08/07/2025
Please remind your friends and colleagues about Correctional Medicine Grand Rounds tomorrow at 1:00 PM EASTERN time. Please get the time zone right.
We will discuss four case histories in correctional health care, including nursing, mental health, infectious diseases, and custodial issues. We expect a lively discussion--an educational and networking opportunity which is free, including CME and educational credit awarded for our nursing and mental health partners.
The cases to be presented and other information:
1. Leon Senewiratne, MD--Dr. Senewiratne is trained in Emergency Medicine and is a former US Army Combat Engineer. His current roles include Correctional Medicine at the San Bernardino County Detention Centers in California. He additionally practices as an Emergency Medicine Physician in a resource-limited hospital in the California desert. He is also active in Medical Education to help improve tangential learning practices in the world of physician development and growth.
His case will be about a complex dermatologic problem and systemic politics in correctional medicine.
2. Laura McKinnon, MA, BA, CCHP-MH--Ms. McKinnon had been the mental health director for the Wyoming Department of Corrections for nearly twenty years, and is now the Vice President of Behavioral Health for State Governments at NaphCare. She has extensive experience in clinical and administrative mental health care in various correctional settings.
Her case will be about a patient with a difficult-to-manage personality disorder with disruptive symptoms.
3. Kate Wilks, MD is a Family Physician, an active member of the ACCP, and the current site medical director for Centurion Health at the Idaho State Correctional Center. She is a regular participant in Correctional Medicine Grand Rounds.
Her case will be about a complex orthopedic problem.
4. Mike Puerini, MD is a Family Physician who, while retired from correctional medicine after 25 active years in the field, maintains an active consulting practice.
He will present a case of withdrawal issues in a jail, with emphasis on the interaction between nursing and medical practice.
