LymeNet Newsletter Volume 3 Issue 15

Volume: 3
Issue: 15
Date: 18-Sep-95

Table of Contents:

I. LDF: IX Annual International Scientific Conference on LD II. LYMENET: Filing Complaints With State Medical Review Boards III. About The LymeNet Newsletter

Newsletter:

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IDX# Volume 3 - Number 15 - 9/18/95 IDX# INDEX IDX# IDX# I. LDF: IX Annual International Scientific Conference on LD IDX# II. LYMENET: Filing Complaints With State Medical Review Boards IDX# III. About The LymeNet Newsletter IDX#

I. LDF: IX Annual International Scientific Conference on LD -------------------------------------------------------------- Sender: The Lyme Disease Foundation <[email protected]>

IX Annual International Scientific Conference on Lyme Borreliosis. Chronic Lyme Borreliosis: Basic Science and Clinical Approaches. Boston, Massachusetts April 19 & 20, 1996.

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT - Call For Abstracts

Lyme Disease Foundation, Hartford, CT

CONFERENCE TOPIC

The IX Annual Scientific conference on Lyme Borreliosis is an interdisciplinary scientific forum designed to stimulate the exchange of new information among those interested in tick-borne diseases.

Lyme Borreliosis poses an increasing health risk to residents of endemic areas in the U.S. and elsewhere. Chronic Lyme Borreliosis is currently the subject of intensive research and discussion. The purpose of this conference is to provide a forum for the discussion of basic science and clinical approaches to chronic Lyme Borreliosis and to facilitate medical care to chronic sufferers. Due to emerging information on other tick-borne diseases, a panel discussing this topic will be scheduled.

* Conference Host: Lyme Disease Foundation, Inc. One Financial Plaza, 18th Floor Hartford, CT 06103-2610 Phone: (203) 525-2000 Fax: (203) 525-8425 E-Mail: [email protected]

* Conference Chair: Martina Ziska, M.D. Lyme Disease Foundation

* Conference Co-Chairs: Sam T. Donta, M.D. Boston University Hospital, Boston VA Medical Centers, Boston, MA Mark S. Klempner, M.D. New England Medicine Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

* Poster Session Chair: Jonathan A. Edlow, M.D. Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA

* CME Credits: CME Credits will be offered to health care professionals. Special nursing credits will also be available.

* Conference Program: The program will consist of oral and poster presentations, with two roundtable discussion sessions scheduled. A reception and other social events will also be included.

SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

* Call for Abstracts: You are invited to submit abstracts for the IX Annual International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis. Oral contributions are being solicited for the following topics:

CHRONIC LYME BORRELIOSIS

Basic Science Clinical Studies ------------------ -------------------- Animal Models Clinical Manifestations Microbiology Laboratory Diagnosis Molecular Genetics Management and Treatment Pathogenesis

Emerging Tick-Borne and Spirochetal Diseases --------------------------------------------

Only oral presentations related to the above topics will be considered. Posters are being solicited for topics designated on the abstract form.

* Instructions for Authors: All abstracts should be submitted and presented in English. Accepted abstracts will be scheduled for oral or poster presentations and will be published in the Program/Abstract Book which will be available to all conference registrants.

The Abstract Book is printed strictly from the forms provided by the authors. Neither corrections nor changes will be made before publication. Each registered participant can present only one abstract but can be co-author on others.

* Abstract Contents: Each abstract should contain such pertinent details as: objectives of the research, methodology employed, results and conclusions.

* Journal Supplement: All accepted oral presentations will be published in the form of an original manuscript in a major medical journal. Each accepted speaker must submit a manuscript, which will be subject to a review process. There will be approximately a four month period to prepare the manuscript. Each conference attendee will receive a copy of the journal supplement which will be published in the summer of 1996.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Carlson Wagonlit/Ultimate Travel has been selected as the official travel management company for the conference. This company will offer significant savings on airfare to Boston and exceptionally low priced rooms at the Wyndham Copley Plaza Hotel to conference attendees.

* Hotel: The Conference will be held at the beautiful Wyndham Copley Plaza Hotel, located in the heart of Boston s prestigious Back Bay.

* Reception: The conference reception will be held at a nearby exclusive facility and is guaranteed to be filled with the same fun and splendor of years past.

* Activities: The hotel is located in downtown Boston, only steps away from Copley Square and the exclusive shops and galleries of Newbury Street, Boylston Street, Copley Place, and the Prudential Center Malls.

Activities for participants and their families will be scheduled. These may include a trip to the Museum of Science and/or a trip to Quincy Market. Special programs especially for children within the hotel will also be available. More complete information will be available after January 1996.

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

November 15, 1995 Deadline for receipt of abstracts of papers and posters. January 1, 1996 Notification of acceptance of papers and posters.

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IN ORDER TO SERVE YOU BETTER DURING THE CONFERENCE...

We ask that you please answer the following questions. These questions are only guides to help us serve you better while making conference arrangements. Your answers do not obligate you in any way.

( ) I plan to stay as a guest at the Wyndham Copley Plaza Hotel during the conference. ( ) I plan to bring my spouse to the conference and would like more information on the planned activities as it becomes available. ( ) I plan to bring my family to the conference and would like more information on the planned activities as it becomes available. ( ) I am interested in having a day-care service available during the conference. ( ) I will be bringing a guest who would be interested in attending the reception only.

Please check off areas of interest. We will schedule daily activities around your responses. ( ) Quincy Market ( ) Harbor Cruise ( ) Boston Museum of Science ( ) Trade Center ( ) Boston Aquarium ( ) Harvard Square, Cambridge ( ) JFK Library ( ) Boston Museum of Art ( ) Freedom Trail

( ) YES! Please send more information on the Lyme Disease Foundation's IX Annual International Scientific Conference on Lyme Borreliosis. ( ) Please send Poster Abstract Form ( ) Please send Oral Presentation Abstract Form

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MAIL TO: The Lyme Disease Foundation Attn: Conference One Financial Plaza Hartford, CT 06103

The Lyme Disease Foundation, Inc. (LDF) is a nonprofit healthcare agency dedicated to finding the solutions to LD and other tick-borne diseases.

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II. LYMENET: Filing Complaints With State Medical Review Boards ----------------------------------------------------------------- Sender: Cindy M. Onorato <[email protected]>

Have been misdiagnosed or mistreated by a "Lyme Expert?" Have you been ridiculed or blocked access to treatment? Now is the time to do something about it. File a complaint with the state medical board. Many of these doctors who say no one has Lyme or that everyone gets better have not had complaints filed against them for this. We have to let the state boards know that their behavior is not acceptable. Please do NOT mention any other doctors name in the complaint or your current treating physician (to avoid them from getting targeted).

Here are some addresses. For additional states, you can contact me.

CT - Public Health & Addition Svcs, Medical Quality Assurance, 150 Washington St. Hartford, CT 06106 MA - MA Board of Registration in Medicine, 10 W. St., 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02111 NJ - NJ State Board of Examiner, 140 E. Front St., Trenton, NJ 08608 NY - State Board of Medicine, Cultural Education Center, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12230 PA - PA State board of Medicine, P.O. Box 2649, Harrisburg, PA 17105 TX - TX State Board of Medical Examiners, P.O. Box 149134, Austin, TX 78714

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