Raising Awareness of Opioid Addiction | Tonight, 7pm at KHS Choral Pod
As part of our effort to help address opioid addiction in our community, KANA has partnered with Healthy Tomorrows Kodiak and Providence to cohost a community film viewing and forum on heroin and opioid use in our community.
“Chasing the Dragon: The Life of an Opiate Addict,” a 45 minute documentary film regarding heroin/opioid addiction, will be shown and followed by an interactive panel discussion with local medical and substance abuse professionals, local law enforcement, and federal law enforcement, and Kodiak youth about the issues the film raises and how heroin is impacting Kodiak in particular.
The FBI and DEA created the documentary, whose title refers to the never-ending pursuit of the original or ultimate high, features stark first-person accounts told by individuals who have abused opioids or whose children have abused opioids, with tragic consequences. “This film may be difficult to watch,” explains FBI Director James Comey, “but we hope it educates our students and young adults about the tragic consequences that come with abusing these drugs and that it will cause people to think twice before becoming its next victim.”
According to Acting DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg, “The numbers are appalling—tens of thousands of Americans will die this year from drug-related deaths, and more than half of these deaths are from heroin and prescription opioid overdoses. I hope this [documentary] will be a wakeup call for folks.”
Join the discussion at 7pm tonight in the Kodiak High School Auditorium Choral Pod.
Dr. Cristin O’Grady Joins the KANA Patient-Centered Medical Home Team
KANA is excited to welcome Dr. Cristin O’Grady to our Patient-Centered Medical Home. With each patient at the center of their Care Team, our Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) works to create personalized plans for reaching each patient’s health and wellness goals. Each Care Team is focused on getting to know you and earning your trust. They care about you while caring for you.
Dr. O’Grady is a Family Medicine Physician who received her Doctor of Medicine and Master of Public Health from Tufts University School of Medicine in 2012. She has a particular interest in women’s health and international health, and worked at hospitals in Central and West Africa during medical school and residency. Dr. O’Grady participated in the Family Medicine Residency – Rural Track program through Mountain Area Health Education Center in Hendersonville, N.C. from 2012 to 2015. She just completed a OB Family Medicine Fellowship focused on care of high risk obstetrical patients and development of surgical skills, including cesarean section.
The Patient-Centered Medical Home offers an approach to providing comprehensive primary care for children, youth, adults and elders. It’s also a health care setting that facilitates partnerships between individual patients, and their Primary Care Providers (PCP). Dr. O’Grady is honored to be a part of the KANA team serving the Kodiak community.
