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X-WR-CALDESC:Experts from diverse fields collaborating to advance Lyme dise
 ase research\, treatment and education will showcase their latest projects
  at Lyme Connection’s 13th Annual Patient Conference and Health Fair.\n\nD
 ate:  Thursday evening\, May 16\nLocation: Western Connecticut State Unive
 rsity’s Westside Campus Student Center The university has two campus locat
 ions. The Westside Camous is located at t 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbur
 y\, Connecticut\nFREE and open to the public\n\nDoors open at 5:00 p.m - H
 ealth Fair featuring tick-control products\, Lyme-literate practitioners\,
  testing laboratories and a wide range of manufacturers offering preventio
 n and patient support services. \n\nEvening program begins at 7:00 p.m. wi
 th the presentation of Lyme Connection’s second “Courage in Patient Care A
 ward” to Dr. Kenneth Liegner. Dr. Liegner is a board certified internist w
 ith training in pathology and critical care medicine and an International 
 Lyme and Associated Diseases (ILADS) member. His book\, In the Crucible of
  Chronic Lyme Disease\, provides a detailed account of his 30 plus years d
 iagnosing and caring for patients suffering from Lyme disease and related 
 disorders. Dr. Liegner’s work has focused on the serious morbidity and mor
 tality caused by tickborne diseases. He has emphasized the urgent need for
  widespread clinical availability of improved methods of testing and treat
 ment for Lyme disease in all its stages. His practice is based in Pawling\
 , NY. \n\nAttendees will then hear from two internationally acclaimed spea
 kers\, Lyme Disease Association (LDA) President Patricia Smith and tick-bo
 rne diseases specialist Dr. Robert Bransfield. Ms. Smith is in her 22nd ye
 ar as president of the all-volunteer run national non-profit LDA. She is a
  member of the Federal HHS Tick-borne Disease Working Group\, Columbia Uni
 versity’s Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center Advisory Committee\, 
 the Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) PESP Partnership and the national T
 ick IPM Working Group. Ms. Smith is recognized for her outstanding efforts
  to raise funds for research\, spread awareness\, secure legislation and s
 upport patients.\n\n Dr. Robert Bransfield is a clinical associate profess
 or at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School\, past president of the Internati
 onal Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) and past President of th
 e New Jersey Psychiatric Association. He is board certified by the America
 n Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry\, is certified in Clinic
 al Psychopharmacology by the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacolo
 gy and is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Associat
 ion.\n\n A question and answer session will conclude the evening. \n\n Thi
 s is the 13th annual patient event Lyme Connection has held at WestConn an
 d marks the 16th year the group has provided education\, patient support a
 nd advocacy for tick-borne diseases in the Greater Danbury area.\n\nAdmiss
 ion is free thanks to the support of this year’s sponsors: Dr. Roseann Cap
 anna-Hodge\, IGeneX\, Inc.\, and Tick Box Technology Corporation.\n
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DESCRIPTION:Experts from diverse fields collaborating to advance Lyme disea
 se research\, treatment and education will showcase their latest projects 
 at Lyme Connection’s 13th Annual Patient Conference and Health Fair.\n\nDa
 te:  Thursday evening\, May 16\nLocation: Western Connecticut State Univer
 sity’s Westside Campus Student Center The university has two campus locati
 ons. The Westside Camous is located at t 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury
 \, Connecticut\nFREE and open to the public\n\nDoors open at 5:00 p.m - He
 alth Fair featuring tick-control products\, Lyme-literate practitioners\, 
 testing laboratories and a wide range of manufacturers offering prevention
  and patient support services. \n\nEvening program begins at 7:00 p.m. wit
 h the presentation of Lyme Connection’s second “Courage in Patient Care Aw
 ard” to Dr. Kenneth Liegner. Dr. Liegner is a board certified internist wi
 th training in pathology and critical care medicine and an International L
 yme and Associated Diseases (ILADS) member. His book\, In the Crucible of 
 Chronic Lyme Disease\, provides a detailed account of his 30 plus years di
 agnosing and caring for patients suffering from Lyme disease and related d
 isorders. Dr. Liegner’s work has focused on the serious morbidity and mort
 ality caused by tickborne diseases. He has emphasized the urgent need for 
 widespread clinical availability of improved methods of testing and treatm
 ent for Lyme disease in all its stages. His practice is based in Pawling\,
  NY. \n\nAttendees will then hear from two internationally acclaimed speak
 ers\, Lyme Disease Association (LDA) President Patricia Smith and tick-bor
 ne diseases specialist Dr. Robert Bransfield. Ms. Smith is in her 22nd yea
 r as president of the all-volunteer run national non-profit LDA. She is a 
 member of the Federal HHS Tick-borne Disease Working Group\, Columbia Univ
 ersity’s Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center Advisory Committee\, t
 he Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) PESP Partnership and the national Ti
 ck IPM Working Group. Ms. Smith is recognized for her outstanding efforts 
 to raise funds for research\, spread awareness\, secure legislation and su
 pport patients.\n\n Dr. Robert Bransfield is a clinical associate professo
 r at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School\, past president of the Internatio
 nal Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) and past President of the
  New Jersey Psychiatric Association. He is board certified by the American
  Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry\, is certified in Clinica
 l Psychopharmacology by the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacolog
 y and is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Associati
 on.\n\n A question and answer session will conclude the evening. \n\n This
  is the 13th annual patient event Lyme Connection has held at WestConn and
  marks the 16th year the group has provided education\, patient support an
 d advocacy for tick-borne diseases in the Greater Danbury area.\n\nAdmissi
 on is free thanks to the support of this year’s sponsors: Dr. Roseann Capa
 nna-Hodge\, IGeneX\, Inc.\, and Tick Box Technology Corporation.\n
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LOCATION:Westside Campus Student Center\, Western CT State University
SUMMARY:13th Annual Lyme Patient Conference
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