The Laboratory Department at Chester River Hospital Center, in partnership with LabCorp, Laboratory Corporation of America, will be sponsoring an educational presentation about Lyme Disease on Wednesday, April 17th from 3:00-4:00 p.m. in the Chester River Hospital Conference Center and then from 5:00-6:00 p.m. at Chester River Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation, both in Chestertown. This presentation, “Lyme Disease Redux” will be given by Barbara A. Brody, PhD, Associate Vice President and National Director, Microbiology, Special Microbiology, Esoteric Immunology/Serology, Kidney Stone Analysis and Routine Virology with LabCorp.
Dr. Brody, a diplomat of the American Board of Medical and Molecular Microbiology since 1985, received her PhD from the University of Kentucky and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in infectious disease at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. She completed a clinical postdoctoral fellowship in clinical and public health microbiology at the Medical College of Virginia. While at LabCorp, Dr. Brody has directed the microbiology, virology, reference microbiology, molecular microbiology, infectious disease, and autoimmune immunology, HIV-hepatitis serology, cell immunology and kidney stone programs. She is a member of the Board of the American College of Microbiology and has served on special emphasis review panels for the National Institutes of Health.
“Lyme Disease Redux,” which will be open to health professionals and members of the local community, will discuss prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease in addition to other tick-borne diseases and exposure risks.
For more information about “Lyme Disease Redux” or to RSVP for the presentation, please contact Alicia Dodd at 410-778-7668, extension 2600. This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, so please RSVP. Light refreshments will be served. Chester River Hospital Conference Center is located on the 2nd floor, 100 Brown Street, Chestertown, MD. Chester River Manor is located on 200 Morgnec Road, Chestertown, MD.
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