Today's ILADS Conference is Now Streaming Live Video

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Here is the link to today's ILADS confernece streaming video link.

http://ilads.org/lyme_programs/lyme_events_video.html#page=page-1

 

Just a reminder... this conference is for medical professionals to share and learn more about tick borne diseases -- research, testing, treatment.

 

Here is today's televised schedule. There will be more this weekend. This is not the complete presentation... just what they are broadcasting live. You would be able to purchase a dvd afterward of the complete conference.

Also as a reminder, this year they are doing a dedicated track to neuropsych/brain dysfunction and tbd's.

 

Introduction to the Lyme & Associated Diseases Society Annual Conference5:00 AM - 5:30 AM [8:00 AM - 8:30 AM eastern]

Welcome: Introduction to "The Decade of the Microbe" by Robert C. Bransfield, MD,

Welcome: Is Chronic Lyme Really MCIDS? Future directions in education with ILADS

by Richard I. Horowitz, MD,

Welcome: Lyme Parity by 2012 by David C. Martz, MD

 

Brief History of Lyme disease by Joseph J. Burrascano, Jr. MD5:30 AM - 6:30 AM [8:30 AM - 9:30 AM eastern]

This session will discuss a brief history of Lyme disease, clinical presentations of Lyme disease, clinical syndromes impacting the heart, dermatology, CNS, joints, eyes. Corresponding appropriate studies on persistence will be discussed along with transmission. There will be discussion of the thirty eight question questionnaire in clinical practice, issue with diet, vitamins and probiotics

Treatment Options by Steven Harris, MD6:15 AM - 7:15 AM [9:15 AM - 10:15 AM eastern]

This session will discuss a variety of treatment options including rotation of antibiotics, including IM, IV, PO with names and side effects, medication for symptom relief when antibiotics do not work. Dr. Harris will discuss the role of alternative therapies and endocrine abnormalities seen with Lyme.

 

Basic Psychiatric Lyme by Robert C. Bransfield, MD7:30 AM - 8:30 AM [10:30 AM - 11:30 AM eastern]

This session will discuss psychiatric manifestations of Lyme. This includes pathophysiology, differential diagnosis and treatment. Also Dr. Bransfield will address practical suggestions for practitioners regarding psychiatric drugs for depression, anxiety, sleep, memory and wakefulness among others

 

Neuro I by Kenneth Liegner, MD8:15 AM - 8:45 AM [11:15 AM - 11:45 AM eastern]

General considerations in assessment of persons with possible Lyme borreliosis (and other borrelioses) and other transmissible co-infections which may involve the nervous system.

 

Neuro II by David Martz, MD8:40 AM - 9:40 AM [11:40 AM - 12:40 PM eastern]

This session will discuss specific syndromes like ALS, MS, Parkinsons Disease, Dementia, Peripheral Neuropathy, and potential treatment regimens

 

Co-Infections by Richard I. Horowitz, MD10:30 AM - 11:30 AM [1:30 PM - 2:30 PM eastern]

Chronic Lyme Disease: Issues with lab testing, treatment protocols, and differential diagnosis will be discussed in the chronic resistant patient.

 

Rheumatology by Andrea Gaito, MD11:15 AM - 12:15 PM [2:15 PM - 3:15 PM eastern]

This session will discuss rheumatology issues in the Lyme patient with an emphasis on ordering tests, interpretation, treatment, and issue of autoimmunity

 

Pediatric Lyme by Ann F. Corson, MD12:30 PM - 1:30 PM [3:30PM - 4:30 PM eastern]

This session will discuss how clinical syndromes differ in children. It will offer common antibiotic regimens in children

 

Treatment Trials by Elizabeth Maloney, MD1:15 PM - 2:15 PM [4:15 PM - 5:15 PM eastern]

This program will review early and late Lyme treatment trials.