Trudeau Institute hosts 2022 Lyme & Tick-borne Disease Summit
October 20-21, 2022
Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease Summit in Saranac Lake, NY
On October 20-21, 2022, Trudeau Institute, together with SUNY Upstate Medical University, hosted the Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease Summit in Saranac Lake, NY. This by-invitation-only event for frontline healthcare workers brought doctors, nurses, and medical practitioners to Trudeau Institute for a 2-day educational seminar and featured some great talks on tick-related topics. To find out more about the event and watch the recordings of the presentations, please go to the CNY Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease Alliance website. Featured speakers and topics were:
“Tick-Borne Diseases in the United States: Burden, Trends and Prevention Efforts at CDC”, C. Ben Beard, MS, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, CDC and Co-Chair, CDC Task Force for Climate & Health
“tickMAP: A Public Health Tool to Track the Emergence of Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens”, Saravanan Thangamani, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Thangamani Lab, SUNY Upstate Institute for Global Health and Translational Science
“Diagnosis and Treatment of Lyme & TBD: The Clear and Not So Clear”, Kristopher Paolino, MD, Director, Center for Clinical Research, SUNY Upstate Institute for Global Health and Translational Science
“Environmental Forces and Personal Protection”, Brian Leydet, MPH, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, SUNY, College of Environmental Science and Forestry
“Vitamin ‘D’oxycycline - Treatment and Prevention”, Wes Kufel, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVP, Clinical Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice, SUNY Binghamton
“Neuropsychiatric Lyme Disease: Presentations and Treatment”, Brian Fallon, MD, MPH, Director, Center for Neuroinflammatory Disorders and Biobehavioral Medicine and Director, Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center, Columbia University
The event also featured a patient panel discussion on “Living with Lyme...and More, Please Hear Me” with Dan Cummings, Moderator, Royale Scuderi, Executive Director, CNY Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease Alliance, Jonah Cummings, Account Executive, Warne-McKenna Advertising, Margo Pinerio, Space Planning, Design & Project Manager at UBS, and Elizabeth Ruscitto, Angel Investor, Consultant.