14th International Scientific Conference on Lyme Disease & other Tick-borne Disorders

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14th International Scientific Conference on

Lyme Disease & other Tick-borne Disorders:

Diagnosis, Treatment, Research Update

April 21- 23, 2001

16 CME's

Jointly Sponsored by: The Lyme Disease Foundation and

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University

Organizing Committee:

Fallon, MD Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

, PhD UCLA School of Medicine

Schell, PhD University of Wisconsin School of Medicine

Rawlings, MPH Texas Department of Health

M. Bosler, PhD SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine

Willy Burgdorfer, PhD, MD National Institutes of Health

Sam Donta, MD Boston University School of Medicine

Pavia, PhD NY Medical College School of Medicine, NYCOM

Microbiology

&

Immunodiagnostic Lab. of NYIT

Target Audience:

This conference is designed for clinical professionals (including but not

limited to Primary Care Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician

Assistants,

Public Health Officers, Researchers and Veterinarians) and other health

professionals (medical directors, risk managers) who wish to enhance their

knowledge of Lyme disease and other tick-borne disorders.

Program Details

Place: Hartford Marriott, Farmington, CT 800-228-9290 860-678-1000

$89 single/double. Reserve your room now as the hotel may sellout! Rate

applies 4/20 - 4/24.

Public Forum - Sunday April 22 5:30 pm - 6:30pm. No charge.

Travel: Huntington Hay Travel 800-783-9783, fax: 860-678-1560, email:

HHTVL@.... Bradley is the closest airport with shuttle service to the

hotel. LaGuardia and Kennedy airports also have hotel shuttles.

New Jersey Department of Education - Professional Development Provider

Certified #2964.

REGISTRATION

Fee: includes scientific sessions, book of proceedings, poster displays, 2

lunches, 4 breaks, 2 dinner-receptions (4/21 6:30pm - 10:30pm; 4/22 7pm -

11pm). Written notice of cancellation due by March 15 for a refund. Taping

is

prohibited

__ $275 by March 19

__ $300 March 20 - April 16

__ $350 April 17 to on-site

__ $180 Poster Presenters - Call us or see web for forms. Deadline 4/10.

Graduate Students - Full-time students with a University

validation letter

__ $80 Reception Only- Per night. State Night(s) ___________

__ $20 CME Certificate

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__ Check Enclosed. Make checks payable to " Lyme Disease Foundation "

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SEND TO: Lyme Disease Foundation, 1 Financial Plaza, Hartford, CT 06103

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PROGRAM AGENDA

Sunday, April 22, 2001

Registration & CME Sign-in 7:00 - 9:00 Program 8am - 5:30pm

Welcome from the LDF: Willy Burgdorfer, PHD, MD (Hon)

KEYNOTE

Moderator - , PhD

.. Keynote The politics of discovering an emerging disease: The Pfiesteria

experience.

JoAnn M. Burkholder, PhD University of North Carolina - PEW Fellow

Professor of Aquatic Botany; Director, Center for Applied Aquatic Ecology,

NC

State University, 1998 Scientific Freedom & Responsibility Award - American

Academy for the Advancement of Science; 1999 Huter Award - Society of

Protozoologists; 2000 Leopold Leadership

8:30 Importance of working with Congress and the Administration on

healthcare

policy.

.. Beth Buchholz The Sheridan Group

SPIROCHETAL RESEARCH

Moderators: , PhD; Ron Schell, PhD

.. Comparison of Borrelia infections: Lyme disease vs. relapsing fever.

Willy Burgdorfer, PhD National Institutes of Health

.. Animal models in the study of human spirochetal infections.

, PhD UCLA School of Medicine

.. Mechanisms of persistency of the Lyme disease spirochete.

Pavia, PhD NY Medical College School of Medicine, NYCOM

Microbiology

and Immunodiagnostic Laboratory of NYIT

.. Comparative analysis of the immune evasion systems employed by the Lyme

disease spirochetes.

T. Marconi, PhD Medical College of Va at Va Commonwealth

University

.. Regulation of outer surface protein gene expression.

s, PhD University of Montana

.. How Borrelia burgdorferi responds to oxidative stress.

Jon Skare, PhD Texas A & M University System Health Science Center

TESTING ISSUES

Moderators: Ron Schell, PhD; Jon Planz, PhD

.. Serology in early Lyme disease.

E. Aguero-Rosenfeld, MD Westchester Medical Center; NY Medical

College

.. Western blot testing for diagnosing Lyme borreliosis: Potentials,

problems,

performance.

T. Fawcett, PhD Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

.. Clinical evaluation of the Borreliacidal antibody test.

Steve Callister, PhD Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center

.. Serodiagnosis of Lyme disease with the C6 peptide.

T. Philipp, PhD Tulane University Medical Center

.. Immune complex serodiagnosis.

Steve Schutzer, MD University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

PREVENTION TECHNIQUES

Moderator: Rawlings, MPH

.. Host targeted acaricidal treatments on rodents to control densities of

Ixodes scapularis subadult ticks.

M. Bosler, PhD SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine

.. Community prevention programs: New technologies in tick control.

Kirby Stafford, PhD Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

.. Community Partnerships:Texas.

Rawlings, MPH Texas Department of Health

Monday, April 23, 2001

Registration & CME Sign-in 7am - 8am Program: 8am - 5:30pm

KEYNOTE

Moderators : Fallon, MD, MPH

.. Keynote Pathogen discovery: West Nile and beyond.

W. Ian Lipkin, MD Louise Arnold Chair of Neurosciences, Emerging

Diseases Laboratory, University of California

.. West Nile virus: A global hitchhiker.

, PhD Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

TICK-SPREAD DISEASES

Moderators : Fallon, MD; , PhD; Sam Donta, MD

.. Ehrlichiosis in the Northeast.

Louis Magnarelli, PhD Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

.. Babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, Lyme(-like) disease variations.

Ed Masters, MD Regional Primary Care Physicians

.. Bartonella in humans.

Lesley Fein, MD, MPH town Memorial Medical Center

.. Dermatologic manifestations of Lyme disease.

s, Jr., MD New York University School of Medicine

.. 21st century Lyme disease.

Cameron, MD, MPH Internist, Epidemiologist, New York

.. Cardiac manifestations of Lyme disease.

Kornelia Keszler, MD Yale University School of Medicine

.. Neurologic Lyme disease.

Coyle, MD SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine

.. Differential diagnosis of Lyme encephalopathy.

Fallon, MD, MPH Columbia University College of Physicians &

Surgeons

.. Cognitive remediation.

Leo Shea, PhD New York University School of Medicine

.. Lyme disease in pregnancy.

Tessa Gardner, MD Washington University School of Medicine

.. Pediatric neurologic Lyme disease.

Dorothy Pietrucha, MD Jersey Shore Medical Center, Meridan Health

System

.. Gastrointestinal manifestations of Lyme disease.

Fried, MD Jersey Shore Medical Center

.. LD Retreatment Study: A double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized

trial evaluating the efficacy and success of oral antibiotics for recurrent

seropositive and seronegative Lyme disease in adults.

Cameron, MD, MPH Internist, Epidemiologist, New York