The VOC 2 - Family Medicine - Track 2

James Chesnutt, MD Related Seminars and Products

Dr. James Chesnutt is a board certified in Family Medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine and Sports Medicine by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Chesnutt practices Sports Medicine at Rebound Orthopedics in Portland and Lake Oswego, Oregon. He was the Founding Medical Director of the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Sports Medicine Program in 1995. He is currently the Medical Director of the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) March Wellness & Fitness Center, the OHSU Concussion Program, and the Co-Chair of the OHSU TBI Initiative. Dr. Chesnutt is an Associate Professor and faculty in the Departments of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation, Neurology, and Family Medicine. 

Dr. Chesnutt grew up in Portland, Oregon. He received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University in Stanford, California, and his Doctor of Medicine degree from OHSU Medical School in Portland, Oregon. He completed his residency with the Air Force. Dr. Chesnutt also served as President of the Oregon Academy of Family Medicine from 2004-2005.

He has been a Team Physician for 20 years, including Wilson High School, Portland Timbers, and the Portland Trailblazers. He teaches and practices sports medicine full-time. He recently spent the summer in the NBA Bubble caring for the Blazers and numerous other NBA teams. He serves as Co-Director of the Oregon Concussion Awareness and Management Program (OCAMP), is a member of the Oregon Governor's Task Force on Traumatic Brain Injury, and is a member of the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) Medical Aspects of Sports Committee that governs Oregon high school sports.

Dr. Chesnutt is involved in concussion research, education, and community outreach programs for concussion and sports injury awareness and prevention. He was also instrumental in helping to pass one of the first concussion state laws in the country in 2009 and an update in 2013. He recently published an article with other national experts identifying concussion subtypes supported in the literature.

Dr. Chesnutt and his wife and three children are all musicians and are active in sports, outdoor activities, and community service. Jim has volunteered as a coach and team doctor for local teams for over 20 years and has a unique perspective on athletes' health and the needs of youth, adults, and families with active lifestyles.

Dr. Chesnutt discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Gail Hacker, MD Related Seminars and Products

Dr. Gail Hacker grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and earned her bachelor's degree at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. She entered college with the plan to become a teacher, but a turn in the road led her to Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, Illinois, where she earned her Doctorate of Medicine in 1983. She completed her Family Medicine residency at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and then completed a High Risk/Operative OB fellowship in Spokane, Washington. She currently serves as a staff physician for a Federally Qualified Health Center (Lane County Community Health Clinics) in Eugene, Oregon. She recently became an Associate Medical Director for the HIV Alliance/Alliance for Community Wellness. She will be helping develop a street outreach clinic to provide on-site care at homeless camps in the city.

Dr. Hacker's clinical interests have focused on women's health. She did finally get her Master's degree in Education in 2004 and currently serves as Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific - Northwest (COMP-NW) in Lebanon, Oregon, where she helps hone young student doctors in the art of history taking and physical examination skills, as well as preparing them for their third year OB rotations and mentoring them in her office. She previously worked with Oregon Health Sciences University helping to develop student rotations in Eugene, Oregon, and led discussions in medical ethics with third and fourth-year students on clinical rotations. She is passionate about social justice and addressing inequity in all areas but particularly in the provision of health care.

Dr. Hacker is married and has one grown son. She lives with her husband, six chickens, two dogs, and various feral cats that have come and gone in Eugene. Her interests include stained glass, gardening, and enjoying all that the Pacific NW has to offer.

Dr. Hacker discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Kimberlynn Michelle Heller, DO, FACOG Related Seminars and Products

WOMEN'S HEALTH TODAY

Dr. Kimberlynn Heller completed her Bachelor's Degree at Howard University in Washington, DC. She then returned to Michigan, where she earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree at Michigan State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine in East Lansing, Michigan. Dr. Heller completed her internship and residency at the University of Illinois in Peoria, Illinois. She works for The Oregon Clinic in Portland, Oregon. Her areas of focus include preventative medicine, the full spectrum of contraceptive options, minimally invasive surgery, healthy moms, and healthy babies. She is board certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Dr. Heller enjoys traveling, reading, and spending time with her husband and daughter in her spare time. She is a Star Wars fanatic who is still fascinated by superhero cartoons.

Dr. Heller discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Craig Kubik, DO Related Seminars and Products

Dr. Craig Kubik graduated from St. John Fisher College with a degree in biology. Dr. Kubik worked for the Genesee Hospital in Rochester, New York, as a respiratory therapy technician. He entered medical school in 1981, earning a degree at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in Old Westbury, New York, in 1985. He completed a rotating internship at Delaware Valley Medical Center in Pennsauken, New Jersey, followed by an Internal Medicine residency at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, New York. Dr. Kubik met his wife Sandra during training, and they eventually married and had three children Molly, Michael, and Emily. Dr. Kubik is board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Kubik also served in the United States Air Force, stationed at Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, New Mexico, where he worked as a general internist from 1989 to 1992. He spent seven months in Saudi Arabia during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm during his service. Upon returning stateside, Dr. Kubik was awarded a fellowship in Gastroenterology at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. After the fellowship, he was stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, until he was honorably discharged with the rank of Major in 1996.

