation

Cultural Considerations in Dementia – Program Updates | November 13, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Clinical Dementia Dementia Caregiver Support ECHO

Keywords: #clinical guidelines #cultural considerations #culture #dementia #dementia care

In this presentation, LCDR Maria Bellantoni, MD, USPHS, explores current updates to programs providing Dementia care to Tribal communities and reviews cultural considerations in caring for those with Dementia. Melissa Blind, PhD, Senior Research Scientist and Community Engagement Director with ...

Date added: 11/17/25

Past Presentation

Journey to Health ECHO | October 23, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical Community

Program: Journey to Health

Keywords: #*Indigenous health #*wholistic health #american indian #culture as medicine #food systems #indigenous #indigenous food #rural communities

In this presentation, Danya Carroll, PhD, MPH, (Diné/White Mountain Apache) discusses “Indigenous Food Systems in Community and Healthcare Settings”.

Date added: 11/13/25

Past Presentation

Journey to Health ECHO | November 13, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical Community

Program: Journey to Health

Keywords: #*Indigenous health #*wholistic health #american indian #culture as medicine #DBT #dual diagnosis #emdr #indigenous #rural communities

In this presentation, Sally Heath, MSW, LCSW, SUDP discusses “Reading Between the Lines: Successful Treatment for Clients with Dual Disorders”.

Date added: 11/13/25

Past Presentation

Diabetes of the exocrine pancreas (DEP) – Pancreatogenic (type 3c) Diabetes | November 13, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Diabetes

Keywords: #diabetes #exocrine #pancreas #pancreatogenic

In this presentation, Dr. Carol Greenlee reviews current recommendations for managing pancreatic diabetes, highlighting the most common causes of Diabetes of the Exocrine Pancreas (DEP), common features, different types, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of post-pancreatitis diabetes mellitus ...

Date added: 11/13/25

Past Presentation

Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder | November 19, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Program: Hepatitis C

Keywords: #alcohol #aud #medications #naltrexone #pharmacotherapy #topiramate

In this presentation, Dr. Jasen Christensen, DO, discusses the latest research on medications for alcohol use disorder, including recent studies comparing Naltrexone and Topiramate, and new research regarding Nalrexone’s safety in context of cirrhosis. Dr. Christensen shares the evidence supporting ...

Date added: 11/7/25

Past Presentation

Psoriasis and Seborrheic Dermatitis | November 18, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Dermatology

Keywords: #derm #derm guidelines #dermatitis #dermatology #psoriasis #seborrheic

In this presentation, Dr. Do reviews common presentations of mild-moderate psoriasis and seborrheic dermatitis, discusses how to evaluate for comorbidities in patients with psoriasis, and provides tangible recommendations for starting initial first line treatments for psoriasis and seborrheic dermatitis. .

Date added: 11/6/25

Past Presentation

OB in Trauma | November 12, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Trauma Rounds

Keywords: #abide #assessment #management #ob #pregnancy #trauma

In this presentation, Dr. Guest describes the physiological and anatomical changes of pregnancy that impact the assessment and management of trauma patients, identifies the most common mechanisms and patterns of trauma in pregnant patients (e.g., motor vehicle collisions, falls, intimate ...

Date added: 11/6/25

Past Presentation

Lethal Causes of Abdominal Pain | November 4, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Keywords: #abdominal #abdominal pain #ems

In this presentation, Mateo Garcia, MD, discusses the top 5 lethal abdominal pain complaints, the key factors and findings that can clue you into the diagnosis, and also covers key treatments to consider for these patients in the prehospital setting.

Date added: 11/4/25

Past Presentation

State of Sepsis 2025 | November 17, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Program: Emergency Medicine with Rural and Indigenous Communities (emRIC)

Keywords: #antibiotic #corticosteroid #emric #sepsis #septic shock #vasopressor

In this presentation, Dr. Onofrey defines sepsis and septic shock according to current criteria and consider the applicability of screening tools, review the evidence surrounding antibiotic timing and fluid resuscitation strategies, and disusses how to select and sequence vasopressor therapy ...

Date added: 11/4/25

Past Presentation

The Month in Virology Clinical Update | December 17, 2025

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical

Program: Virology

Keywords: #covid #influenza #rsv #vaccines #virology #virus

In this series of presentations, Dr. Jorge Mera, ECHO Medical Director and Director of Infectious Diseases at Cherokee Nation, delivers a clinical update on key virology topics focusing on the current evidence of the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and risk factors associated ...

