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1990
LDF Conference Agenda -- Orlando, FL
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NATIONAL
LYME BORRELIOSIS SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM
CLINICAL MANAGEMENT & NEW DISCOVERIES
March
29 - 30, 1990
- Welcome and
History
Lyme Borreliosis celebrates its 107th birthday
- The Spirochete
Borrelia burgdorferi
A genetically and structurally complex bacterium with the ability
to confound the immune system, and its antigenic variation -
important concepts for treating patients.
- Thomas G.
Schwan, PhD
Acting Head, Arthropod-Borne Diseases Section
Rocky Mountain Laboratories
National Institutes of Health
- James N.
Miller, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
UCLA School of Medicine
- Warren J.
Simpson, PhD
Visiting Associate, New Zealand
Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIH
- Pathology,
Pathogenesis, and Testing
Damage to organ systems, pathogenesis, and serologic testing.
Human and veterinary aspects compared.
- Paul H. Duray,
MD
Acting Chairman, Department of Anatomic Pathology
Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Louis A.
Magnarelli, PhD
Chief Scientist
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
- Clinical
Cases - Pediatrics
Case presentations: decision making; treatment protocols; follow-up;
new trials; early, chronic, relapsing, and life threatening cases.
- Dorothy M.
Pietrucha, MD
Pediatric Neurology
New York Hospital
Cornell Medical Center
Jersey Shore Medical Center
- Lawrence
S. Zemel, MD
Director of Pediatric Rheumatology
Newington Children's Hospital
- Edward Masters,
MD
Family Practice
St. Francis Hospital
Missouri Hospital
- Clinical
Cases - Adults
Case presentations: decision making; treatment protocols; follow-up;
new trials; early, late, chronic, relapsing, and life threatening
cases
- Paul E. Lavoie,
MD
Rheumatologist, Associate Clinical Professor
University of California San Francisco
- Gerold Stanek,
MD
Hygiene-lnstitut der Universitat Wein, Austria
- Andrew R.
Pachner, MD
Neurologist
Georgetown University
- J. Lawton
Smith, MD
Neuroophthalmologist
Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Miami School of Medicine
- Philip T.
Williams, MD
Internist, Gastroenterologist
Ajax & Pickering General Hospitals Ontario, Canada
- J. Joseph
Burrascano, Jr., MD
Internal Medicine
Southampton Hospital
- Obstetrical
and Gestational Lyme: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemmas
Paul E. Lavoie, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
University of CA, San Francisco
- Dorothy M.
Pietrucha, MD
Pediatric Neurology
New York Hospital
Cornell Medical Center
Jersey Shore Medical Center
- George D.
Wendell, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center
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- PUBLIC FORUM
- Moderator:
John Drulle, MD
Jersey Shore Medical Center
- This program
is for the public to ask the experts questions
- Clinical
Veterinary Issues
Comparison to human pathogenesis: diagnosis, treatment protocols,
emerging issues as well as implications for animal to animal
and to human transmission, livestock ramifications, and wildlife
issues. Covering cats, dogs, horses, cows, goats.
- Edward M.
Schneider, PhD
Director of Laboratories,
Veterinary Research Associates
- Edward M.
Bosler. PhD
Research Scientist
New York State Department of Health
- John E. Post,
DVM, PhD
Professor of Pathobiology
University of Connecticut, (Sabbatical included studying LD in
Australia)
- EIizabeth
C. Burgess, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine
- Transmission,
Ticks, Hosts, Control Methods
John F. Anderson, PhD
Director
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
- Julie A.
Rawlings, MPH
Research Scientist
Texas Department of Health
- North America
Mobilizes - 1990/1991 Congressional Support for Funding
Karen Vanderhoof-Forschner, BS, CPCU, CLU, MBA
President
Lyme Borreliosis Foundation
- Robert L.
Quackenbush, PhD
Program Officer of Bacteriology
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Stephen P.
Heyse, MD, MPH
Director
Office of Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical
NIAMS
National Institutes of Health
- Immune System
Research: Potential Vaccines, Seronegativity, Antibiotic Susceptibility,
New Tests
Russell C. Johnson, PhD
Professor of Microbiology
University of Minnesota
- Ronald F.
Schell, PhD
Professor of Microbiology / Immunology
University of Wisconsin Medical School
- Thomas G.
Schwan, PhD
Rocky Mountain Laboratories
Acting Head, Arthropod-Borne Diseases Section
Rocky Mountain Laboratories
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
LBF Committee
on Veterinary Medicine
Open to veterinarians and researchers only
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