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The Lyme Disease Association, Inc. with joint provider Columbia University, is holding its 18th annual scientific CME conference, Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Diseases: What Clinicians Need to Know about an Expanding Epidemic. Brian Fallon, MD, Columbia University is Conference Director. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel, Penns Landing, Philadelphia, PA on Saturday September 23 and Sunday September 24, 2017.
The conference is designed for physicians and researchers but the public is invited to register. 14.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM are offered by Columbia University to CME-registered physician attendees. The conference features twenty faculty consisting of clinicians and researchers from across the US. Below are the speakers who have confirmed to date.
James L. Occi, MS, MA, PhD (in progress)Center for Vector Biology, Department of EntomologyRutgers University, New Brunswick, NJResearch/Teaching SpecialistRutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ Tick-Borne Disease Ecology: New Jersey, A […]
Doreen Alberg & Denise BlankPoster PresentationImproved Diagnostics for Lyme Borreliosis Using a New Stripe Immunoblot Test SystemSharon Hospital LaboratorySharon, CT 2017 Poster Presentation Improved Diagnostics for Lyme Borreliosis Using […]
Liz Horn, PhD, MBIPoster PresentationHuman Tissue CollectionPrincipal InvestigatorLyme Disease BiobankPortland, OR https://lymebiobank.org/ Liz has spent more than a decade building research initiatives and collaborations with non-profit organizations, with a focus […]
Adaeze O. Izuogu, PhDPoster PresentationThe Innate Antiviral Response in Peromyscus leucopus Confers a Potent Restriction to Tick-Borne FlavivirusesDept. of Medical Microbiology & ImmunologyU of Toledo Coll of Med & Life […]
Travis Taylor, PhDAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Medical Microbiology and ImmunologyUniversity of Toledo Health Science CampusToledo, OHhttps://www.utoledo.edu/med/depts/micro/faculty/Travis_Taylor.html Host-Specific Antiviral Responses to the Tick-Borne Flaviviruses: Powassan and TBEV Currently Dr. Taylor’s research focuses […]
Saravanan Thangamani, MSc, PhDAssociate Professor, Department of Pathology;Vice-Chair, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee;Director, Insectary Services CoreDirector, Arthropod Containment Laboratories University of Texas Medical BranchGalveston, TXwww.thangamani-lab.com Powassan Virus: An Emerging […]
Christopher D. Paddock, MD, MPHTMMedical Officer, Rickettsial Zoonoses BranchCenters for Disease Control and PreventionAtlanta, GA The Evolving Mosaic of Tick-Borne Rickettsioses in the United States Christopher Paddock is a […]
Ahmet Z. Burakgazi, MD Associate Professor Neuroscience Section/Department of Neurology Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Roanoke, [email protected] Case Report: Optic Neuritis and Probable Lyme Disease Ahmet Burakgazi, MD is […]
Patricia V. Smith, BA President, Lyme Disease Association, Inc. Advisory Board Member, Columbia University Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center Programmatic Panel Member, TBD Research Program, DoD Congressionally Directed Medical […]
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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.
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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.