Total Credits: 1 including 1 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s)
*** Please note this program was a part of the MOA 's 114th Annual Convention. You will not want to choose this program if you completed this individual program as part of the MOA's 114th Annual Convention. ***
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
This session is accredited for a maximum of 1.0 AOA Category 1-A credits. Credits commensurate with participation in the session will be awarded.
MOA Grievance Policy: All grievances should be initially directed in writing to the MOA Executive Director by email to info@mainedo.org who will share them with the MOA's Program Committee. Grievances will receive a response within 30 days of receipt. If you do not receive a satisfactory response, you may notify the Council on Continuing Medical Education, AOA, 142 East Ontario St., Chicago, IL 60611.
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Dr. Isaac Benowitz is the State Epidemiologist at the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, where he provides epidemiological expertise, guidance, and support on disease investigations, outbreak control, surveillance activities, and planned epidemiologic studies. He leads Maine CDC’s COVID-19 therapeutics program. Before joining Maine CDC in 2021, he worked for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for seven years focusing on communicable disease outbreaks and healthcare-associated infections. He is a graduate of Columbia University and the Yale School of Medicine and completed pediatric residency training at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Isaac Benowitz has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.
Dr. Lisa Letourneau is an experienced physician leader and passionate advocate for health care system delivery change. She currently serves as Senior Advisor to Maine DHHS Commissioner Lambrew, supporting a range of health care change efforts. She currently helps to support several aspects of Maine’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including testing and vaccination efforts. Additionally, she provides leadership for DHHS rural health transformation efforts, as well as clinical aspects of Maine’s opioid response and MaineCare Value-Based Payment efforts. Prior to joining the DHHS team, she served as Executive Director for Maine Quality Counts and previously served as Senior Director of Clinical Integration for Maine Health.
Dr. Letourneau has no disclosures.
Dr. Courtney Pladsen DNP, FNP-C has worked in the health care safety net for over 15 years in Emergency Departments and FQHCs. She is a Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner with a clinical focus on substance use treatment and harm reduction for people experiencing homelessness. She received her undergraduate degree from Boston College and her Masters and Doctoral degrees from Georgetown University where her research explored screening and addressing social determinants of health in primary care. From 2018-2022 she was a fellow with the RWJF Culture of Health Leaders program. Prior to starting as the Medical Director for MaineCare, Courtney was the Clinical Director at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council from 2020-2023. Courtney led the development of Maine’s first medical respite program, which opened in fall of 2022, in partnership with Maine Medical Center, Greater Portland Health, and Preble Street. While she continues to practice one day a week at Greater Portland Health’s Health Care for the Homeless Clinic, Courtney is passionate about improving health systems to provide equitable care for the most marginalized individuals in our community.
Courtney Pladsen has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.
