Liegner, Kenneth
Kenneth B. Liegner, MDInternal & Critical Care Medicine, Private PracticePawling, NY Sunday Morning Facilitator Dr. Kenneth Liegner is a Board Certified Internist with additional training in Pathology and Critical Care […]
2016 Faculty Bios/Talk Summaries
The Lyme Disease Association, Inc. with joint provider Columbia University, is holding its 17th annual scientific CME conference, Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Diseases: New Strategies to Tackle an Expanding Epidemic. Brian Fallon, MD, Columbia University is Conference Director. It will be held at the Doubletree by Hilton St. Paul Downtown, St. Paul, MN on Saturday October 15 and Sunday October 16, 2016.
The conference is designed for physicians and researchers but the public is invited to register. 14.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM are offered by Columbia University to CME-registered physician attendees. The conference features twenty faculty consisting of clinicians and researchers from across the US and one from Switzerland.
Aucott, John
John Aucott, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineDirector, Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Clinical Research Center, Baltimore, MD John Aucott, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine Johns Hopkins University […]
Clark, Kerry
Kerry Clark, PhD, MPHProfessor of Epidemiology & Environmental HealthUniversity of N. Florida, Jacksonville, FL “Update on Evidence of Lyme Borrelia in Ticks, Dogs, and People in the Southeastern US” Dr. […]
Lepore, Timothy
Timothy Lepore, MD, FACS General Surgery, Family Practice PhysicianSurgeon, Nantucket Cottage HospitalNantucket, MA “Tularemia” Dr. Lepore is a graduate of Harvard College and Tufts Medical School. He did a surgical […]
Zhang, Ying
Ying Zhang, MD, PhDProfessor, Dept. of Molecular Biology & ImmunologyJohns Hopkins School of Public HealthBaltimore, MD “Eradication of Borrelia Persisters for More Effective Treatment of Lyme Disease” Dr. Ying Zhang […]
Zatechka, Steve
Steve Zatechka, PhD, MBAChief Operating OfficerUS BIOLOGIC, Memphis, TN “A One-Health Path to Prevent Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases” Steve earned his PhD from the University of Nebraska Medical Center […]
Tokarz, Rafal
Rafal Tokarz, PhDAssociate Research ScientistCenter for Infection & ImmunityColumbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY “Virome Analysis in Ticks” Dr. Tokarz’s research focuses on microbial discovery and […]
Smith, Patricia
Patricia V. Smith, BAPresident, Lyme Disease Association, Inc.Advisory Board Member, Columbia University Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseses Research CenterProgrammatic Panel Member, TBD Research Program, DoD Congressionally Directed Medical Research ProgramConference Organizer/Program […]
Sellati, Timothy
Timothy J. Sellati, PhDDistinguished Fellow & Chair Department of Infectious Diseases Drug Discovery Division, Southern ResearchSouthern Research Institute, Birmingham, AL “Controlling the Inflammatory Response in Lyme Arthritis–What the Mouse Model […]
Pritt, Bobbi
Bobbi S. Pritt, MD, MSc, DTM&HDirector, Clinical Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases,Associate Professor, Pathology of Laboratory Medicine Division of Clinical MicrobiologyMayo Clinic, MN “Borrelia Mayonii: A New Cause of Lyme Disease […]