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Advances in Indian Health Conference
The Advances in Indian Health Conference is offered in May of each year in Albuquerque. It is sponsored by the Indian Health Service in conjunction with the University of New Mexico, Office of Continuing Education.
The following sample objective, agenda, and faculty are the basics on the Course, but updated information is provided on the IHS MCH Conferences page
Or
The University of New Mexico Department of Continuing Education web page
CONTACT INFORMATION
This conference is sponsored by the Indian Health Service and the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Office of Continuing Medical Education. For additional information contact:
Kathy Breckenridge
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Office of Continuing Medical Education
MSC09 5370
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Phone: (505) 272-3942
Fax: (505) 272-8604
Email: kbreckenridge@salud.unm.edu
Sample OBJECTIVES
The 2006 Advances in Indian Health Conference is offered for primary care physicians and health care providers who work with American Indian and Alaskan Native populations at federal, tribal and urban sites. Medical students and residents who are interested in serving these populations are also welcome.
Both new and experienced attendees will learn about advances in clinical care specifically relevant in Native American Indian populations with an emphasis on southwestern tribes. Opportunities to learn from experienced career clinicians who are experts in native people’s health will be emphasized. Indian Health Service Chief Clinical Consultants and disease control program specialists will be available for consultation and program development.
SAMPLE AGENDA
ADVANCES IN INDIAN HEALTH
Day One | 12:00 pm | The State of Indian Health: A 50 Year Perspective |
1:30 pm | Congestive Heart Failure | |
2:30 pm | Break | |
3:00 pm | Suicide Risk Assessment | |
4:00 pm | Breastfeeding Support as a Primary Prevention Method for Diabetes | |
5:00 pm | Program Adjourns for the Day | |
Day Two | 7:00 am | Breakfast |
8:00 am | Patient Vignettes in Gastroenterology | |
9:00 am | Evaluation and Surgical Treatment of Biliary Disease | |
10:00 am | Break | |
10:15 am | Acute Dyspnea | |
11:15 am | Breast Cancer Treatment in Native American Women | |
12:15 pm | Lunch at the UNM Continuing Education Building | |
Case Discussion Workshops: All of the workshops are presented twice, so each participant will attend four of the eight workshops. Please indicate your selections on the registration form. | ||
1:15 pm |
Case Discussion Workshops 1. OB/GYN Best Resources/Best Practices |
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2:15 pm |
Case Discussion Workshops 5. Chronic Pain Cases |
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3:15 pm | Break | |
3:30 pm |
Case Discussion Workshops 9. OB/GYN Best Resources/Best Practices |
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4:30 pm |
Case Discussion Workshops 13. Chronic Pain Cases |
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5:30 pm | Program Adjourns for the Day | |
Day Three | 7:00 am | Breakfast |
8:00 am | It’s Not Your Mother’s Pap Smear: Update in Cervical Cancer Screening | |
9:00 am | Management of Diabetes in Pregnancy | |
10:00 am | Break | |
10:15 am | Newborn Jaundice | |
11:15 am | Hot Controversies in Obstetrics and Gynecology | |
12:15 pm | Lunch | |
Case Discussion Workshops: All of the workshops are presented twice, so each participant will attend four of the eight workshops. Please indicate your selections on the registration form. | ||
1:15 pm |
Case Discussion Workshops 17. Breast Cancer Screening and Evaluation Cases |
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2:15 pm |
Case Discussion Workshops 21. Pediatric Cases |
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3:15 pm | Break | |
3:30 pm |
Case Discussion Workshops 25. Breast Cancer Screening and Evaluation Cases |
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4:30 pm |
Case Discussion Workshops 29. Pediatric Cases |
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5:30 pm | Program Adjourns for the Day | |
Day Four | 7:00 am | Breakfast |
8:00 am | Pediatric Emergencies in the First Week of Life | |
9:00 am | Genetic Diseases | |
10:00 am | Break | |
10:15 am | Adolescent Mental Health: An Oxymoron? | |
11:15 am | Native Americans, Stress and Type 2 Diabetes: Exploring the Roots of the Epidemic | |
12:15 pm | Conference Adjourns |
Sample Presenting Faculty
Frank Armao, MD
Psychiatry
Clinical Director, Winslow IHS
Hope Baluh, MD, FACS
Chief Clinical Consultant for Surgery
Hastings Indian Medical Hospital, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Charles H. Beymer, MD, MPH
Gastroenterology, Phoenix Indian Health Center
Eric Brody, MD
Associate Director, Native American Cardiology Program
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Arizona, Tucson
Ann Bullock, MD
Family Physician
Medical Director, Health and Medical Division
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cherokee, NC
Nathaniel Cobb, MD
Chief, Chronic Disease Branch
Division of Epidemiology and Disease Prevention
Indian Health Service
Office of Public Health Support
Timothy Domer, MD, ABHPM
Clinical Director
Fort Defiance Indian Hospital
Eve Espey, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
George J. Gilson, MD
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Alaska Native Medical Center
Anchorage, Alaska
Lois Goode, MS, PT, OCS, ATC
Chief Clinical Consultant for IHS Rehabilitation Services
Whiteriver Arizona Hospital
Ed Grant, PA-C, DOM
Santa Fe IHS
Anita Holtz, MD
Family Physician
Crownpoint Healthcare Facility
Navajo Area IHS
Steve Holve, MD
Chief Clinical Consultant for Pediatrics, IHS
Navajo Area IHS
Tuba City Indian Medical Center
Diana Hu, MD
Pediatrician, Acting MCH Consultant
Navajo Area, IHS
Tuba City Indian Medical Center
Jonathan Krakoff, MD
Endocrinologist
Chief, Obesity, Diabetes and Clinical Research Section
NIH-Phoenix
Larry Leeman, MD, MPH
Director, Family Practice Maternity and Infant Care
Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Charles Q. North, MD, MS
Clinical Director, Albuquerque Service Unit
Chief Clinical Consultant for Family Medicine
Tony Ogburn, MD
Associate Professor and Residency Program Director
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Charles (Ty) Reidhead, MD
Chief Clinical Consultant for Internal Medicine
Whiteriver Arizona Hospital
Larry Richardson, OD, FAAO
Navajo Area Chief Clinical Consultant for Optometry
Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation
Wilmer L. Sibbit, Jr., MD
Professor, Division of Rheumatology
Departments of Internal Medicine and Neurology
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Joseph Strunce, PT, DSc, OCS, FAAOMPT
Director, Physical Therapy
Northern Navajo Medical Center, Shiprock
Peter Stuart, MD
Chief, Psychiatry, Chinle Service Unit, NA IHS
Chair, IHS National Suicide Prevention Committee
Laura A. Tillman, MD, FACS
Chief of Surgery
Phoenix Indian Medical Center
Alan Waxman, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Frank Weaver
Chief Audiologist
Northern Navajo Medical Center, Shiprock
Charlton Wilson, MD
Associate Director, Phoenix Indian Medical Center