Columbia University Lyme Conference 2014

2014 LDA/Columbia Conference Agenda

Pat Smith

President
Lyme Disease Association, Inc. (LDA)
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www.LymeDiseaseAssociation.org
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SAVE THE DATE: LDA/Columbia University 15 Annual CME Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Dsieases Conference Providence RI, May 3, 4 2014 

LDA: Member Combined Federal Campaign (CFC)recognized as national public charity for federal workplace giving
Member Guidestar Gold Highest level of transparency
Member Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) PESP program
Testified before US House of Representatives Global Health & Human Rights (2012) and Energy & Commerce (2013) Health Subcommittees on Lyme disease

Saturday Agenda     Sunday Agenda     Registration   AGENDA - SATURDAY MAY 3, 2014 7:15 - 8:00 AM Registration/Exhibits/Continental Breakfast 8:00 - 8:20 AM Patricia Smith, BA, Conference Planner, Conference Organizing Committee Welcome, Remarks / Brief Overview of Lyme Spread / Introduction of Session Facilitator President, Lyme Disease Association, Inc. (LDA)   Brian Fallon, MD, MPH - Saturday Morning Facilitator, Conference Co-Director, Conference Organizing Committee 8:20 - 9:00 AM Richard Marconi, PhD - Keynote Speaker, Conference Co-Director New Advances in the Pursuit of a Combinatorial Human Vaccine for Lyme Disease & Anaplasmosis Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University 9:00 - 9:30 AM John T. Belisle, PhD Metabolomics of Lyme Disease: A Novel Diagnostic Approach Professor, Dept of Microbiology, Immunology, Pathology, Colorado State University  9:30 - 10:00 AM Joseph D. Forrester, MD Sudden Cardiac Arrest Associated with Lyme Carditis Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention 10:00-10:30 AM Nicole Baumgarth, DVM, PhD MyD88 & TRIF-independent induction of Type I IFN drives naive B cell accumulation but not loss of lymph node architecture in Lyme Disease Professor, Pathology, Microbiology, Immunology, UC Davis 10:30-10:45 AM Morning Coffee Break 10:45-11:00 AM Morning Discussion Panel 11:00-11:35 PM Kenneth Bramwell, PhD Gene Variant Exacerbates Inflammatory Arthritis in Mice Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Utah 11:35-12:10 PM Susanne Nimmrich, MD Intraarticular Corticosteroids in Refractory Childhood Lyme Arthritis Centre of Paediatric Rheumatology, Department of General Paediatrics, Asklepios Clinic Sankt Augustin, Germany 12:10-12:45 PM Ahmet C. Burakgazi, MD Neurologic Neurologic Lyme & Case of Polyradiculopathy Mimicking ALS Asst. Professor, Internal Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine 12:45–1:45 PM Lunch Break   Richard Marconi, PhD - Saturday Afternoon Facilitator, Conference Co-Director, Conference Organizing Committee 1:45 – 2:00 PM Late Morning Discussion Panel 2:00 – 2:35 PM Travis Taylor, PhD Powassan & Tick-Borne Encephalitis Asst. Professor, University of Toledo, College of Medicine 2:35 – 3:10 PM Charles Chiu, MD, PhD Heartland virus, Lonestar virus, Transcriptome of Chronic Lyme Symptoms Asst. Professor, UCSF School of Medicine 3:10 – 3:25 PM Afternoon Coffee Break 3:25 – 4:00 PM Emir Hodzic, DVM, PhD Resurgence of Persisting Non-Cultivable Borrelia burgdorferi Following Antibiotic Treatment in Mice Director, Research & Diagnostic Core Facility, Center for Comparative Medicine, UC Davis 4:00 – 4:35 PM Jason A. Carlyon, PhD Promising progress in developing protective and therapeutic approaches against Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection? Asst. Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University 4:35 − 5:10 PM Linden T. Hu, MD Xenodiagnosis of Lyme Disease in Humans Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine 5:10 − 5:30 PM Afternoon Discussion Panel 5:45 - 7:00 PM NETWORKING RECEPTION

 

 

AGENDA - SUNDAY MAY 4, 2014 (Breakfast on your own)
7:30 -8:00 AM	Registration/Exhibits
	Elizabeth Maloney, MD - Sunday Facilitator, Conference Organizing Committee
8:00 - 8:30 AM	Shelia Statlender, PhD - Sunday Keynote Speaker Mental Health Evaluation & Treatment Psychologist, Private Practice
8:30 - 8:45 AM	Marina Makous, MD Lyme Suicide Case Presentation Family Medicine/Psychiatry Fellow, CUMC
8:45 - 9:15 AM	John Keilp, PhD Suicidal Ideation in Lyme Disease: Evaluation & Neurocognitive Findings Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, Columbia University, College of P & S
9:15–9:45 AM	Brian Fallon, MD, MPH, Conference Co-Director Anti-Neuronal Antibodies & Lyme Disease Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University, College of P & S Director, Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center
9:45–10:00 AM	Morning Discussion Panel Mental Health
10:00–10:25 AM	Morning Coffee Break (25 min)
10:25–11:00 AM	Michael L. Weinberger, MD Pain Management Assoc. Professor of Anesthesiology, Columbia University, College of P & S
11:00-11:35 AM	David Younger, MD IVIG & Its Use in Autoimmune Neurologic Diseases Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology, NYU School of Medicine
11:35–12:10 PM	Steven Schutzer, MD Atypical EM & PCR in Lyme Disease Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ, Rutgers University
12:10–12:25 PM	Afternoon Discussion Panel (15 min)
12:25–1:00 PM	Sam R. Telford III, ScD Borrelia miyamotoi Professor, Infections Diseases, Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine
1:00 – 1:30 PM	Thomas N Mather, PhD Anti Tick Vaccine for Lyme Disease Professor, Plant Sciences & Entomology, University of Rhode Island   ____________________________________________________________________________