Contagion® Peer Exchange® Panel: Lyme Disease

Why Are We At Odds Over Lyme Disease? Exploring the Impact and Controversy
Panel discussion on Lyme disease with top medical professionals and experts in the field

Panelists: Peter L. Salgo, MD; Robert C. Bransfield, MD, DLFAPA; Samuel Shor, MD, FACP; Leonard Sigal, MD; Patricia V. Smith, President, Lyme Disease Association. 

The entire panel discussion is now available for viewing.
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ABOUT THE CONTAGION® PEER EXCHANGE® PANEL VIDEO

The Lyme Disease Association, Inc. (LDA) is pleased to announce an informative series of interviews on the topic of Lyme & other tick-borne diseases, created by Contagion®. LDA’s President, Pat Smith, was invited to join with a panel of top medical professionals to debate and exchange information. Panelists include Peter L. Salgo, MD; Robert C. Bransfield, MD, DLFAPA; Samuel Shor, MD, FACP; Leonard Sigal, MD, and Patricia V. Smith.

Contagion® Peer Exchange® : A unique opportunity to view lively discussions featuring peer-to-peer exchanges that provide authoritative insights, opinions, and perspectives on important issues facing today’s infectious disease professionals.

Excerpt from video segment, Reaching a Consensus in Lyme Disease:
“I was just going to say that, over the years, many times, we have asked to have more dialogue. We’ve contacted the IDSA, we’ve tried to sit down with them. We actually had them at our LDA Columbia CME Conference several years ago. It was the first time they were on the same stage. Believe it or not, we’ve advocated for that for decades, to get people together to have a discussion. But, unfortunately, there’s been unwillingness, and I was very happy that Dr. Sigal agreed to come in today and sit at the same table as us, because it doesn’t happen very often.”– Patricia V. Smith, LDA President

Video Content
Why Are We at Odds Over Lyme Disease? Exploring the Impact and Controversy
• Improving Care in Lyme Disease
• Reaching a Consensus in Lyme Disease
• Lyme Disease & Long-Term Antibiotics: Help or Harm?
• Research Challenges in Lyme Disease
• Exploring Controversies in Lyme Disease
• Lyme Disease: Theories for Longer-Term Manifestations
• Trials and Tribulations of a Diagnosis for Lyme Disease
• Emerging Tests for Lyme Disease
• Challenges in Making a Lyme Disease Diagnosis
• Reliability of Lab Testing for Lyme Disease
• Early Vs. Late Lyme Disease Symptoms
• Who Gets It?
• Understanding Lyme Disease and Where It’s Found

Click here for article – Improving Diagnosis of Lyme Disease: Laboratory and Clinical Approaches: Contagion® Peer Exchange panelists discuss the challenge in diagnosing Lyme disease and new technologies that can improve testing.

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Contagion® Peer Exchange® : A unique opportunity to view lively discussions featuring peer-to-peer exchanges that provide authoritative insights, opinions, and perspectives on important issues facing today’s infectious disease professionals. 

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