Date added: 10/24/25

	Jason Arion Butler is an enrolled member of the Ute Tribe of Fort Duchesne, Utah and is also part Mojave and Cherokee. He resides in Gibson, Idaho with his wife of 22 years, children, and grandchild who are all enrolled members of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. He graduated from Idaho State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and earned his Master of Science in Family and Human Development from Arizona State University. He has spent the past 5+ years employed by the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Tribal Health and Human Services Department, where he spent time serving as the Recovery Service Coordinator for the Four Directions Treatment Center, the manager for the Community Health Representative program, and recently accepted the position of Behavioral Health Manager. He strives to incorporate Native culture, traditions, morals, and values into the healthcare services provided to Native communities, implementing these practices into his work with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and advocating for the reconstruction of healthcare practices nationally. Today he says, “I am loving life and am extremely thankful to have found a career path I love.

	Carrie Sampson-Samuels is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation located in Eastern Oregon. Carrie has an early background in nursing providing patient care in long term and clinical care settings. Carrie then furthered her education in community health and health studies at Portland State University, later advancing her education in healthcare management at Oregon Health and Sciences University while serving in leadership and executive management for a Tribal health organization as the Community Health Director. Carrie has served Tribes from Oregon to Montana and the Treaty 7 Blackfoot Confederacy in Southern Alberta. As the Community Health Aide Project Director for the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, Carrie has provided leadership, advocacy and project management for expansion for the Behavioral Health Aide and Community Health Aide Program under the umbrella and direction of the Tribal Community Health Provider Project. This work has led to the expansion of Tribal Community Health Providers in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Carrie is responsible for leading partnerships with the education institutions, key Tribal partner sites, contract experts and advisory workgroups. This includes development of education infrastructure, education curriculum, recruitment strategies, tools for integration of providers into tribal health organizations, and working with state partners to develop policy and infrastructure for provider reimbursement. Carrie manages and writes multiple grants that support all aspects of this work and provides technical assistance support to the Portland Area CHAP Certification Board. Carrie is the proud mother of 4 daughters and resides on a small ranch on her Tribal homelands.

	Dr. Liu is a generalist OB/GYN at Gallup Indian Medical Center. In addition to her medical degree, she holds a PhD in Health Policy. Among other publications, she served as the chief editor for the 2019 Oxford University Press book: “50 Studies Every Obstetrician and Gynecologist Should Know.” She has formal training in Quality Improvement processes through the Partners Clinical Process Improvement Leadership Program (CPIP), which she utilized to implement emergency contraception at Massachusetts General Hospital. During her six years at Gallup Indian Medical Center she has primary responsibility for preparing and reporting of metrics related to the delivery of obstetric care, and serves on the Continuing Medical Education committee.

	Dr. Hoover is from Chicago, where he grew up and went to medical school, at Rush University, on Chicago’s diverse West Side. He was trained in Urology at Boston Medical Center in Boston’s beautiful South End neighborhood. Dr. Hoover went on to pursue fellowship training in voiding dysfunction and laser prostate surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Hoover is a Board-Certified Urologist, by the American Board of Urology, having achieved this honor in 2018. Dr. Hoover has several peer-reviewed publications, including research studies and medical illustrations. His family is happy to call Gallup home since the end of 2017. In their free time they like to explore New Mexico’s wilderness and go camping. Now that their two girls are growing up, it’s also imperative that we catch Pokemon wherever we go.Dr. Hoover is the only Urologist in McKinley County, New Mexico, and in any of the surrounding counties– it’s just him between Albuquerque and Flagstaff. He’s happy to continue seeing established patients, and is accepting new patients from the entire region. Dr. Hoover believes in communication, candor, and compassion as essential tenets of patient care. Dr. Hoover is an expert in general Urology, male and female voiding dysfunction, kidney stones and kidney stone surgery, BPH and laser prostate surgery, erectile dysfunction, vasectomy, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, testicular cancer. Many of the procedures he do as a Urologist are done in the office including: cystoscopy, vasectomy, urodynamics, treatment foroveractive bladder, and many others. Please call/text or email and let him and his staff know how they can help you.

	Eric Wortmann, MD is the former Director of Emergency Medicine at Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility. Besides patient care, Eric has a deep passion for mentoring aspiring physicians and health care providers. He was the Education Director of Emergency Medicine at Chinle as well as Adjunct Faculty for the US Army teaching Special Forces Medics. He has been a visiting professor of Emergency Medicine in Haiti and has worked in the Dominican Republic since 1989. Eric has a long-time passion as a mid and long-distance running coach. He has lived on Kauai for 30 years. Currently he divides his time between Northern Italy and Hawaii. Recently he was accepted into Doctors without Borders USA and is awaiting his first assignment.

	Corey Detlefs, MD, FACS, is the Trauma Outreach Director and an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix