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2014 LDA/Columbia Conference Agenda

January 27, 2014

Saturday Agenda Sunday Agenda Registration

**AGENDA – SATURDAY MAY 3, 2014**
7:15 – 8:00 AM	Registration/Exhibits/Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:15 AM	Patricia V. Smith, BA, Conference Planner, Conference Organizing Committee, President, Lyme Disease Association, Inc. Welcome,Remarks/Brief Overview of Lyme Spread/Introduction of CoDirector Brian A. Fallon, MD, MPH Conference Co-Director, Mid-Morning Faclitator, Conference Organizing Committee
	Joseph Breen, PhD National Institutes of Health (NIH) Morning Facilitator
8:15 – 8:55 AM	Richard T. Marconi, PhD – Keynote Speaker, Conference Co-Director New Advances in the Pursuit of a Combinatorial Human Vaccine for Lyme Disease & Anaplasmosis Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA
8:55 – 9:30 AM	John T. Belisle, PhD Metabolomics of Lyme Disease: A Novel Diagnostic Approach Professor, Dept of Microbiology, Immunology, Pathology, Colorado State University, CO
9:30 – 10:05 AM	Joseph D. Forrester, MD, MSc Sudden Cardiac Arrest Associated with Lyme Carditis Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
10:05-10:40 AM	Nicole Baumgarth, DVM, PhD Immune Suppression During Infection of Mice with Borrelia burgdorferi Professor, Pathology, Microbiology, Immunology, UC Davis, CA
10:40-10:55 AM	Morning Coffee Break Brian A. Fallon, MD, MPH Mid-Morning Facilitator
10:55-11:10 AM	Morning Discussion Panel
11:10-11:45 PM	Kenneth K.C. Bramwell, PhD Gene Variant Exacerbates Inflammatory Arthritis in Mice Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Utah, UT
11:45-12:20 PM	Susanne Nimmrich, Dr. Med. (Pending) Intraarticular Corticosteroids in Refractory Childhood Lyme Arthritis Resident/Assistant physician, research associate, Asklepios Childrens Hospital Sankt Augustin, Germany
12:20-12:45 PM	Thomas N. Mather, PhD More than Lyme: Progress towards a Tick-borne disease protective vaccine Professor of Public Health Entomology, Director URI Center for Vector-Borne Disease, University of Rhode Island, RI
12:45–1:45 PM	Lunch Break
	Richard T. Marconi, PhD – Saturday Afternoon Facilitator, Conference Co-Director, Conference Organizing Committee
1:45 – 2:00 PM	Late Morning Discussion Panel
2:00 – 2:35 PM	Travis Taylor, PhD Host-Specific Antiviral Responses to the TickBorne Flaviviruses, Powassan & TBEV Asst. Professor, University of Toledo, College of Medicine, OH
2:35 – 3:10 PM	Charles Chiu, MD, PhD TickChip detection microarray, STARI, and transcriptome profiling of Lyme disease Asst. Professor, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, CA
3:10 – 3:25 PM	Afternoon Coffee Break
3:25 – 4:00 PM	Emir Hodzic, DVM, PhD Resurgence of Persisting Non-Cultivable Borrelia burgdorferi Following Antibiotic Treatment in Mice Director, Research & Diagnostic Core Facility, Center for Comparative Medicine, UC Davis, CA
4:00 – 4:35 PM	Jason A. Carlyon, PhD Promising Progress in Developing pProtective and Therapeutic Approaches against Anaplasma phagocytophilum Infection Assoc. Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA
4:35 − 5:10 PM	Linden T. Hu, MD Xenodiagnosis of Lyme Disease in Humans Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine, MA
5:10 − 5:30 PM	Afternoon Discussion Panel
5:45 – 7:45 PM	NETWORKING RECEPTION

**AGENDA – SUNDAY MAY 4, 2014**

(Breakfast on your own)
7:30 – 8:00 AM	Registration/Exhibits
	Elizabeth Maloney, MD – Sunday Facilitator, Conference Organizing Committee
8:00 – 8:30 AM	Sheila M. Statlender, PhD The Impact of Lyme Disease on the Brain: Implications for Diagnosis, Treatment and Recovery Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice, Newton Center, MA
8:30 – 8:45 AM	Marina Makous, MD Case Presentation of a Suicidal Patient: Lyme or Depression? Board Certified Family Physician/Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Columbia Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center, NY
8:45 – 9:15 AM	John Keilp, PhD Understanding suicidal behavior risk in Lyme Disease: Perspectives from studies of suicidal behavior in depression. Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, Columbia University, College of P & S, NY
9:15–9:45 AM	Brian A. Fallon, MD, MPH, Conference Co-Director Ten Year Follow-up after IV treatment for Lyme Encephalopathy – what happened? Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University, College of P & S, NY Director, Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center, NY
9:45–10:15 AM	Steven Schutzer, MD Atypical EM & PCR in Lyme Disease Professor of Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, NJ
10:15–10:40 AM	Morning Coffee Break
10:40–10:55 AM	Morning Discussion Panel Mental Health
10:55–11:30 AM	Michael L. Weinberger, MD Pain Management Assoc. Professor of Anesthesiology, Columbia University, College of P & S, NY
11:30-12:05 PM	David S. Younger, MD IVIG & Its Use in Autoimmune Neurologic Diseases Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology, NYU School of Medicine, NY
12:05–12:40 PM	Ahmet C. Burakgazi, MD Neurologic Lyme & Case of Polyradiculopathy Mimicking ALS Asst. Professor, Internal Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, VA
12:40–1:15 PM	Sam R. Telford III, ScD Borrelia miyamotoi Professor, Infections Diseases, Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine, MA
1:15–1:30 PM	Afternoon Discussion Panel