Lyme Forum in NJ

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Just FYI for anyone who is interested.

This info was posted on LymeNet.org.

Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases Forum

Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 7-10PM

Over the last decade, New Jersey has ranked 3rd in the U.S. in the number of

reported Lyme disease cases and has shown an increase in other tick-borne

pathogens.

To help the public, officials, physicians and constituents learn more about

tick-borne diseases, Congressman H. is hosting this Lyme and

Tick-Borne Diseases Forum.

http://chrissmith.house.gov/

Featured speakers will include national experts on treatments and testing for

Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, on ticks and pathogens, and on the impact on

patients.

Forum Location: In the Wall Township NJ Municipal Building (Monmouth County)

2700 Allaire Rd Wall, NJ 07719 (behind the Wall police station and Wall library)

Easily accessible from: Garden State Parkway, New Jersey Turnpike, Pennsylvania

Turnpike, I-195

Click for directions www.wallnj.com/docs/directions.htm

An audience Question & Answer session will follow presentations from the

following speakers:

Dr. ph Burrascano, MD, an Internist, is recognized internationally as a

skilled Lyme disease clinician and founding member of the International Lyme and

Associated Diseases Society.

He has authored a number of papers and three textbook chapters on Lyme disease

and has provided expert testimony before state legislatures and before Congress.

He will focus on the clinical diagnosis and treatment of tick-borne diseases.

Nick , PhD, is the founder and CEO of IGeneX, Inc., a specialty laboratory

devoted exclusively to patient testing and research related to Lyme disease and

its associated co-infections.

He has spent over 25 years researching and developing tests in this underserved

area. He will focus on the role of the laboratory in the diagnosis of Lyme and

its co-infections.

Ellen Stromdahl, PhD, (invited) is an Entomologist with the Tick-Borne Disease

Laboratory for Entomological Sciences with the US Army Public Health Command.

She will focus on tick species found in the US and the pathogens they carry,

focusing on New Jersey and the Northeast.

Pat , President, national Lyme Disease Association (LDA), is a Member of

the Columbia University Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center Advisory

Committee and former chair of the Governor's Lyme Disease Advisory Council (NJ).

She will focus on the spread of Lyme disease, its impact on patients, and what

is being done.