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A Decade Later: If you did not have an opportunity to see and hear the Congressional Lyme Hearing when it took place in 2012, and you want to read about […]
Click here for article that appeared in Congressman Smith’s newsletter to his constituents in August 2012 regarding July 17th Lyme disease hearing in DC. Congressman Christopher Smith (NJ) (4th L) Chair, Global Health & Human Rights Subcommittee hearing in Washington, DC, with his Legislative Director/Assistant Chief of Staff, Tim Lynagh (R), and hearing witnesses Pat Smith, President, Lyme Disease Association (LDA), (5th L), Ray Stricker, MD (L) in Smith’s Washington office after the July 17, 2012, Lyme disease hearing. Also pictured are Jeannine Phillips, LDA Board of Directors (3rd L), and Lorraine Johnson (2nd L), Executive Director, LymeDisease.org, both of whom attended the hearing.
“Global Challenges in Diagnosing and Managing Lyme Disease – Closing Knowledge Gaps”. Congressman Christopher Smith (NJ), Chair, House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, & Human Rights held this hearing Tuesday, […]
Photo Left: Witness, Pat Smith, LDA Pres. The 2 hour July 17, 2012 Congressional hearing, Global Challenges in Diagnosing and Managing Lyme Disease – Closing Knowledge Gaps, was held by the Africa, Global Health and Human Rights Subcommittee on July 17, 2012 in Washington, DC. This article contains testimonies and video. Witnesses could submit both give their oral testimony of 5 minutes
The Lyme Disease Association, Inc (LDA) announces that the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, & Human Rights will hold a hearing 2PM, on Tuesday, July […]
Congressman Christopher H. Smith (NJ-4), Chair of the Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights Subcommittee in the US House of Representatives, announced his plans for a Lyme disease hearing in […]
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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.