San Francisco Lyme Conferences--We need your help

[Guest guest]

From the California Lyme Disease Association:

We need your help to encourage healthcare professionals to attend the

annual scientific/medical Lyme conferences in San Francisco in

October. This is the first year the conferences will be on the west

coast and outreach is critical.

Please make sure your LLMD or any other interested healthcare

professional has this information right away. One good way to approach

it is to download the CALDA grant application from the CALDA website

http://www.lymedisease.org/calda/educational_grants.html and email it,

fax it, or USPS mail it to healthcare providers along with copies of

the LDA and ILADS conference fliers.

Consider creating a fax list on your computer of local healthcare

providers and clinics. Look them up in your yellow pages, call and ask

for their fax numbers. Once you have created such a list, you can use

it any time to fax Lyme information to them and raise awareness locally.

Call your local medical society or hospital medical education

department to see if they will distribute this information and then

send it to them.

*GRANTS*

CALDA will reimburse up to $800.00 out-of-pocket expenses for any

actively practicing MD, DO, ND, NP or PA in any state to attend the

LDA and ILADS annual conferences. CALDA grants are limited and are

only available to qualifying professionals attending the conferences

for the first time. Preference will be given to persons currently

engaged in treating tick-borne infections and who plan to attend both

conferences.

*CALDA*

Lyme Action Workshop for activists, support group leaders, patient

advocates, friends and family who wish to become more effective

advocates for the rights of people with Lyme and other tick-borne

diseases.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Cost $45 before Sept. 16, $65 after Sept. 16, includes Celebrity Lunch

Buffet

Register at http://www.lymedisease.org/activism/lyme_events.html

*LDA*

Friday, October 17, 2008

Cost $140 if you register by September 16.

Register at http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/Conference2008.html

*ILADS*

Saturday-Sunday, October 18-19, 2008

Cost - $350-400 early registration for medical professionals ends

September 5th.

$300-350 for RNs; students $150

Register online http://www.ilads.org/REG2008/1.html

*HOTEL*

http://www.cathedralhillhotel.com/

Make reservations by calling 800 622 0855 during normal business hours

by September 14, 2008. Identify yourself as a member of the Lyme

group. Single or double rate is $119, Triple rate is $129 and Quad

rate is $139 plus applicable taxes. The number of rooms reserved at

the special rate is limited - reserve today!

We are counting on YOU to make sure your healthcare professionals have

this information!

-- Thank you.