1988 LDF Conference Agenda -- Tarrytown, NY

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MULTI-FACETED ASPECTS OF LYME DISEASE: PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT

October 20

• Welcome
  Edward M. Bosler, PhD
  Conference Chairman
  Board of Directors
  Lyme Borreliosis Foundation

  Karen Vanderhoof-Forschner, MBA
  President

  Lyme Boreliosis Foundation

• Keynote : The Role of the Health Department During Discovery of an Epidemic
  Anita Curran, MD
  Commissioner of Health, Westchester County, NY
• Restoring Lives through Legislation
  James Lack, JD
  New York State Senator
• Reservoirs of Borrelia burgdorferi: Ticks (e.g. black-Iegged, lone star), Spiders, and Biting insects. It's not just Ixodes dammini
  John F. Anderson, PhD
  Director,
  Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
• Control Methodologies for Ticks
  Terry L. Schulze, PhD
  Research Scientist
  New Jersey State Department of Health
• The Microbiology of Borrelia burgdorferi
  Jorge L. Benach, PhD
  State of New York Department of Health
• Serologic testing: IFA, ELISA, Western blot
  Marc Golightly, PhD
  Director, Immunology Laboratory
  SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine
• Lyme Borreliosis Imitating Arthritis: Rheumatologic Manifestations
  Robert Schoen, MD
  Rheumatologist
  Yale University School of Medicine
• Obstetrics and Transplacental Lyme Borreliosis: Adverse Outcomes
  Alan B. MacDonald, MD
  Pathologist
  Southampton Hospital
• Neuro-ophthalmologic Implications of Borrelia burgdorferi
  Robert L. Lesser, MD, FACS
  Associate Clinical Professor
  Yale University School of Medicine
• The Network
  Discussion of difficult cases and development of joint research projectsKeynote place here

October 21

• Governmental Response to Serious Health Threats: The AIDS Story
  Kathleen E. Powderly, RN, CMM
  Director Graduate Program, Ethics Professor
  Columbia-Presbyterian School of Nursing
• Late Lyme Disease - Treatment Options for Difficult Cases
  Paul E. Lavoie, MD
  Rheumatologist
  Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center
• Seronegative, Spirochete Positive, Lyme Disease Mimicking MS: A New Study
  Julie Rawlings, MPH
  Texas State Department of Health
• Mapping Lyme Disease Cranial Nerve Damage and Monitoring Recovery
  Sandra Cook, MS
  Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
  St. Francis Hospital
• Multi-system Tissue Damage: No Organ Is Spared
  Paul Duray, MD
  Acting Chairman Pathology
  Fox Chase Cancer Center
• Clinical Lyme Borreliosis in Domestic Animals Non-tick Transmission (e.g. urine, milk)
  Elizabeth C. Burgess, PhD, DVM
  Professor
  University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine
• Lyme Borreliosis and Lawsuits: Reducing your Liability Exposure
  Karen Forschner, MBA, CPCU, CLU
  Insurance Consultant
• Role of the Clinical Laboratory in Evaluation of Lyme Borreliosis Infection
  Edward Schneider, PhD
  Director
  Veterinary Research Associates
• Epidemiologic Studies on Horses and their Public Health Significance
  Daniel Cohen, DVM
  University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
• Military Educational Programs about Lyme Disease
  Captain George Korch
  United States Army Environmental Hygiene Agency
• Protecting the Public in High Risk Situations
  Dan Lynch
  New York State Office of State Parks and Recreation

   

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