For the last 22 years of his career, Dr. Kubik has lived and worked in Waycross, Georgia. Dr. Kubik has served as President of the Georgia Osteopathic Medical Association and Chief of the medical staff at Memorial Satilla Health. He also holds volunteer faculty appointments at the Medical College of Georgia (Regents University) in Augusta, Georgia, and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Georgia Campus in Suwanee, Georgia. He is a member of numerous professional organizations and has lectured at numerous medical proceedings.

One of Dr. Kubik's passions is medical mission work. He has traveled to Kenya and Nicaragua to practice medicine and teach endoscopic techniques to local physicians. For the last twelve years, he has been involved with developing and operating a free medical clinic that serves the working poor in Southeast Georgia who are without medical insurance. He serves as the volunteer medical director and is assisted by his wife, Sandy, a registered nurse. For his work, Dr. Kubik was honored in 2011 with the Jacobson Brotherhood Award for community service and was elected to the St. John Fisher Science and Technology Hall of Fame.

Dr. Kubik discloses he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Paul Korte, PhD Related Seminars and Products

Dr. Paul Korte is a 2011 graduate of Palo Alto University in Palo Alto, California, where he received his doctoral degree in clinical psychology with a special emphasis in health psychology. Much of his training and career has focused on integrating psychology into medical settings. He maintains clinical and research interests in health psychology, integrated care, substance abuse, and behavioral addictions.

Dr. Korte is a Past President of the Missouri Psychological Association and has provided service to state and national organizations around integrated care. Dr. Korte received the 2018 Psychologist of the Year Award from the Missouri Psychological Association. In addition, he was a 2019 recipient of the Karl F. Heiser APA Presidential Award for Advocacy and a 2021 recipient of a Federal Advocacy Award from APA Services, Inc.

Dr. Korte discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Eden Miller, DO, FOMA Related Seminars and Products

Dr. Eden Miller is an Osteopathic Family Practitioner. She received her medical degree from AT Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (KCOM) in Kirksville, Missouri, in 1997. Dr. Miller then returned to the Northwest to complete her residency in Family Practice at East Moreland Hospital in Portland, Oregon. She recently completed her board certification in Obesity Management by the American Board of Obesity Medicine. Dr. Miller is the founder of Diabetes Nation, a nonprofit organization, and CEO of Diabetes and Obesity Care, where she practices in Bend, Oregon. 

Dr. Miller has cultivated a special interest in diabetes after contracting type-1 diabetes while in medical school. Out of that personal experience, her practice has extended into a subspecialty in diabetes care. She is a passionate speaker and has given over 1000 lectures in the field of diabetes to health care providers and patients on subjects such as Diabetes Management, CGM Technology, Insulin Pump Therapy, Obesity, and Metabolism intervention, Clinical Research, and Healthcare Policy. Her adage for care is "she only succeeds as a provider if she turns patients into experts on their own disease."  

Dr. Miller believes that a physiologic patient individualized approach to diabetes intervention is crucial to success. She feels if our nation is to triumph over the ravages of diabetes, a collaborative effort; unhindered by fear of personal scrutiny, and barriers for effective treatment need to be removed. For her, diabetes and obesity care provide the foundational model to impact the people that represent this disease and begin the process of restoring hope back into their lives.  

Dr. Miller discloses that she is on the advisory board for Abbott, Eli Lilly USA, Boehringer Ingelheim, Sanofi Aventis, Novo Nordisk, Merck, Bayer, Diabetes Wise-Stanford University, MicroGenDX, Plenity, and the American Diabetes Association.  In addition, she discloses she is a promotional speaker for Abbott, Eli Lilly USA, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Novo Nordisk.  She also discloses she does research for Pendulum and Abbott.  All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

Dennis Minotti, DO Related Seminars and Products

Dr. Minotti is Board Certified and specialty trained in Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine by the American Board of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine. His primary focus is Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine and Regenerative Orthopedics, which are nonsurgical procedures designed to accelerate the regeneration of cells in healing acute and chronic musculoskeletal injuries. Founder of North Texas Musculoskeletal Medicine in Southlake, Texas, Dr. Minotti is a pioneer in the field of regenerative medicine.

He holds numerous certificates from the Interventional Orthopedics Foundation and is completing Interventional and Regenerative Orthopedic Medicine Certification (IROM-C) from The American Academy of Orthopedic Medicine and The Orthohealing Method. Dr. Minotti also serves as an adjunct professor of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine at the University of North Texas Health Science Center.

He believes that Osteopathic Manipulation and Orthobiologic procedures such as Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) and Stem Cell Therapy are a new frontier in medicine, offering treatments that effectively bridge the gap between medications that mask pain and invasive surgery.

Dr. Minotti discloses he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Mr. Scott Schweikart, JD, MBE Related Seminars and Products