1998 LDF Conference Abstract -- New York City, NY

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Medical TeleConference on Lyme Disease:
Diagnosis and Treatment

"This conference should be of interest to all Illinois healthcare providers. It is clear that we will see more of this emerging infectious disease in the future because not only has B. burgdorferi has been found in Illinois but also many Illinois residents travel to other endemic areas."

Mark Schmidt, Assistant Director, Illinois Department of Public Health

Welcome
Host:
Mark Schmidt
Assistant Director - Illinois Department of Public Health

CoHost:
Thomas E. Forschner
Executive Director, Lyme Disease Foundation

Moderator:
Gerold Suchomski, MD
Illinois Association of Family Physicians

Willy Burgdorfer, PhD, MD (Hon.)
Scientist Emeritus, National Institutes of Health

  • The Tick - A Pandora's Box - Keynote


Renee Thaler
Patient advocate

  • What the Public wants in LD Healthcare


Julie Rawlings, MPH
Texas Department of Health

  • Public Health Impact and Surveillance- Part I


Mark Schmidt, Assistant Director
Illinois Department of Public Health

  • Public Health Impact and Surveillance - Part II


Ron Schell, PhD
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine

  • Diagnostic Tests: ELISA, Western Blots, PCR, Culturing


Dennis Parenti, MD
SmithKline Beecham

  • Early Localized Disease: Diagnosis & Treatment: EM Rashes


Anthony Lionetti, MD
Family Practice

  • Early Localized Disease: Diagnosis & Treatment: Adult and Pediatric


Ken Liegner, MD
Internal Medicine, Private Practice
New York Medical College

  • Disseminated LD: Diagnosis and Treatment


Brian Fallon, MD, MPH
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
NY State Psychiatric Institute

  • Neuropsychiatric Manifestations: Diagnosis and Treatment


Sam Donta, MD
Infectious Diseases
Boston University Medical Center
Infectious Disease Society's Task Force on LD

  • Refractory LD: Persisting Infection vs. Residual Damage

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