With an introduction from California Surgeon General, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, the webinar featured a cross-disciplinary group of providers who have extensive experience with ACE screening and clinical response in adult primary care. The webinar covered:
- The value of ACE screening and clinical response in family and adult medicine;
- The science and physiological impacts of ACEs and toxic stress;
- The ACE screening tool and the ACEs and Toxic Stress Risk Assessment Algorithm; and
- Four case studies on how screening for ACEs and toxic stress can inform evidence-based treatment plans.
Panelists:
- Nadine Burke Harris, MD, MPH, FAAP - California Surgeon General
- Brent Sugimoto, MD, MPH, FAAFP – Family Medicine Physician and New Physician Director, American Academy of Family Physicians
- Mimi Mateo, CNM, MSN, CDE – Certified Nurse Midwife and Clinical Director of Midwifery, North County Health Services
- Denise Gomez, MD, PharmD, ACP – Internal Medicine Physician and Associate Medical Director, North County Health Services
- Leon Altamirano, Psy.D – Director of Integrated Behavioral Health, North County Health Services and ACEs Aware Clinical Implementation Subcommittee member
You can learn more about the ACEs Aware initiative at ACEsAware.org
