Often the Lyme Disease Association (LDA) receives requests from governing bodies to provide written or spoken testimony to them so they can make a decision on legislation or other policy decisions. This section contains some examples of that testimony. Early testimony may be from current LDA president Pat Smith before she was a part of the LDA.
Click here for DC – Written Testimony, US House Global Health & Human Rights Committee House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, & Human Rights, July 17, […]
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March 31, 2015 Testimony from: Lyme Disease Association, Inc. a national non-profit raising funds for research, education, prevention, patient support To: Oregon Senate Committee on Health [email protected] To: […]
March 16, 2015 Diane Steward, Committee ClerkLegislative Information Office100 State House StationAugusta, ME 04333 Testimony from: Lyme Disease Association, Inc. a national non-profit raising funds for research, education, […]
January 27, 2015 Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Committee on ChildrenState CapitolHartford, CT 06106 Dear Chairman and Committee Members, I am writing on behalf of the Lyme Disease Association, Inc., (LDA) a […]
January 27, 2015 New Hampshire House of RepresentativesExecutive Departments & Administration Committee107 North Main Street, Concord, New Hampshire, 03301 Dear Chairman and Committee Members, I am writing on behalf of […]
October 20, 2014 The Honorable Andrew M. CuomoGovernor of New York StateNYS State Capitol BuildingAlbany, NY 12224 Dear Governor Cuomo, I am writing on behalf of the Lyme Disease Association, […]
Oral Testimony before US House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee Patricia V. Smith, President, Lyme Disease Association, Inc. (LDA) November 20, 2013 Chairman Pitts and Committee Members, Thanks […]
Written Testimony before US House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee Patricia V. Smith, President, Lyme Disease Association, Inc. (LDA) November 20, 2013 Chairman Pitts and Committee Members, Thank […]
IRS EIN # 22-3123551Massachusetts exempt # 223-123-551 Testimony to Massachusetts Joint Committee on Financial Services Nov. 13, 2013 1-4PMFrom Patricia V. Smith President, Lyme Disease Association, Inc. (LDA) Thank you, […]
LDA Doctor Referral System © Terms & Conditions and Guidelines
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About LDA DOCTOR REFERRAL SYSTEM ©
Welcome to the Lyme Disease Association’s LDA Doctor Referral System ©. LDA made updates and enhancements to its prior system and has launched a new site to provide patients with information about doctors, other practitioners, testing labs, and pharmacies that are knowledgeable about chronic Lyme disease and often about many other tick-borne diseases (TBD). Many of the doctors listed are often referred to as Lyme Literate Physicians/Doctors (LLMD). Tens of thousands of patients have successfully used the prior LDA system to locate Lyme and TBD resources.
Terms & Conditions and Guidelines
Because there is a negative political climate surrounding Lyme disease, many LLMDs do not want their names posted outright on the internet. LDA has tried to balance the doctors’ wishes with patients’ need to find a doctor. This new system is a result of that compromise and therefore:
Because of the limited number of physicians treating chronic Lyme disease nationwide, some states, and in some instances, entire regions, may not have any treating physicians who follow flexible treating approaches such as those in the International Lyme & Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) Guidelines, Evidence Assessments and Guideline Recommendations in Lyme Disease: The Clinical Management of Known Tick Bites, Erythema Migrans Rashes and Persistent Disease. In the event that the LDA Doctor Referral System © contains no Lyme or TBD resource listings in a given area, the closest possible option(s) will populate based on the location entered and specaialty/ies selected. The LDA appreciates any changes in provider information that you may find and make us aware of so we can investigate.