Keep up-to-date on the latest research and therapies for a range of infectious diseases including COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus, the flu and others. Each office hours session will include updates from the ECHO hub team and an extensive question-and-answer session.
Our program is held every Monday from noon to 1 p.m. Mountain Time.
For more information about the Infectious Disease Office Hours program, email our team.
For more support on COVID-19 questions, health care providers and health department staff can call the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at 770-488-7100. The call center is open 24 hours a day, and is staffed by trained clinicians who can assist with questions about CDC guidance for health care professionals, health care facilities, health departments, and laboratories.
Katzman has created many ECHO programs, including ECHO Pain and Opioid Management, Border ECHO, ECHO First Responder Resiliency, and recently, the Climate Change and Human Health ECHO. She is passionate about training healthcare and public health professionals regarding the ongoing infectious disease crises and facilitating the dissemination of accurate information and research results.
Thornton received her MD Degree from the University of Texas, Dallas in 1992 and an MPH from the University of Michigan. She completed her residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. She earned a fellowship in Infectious Diseases and is board certified in Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine. Dr. Thornton is a Professor at the University Of New Mexico Department Of Internal Medicine.
Sosa is Professor and Chief of the Infectious Diseases Division at UNM. He is an Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases specialist. Before coming to UNM he was the Director of the Gorgas Memorial Institute in Panama for 10 years and conducted multiple clinical trials on HIV therapy and Tropical Diseases. He has also conducted ECHO sessions in Spanish for Latin America to share the latest discoveries and best practices in the diagnosis, treatment and infection control during the pandemic.
Hayes works for El Centro Family Health in Espanola, NM. She is board-certified in both addiction and family medicine and has helped run several ECHO projects on substance use disorder and medication treatment of opioid use disorder. She was named a White House Champion of Change in April of 2016 for her work with substance use disorder and pregnancy. In addition, her work was featured in the 2019 documentary, The Providers.
Sievers is an infectious disease epidemiologist and the Healthcare Associated Infections/Antimicrobial Resistance Program Manager at the New Mexico Department of Health, she is one of the co-principal investigators in the NM Emerging Infections Program. She has over 25 years of experience in health services and community health. She has been working with Project ECHO since 2017 on the Antimicrobial Stewardship ECHO, and as part of the Infectious Disease Office Hours ECHO hub team since 2020.
Pickett is a native of Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has a bachelors’ of science in biological sciences and master of healthcare administration with specialization in population health from Colorado State University. Prior to joining Project ECHO she served in the United States’ Army for over a decade as an operational public health and medical operations officer and worked as a paramedic. Outside of work Jenna enjoys traveling and spending time outside.
Smith-Stetson grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He attended the University of New Mexico where he earned a degree in psychology. He continued his studies at the Anderson School of Management, graduating with an MBA in 2018. Smith-Stetson spent seven years working for Heading Home before joining Project ECHO. At Heading Home, he directed programs to help people experiencing homelessness in Albuquerque. He is an avid golfer who loves to spend time outdoors.
