EVENT: “A Forum on Tick-borne Diseases–What Next?”
2nd April 2012
New York Congressman Chris Gibson is hosting a public forum about Lyme disease in Saratoga Springs, NY, on May 21.
From the Lyme Action Network:
Congressman Chris Gibson Invites You to Attend
A Forum on Tick-borne Diseases – What’s NEXT?
Monday, May 21, 2012
Zankel Music Center, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
AN INVITATIONCongressman Chris Gibson (NY-20) invites all individuals, communities, organizations, or enterprises with interests pertaining to Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases to join him for a unique public forum he will be hosting in the Zankel Music Center, Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, on May 21, 2012 from 8:30 am to 6:00pm.The event, entitled A Forum on Tick-Borne Diseases – What’s NEXT? seeks to focus public awareness on the future of these difficult diseases. A group of speakers, leaders in their fields, will present forward thinking, problem-solving proposals to a panel of policymakers from both private and public sectors about what can reasonably happen NEXT to advance the cause of improving the lives of people suffering with Lyme disease and other TBDs.
Pamela Weintraub, renowned author of Cure Unknown, and Executive Editor of Discover, will be the keynote speaker for this event.
PRESENTERS INCLUDE:
Dr. Richard Horowitz, internationally renowned physician and consultant in the field of Lyme and tick-borne diseases as been working with patients for over twenty years. He has seen the evolution of the diseases from the clinical perspective, and will present a proposal for a paradigm-shifting approach to the diseases that could encourage new perspectives, new synergies, and new research in this difficult subject.
Lorraine Johnson, one of the best known and most highly regarded advocates for Lyme patients, is an attorney advocate on issues related to the medico-legal and ethical aspects of Lyme disease and has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles on this topic. She is the Chief Executive Officer of LymeDisease.org, and is a director and an offficer of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society. She will speak on the Burden of Illness, an in-depth study of what the costs are to people who have Lyme and other tick-borne diseases and to their communities, and she will recommend research paths forward to address these issues.
Holly Ahern, associate professor of Microbiology at SUNY Adirondack, will present the findings of her 2011 research study on the number of cases of Lyme disease that go uncounted in our “official” statistics. Most cases of Lyme disease are NOT reported, and this number of “invisible” cases, will ultimately have a significant impact on all our communities.
Dr. Daniel Cameron will speak to the immediate need for our policymakers to PROTECT the doctors who are treating according to the ILADS standards. There are Two Standards of Care, each authorized by the CDC, and the doctors who treat according to the ILADS standards are routinely harassed and intimidated.
Additional speakers will be announced as confirmed. Registration information will be posted soon…stay tuned…
Please plan to attend! We need you to come – TO BE VISIBLE!
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