Dr. Camilo Werlin, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Officer, Zuni Comprehensive Community Health Center

Dr. Werlin is a Medical Officer for the Indian Health Services, which is responsible for direct medical and public health services to members of federally-recognized Native American Tribes and Alaskan Native People. Dr. Camillo Werlin is a physician specializing in Family and Community Medicine working as a rural family doctor on the Zuni reservation in New Mexico. Dr. Werlin shares his experiences as a rural physician with the incredible staff and services provided by the Zuni Comprehensive Community Center. The clinic is staffed by many members of the reservation who are recognized community leaders. Living on the reservation provides Dr. Werlin a better understanding of the needs of his patients. He has been given opportunities to work in multiple clinical areas of the clinic service system. Dr. Werlin recognizes the work and collaboration of the Zuni Tribal Government and the federal government during the Covid-19 response. As members of the reservation became ill and died from Covid-19, the clinic, tribal government, federal government, and community health clinics quickly responded with care, outreach, and eventually vaccines. Dr. Werlin is a great example of our need to have more federally supported rural health centers and primary care physicians through out our tribal communities. HealthCare UnTold salutes the Zuni Comprehensive Community Center and Dr. Camillo Werlin for their dedicated and critically-needed service. #healthcare untold #Zuni Comprehensive Community Center # Dr. Camllo Werlin #Indian Health Services