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Lyme Disease Association's
6th Annual Lyme Conference
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October 28, 2005
Lyme Disease Association
Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Diseases: Emerging Tick-Borne
Diseases
Friday, October 28, 2005,
7:30a.m. - 6:30p.m.
Reception 6:30-8:30p.m.
Crowne Plaza, Philadelphia, PA
HOTEL RESERVATIONS: LDA has reserved a block of
rooms for early registration. Call 215-561-7500 or
1-800-2-Crowne & mention Lyme Disease Association (LDA)
Conference for conference rate of $129 (applies for
reservations made by October 5).
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Who can attend: Anyone. Although the target audience
is geared to physicians and other health care
providers, it is open to ALL of the public to attend.
Registration Amount: Includes Breakfast, 2 breaks,
conference, compendium and reception.
• CME: $140 (by 9/28), $170 (after 9/28)
• Non CME: (Regular Registration) $100 (by 9/28), $120
(after 9/28)
• NJ Professional Development: $110 (by 9/28), $130
(after 9/28)
1. Online Registration: Must be placed by
October 25, 2005
For
online registration through Pay pal
2. By Mail Registration: Must be received by
October 22, 2005
Send
Registration form & check or money order payable
to:
Lyme Disease Association
P.O. Box 1438
Jackson, NJ 08527
3. At the Door:
Only if space permits at the time of the conference.
Cost will be the “after 9/28” registration price
listed above plus an additional $10.
The International Lyme & Associated Diseases
Society (ILADS) annual scientific meeting will be
held October 29 & 30 2005 at the same location.
Contact
www.ILADS.org for registration and
information about their meeting.
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Speakers to date include:
Sven Bergstrom,
PhD,
Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå
University, Umeå,
Sweden:
Infection biology of relapsing fever
Borrelia: mechanisms of evasion and persistence
Steven Norris, PhD,
Professor of Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine & of Microbiology & Molecular
Genetics, University of Texas-Houston Medical School:
Virulence determinants of Borrelia as identified
genetically
PD Dr. med. Klaus-Peter Hunfeld, MPH,
Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital
of Frankfurt
Greg Storch,
MD,
Professor of Pediatrics;
Co-director Clinical Retrovirus Lab; Director Division
of Pediatric Laboratory Medicine; Director Clinical
Virology Lab; Director Bacteriology Laboratory;
Director Molecular Virology Laboratory,
Washington University in St. Louis,
Ehrlichiosis
Daniel
Cameron, MD,
Director, First Medical Associates, Mt. Kisco,
New York: Results from Lyme disease treatment
clinical trial
Martin
Fried, MD,
Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition,
Meridian Health Systems, JSMC, New Jersey:
Co-infection with Bartonella & other
organisms
Ed Masters, MD,
Chairman of the
Department of Family Practice at Southeast Missouri
Hospital:
STARI (Southern Tick-Associated Rash
Illness)
Brian Fallon, MD,
Director, Lyme Disease Research
Program, New York State Psychiatric Institute;
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia
University College of Physicians and Surgeons:
Final Results of Columbia/NIH Trial
Richard Brown, MD,
associate clinical professor of
psychiatry at Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons; private consultation practice
in integrative psychopharmacology in New York City:
Complementary medicine strategies for the relief of
Lyme-related symptoms
Susan E. Little, DVM, PhD, Professor and Endowed Chair Department of
Pathobiology Center for Veterinary Health Sciences,
Oklahoma State University:
Tick-borne diseases in southern U.S.
Joseph Burrascano, MD,
Board of Directors, International Lyme & Associated
Diseases Society: Case
Presentation
Klaus-Peter Hunfeld, PD Dr. med., MPH,
Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital
of Frankfurt, Germany:
Antimicrobial susceptibility studies against Borrelia
burgdorferi: Clinical implications
Terry Schultze, PhD,
Research Scientist, Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases
Program, NJDHSS (Ret.); Research Consultant:
Assessment and management of vector
tick populations
Paul Duray, MD,
West Roxbury VA Medical Center Department of
Pathology and Lab Medicine:
3 dimensional culturing of Borrelia burgdorferi in
micro-gravity chamber
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