Conference agenda | November 8 and 9 2025
All drinks, snacks, and lunches are included.
Day One: Saturday, November 8 (27th floor)
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TIME |
WHAT |
WHO |
|---|---|---|
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8:00 a.m. |
Arrivals, registration, coffee/tea |
Attendees |
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8:30 a.m. |
Welcome |
Mary Keating |
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8:35 a.m. |
Conference introduction |
Dr. Tim Cook MD |
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8:45 a.m. |
Tick-borne illness: Scope & epidemiology |
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9:15 a.m. |
Chronic persistent tick-borne illness: Microbiology and science |
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10:15 a.m. |
Coffee break |
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10:30 a.m. |
Diagnostic tools available: Public, private, when to use |
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11:15 a.m. |
Acute Lyme – recognizing and initiating urgent treatment |
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12:00 p.m. |
Chronic persistent tick-borne illness: Recognition of symptom complexes |
Dr. Tim Cook MD |
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12:45 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:45 p.m. |
Structured functional medicine approach to treatment |
Dr. Tim Cook MD |
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2:30 p.m. |
Downstream Secondary Illnesses: MCAS / POTS / Environmental sensitivity |
Dr. Elliot Jacobson MD |
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3:15 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
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3:30 p.m. |
Beyond the bite – perinatal transmission of Borrelia Burgdorferi: research gaps and opportunities |
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4:15 p.m. |
Case studies |
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5:00 p.m. |
Close day one |
Day Two: Sunday, November 9 (27th floor)
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TIME |
WHAT |
WHO |
|---|---|---|
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8:00 a.m. |
Arrivals, coffee/tea |
Attendees |
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8:30 a.m. |
Welcome day two overview |
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8:45 a.m. |
Environmental toxicities: Confounding presentations |
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9:30 a.m. |
Managing tick-borne disease in Quebec |
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10:15 a.m. |
Coffee break |
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10:30 a.m. |
Genomics and mind/body medicine |
Dr. Tim Cook MD |
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11:15 a.m. |
Botanical Therapies |
Dr. Caroline Farrow ND |
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12:00 p.m. |
Antibiotic therapies and peptides |
Dr. Tim Cook MD |
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12:45 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:45 p.m. |
Neuropsychiatric Lyme: Recognition and management |
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2:30 p.m. |
Interventions to manage mold and myotoxicities |
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3:15 p.m. |
Coffee break |
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3:30 p.m. |
Interventions to manage secondary symptoms |
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4:15 p.m. |
Case studies |
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5:00 p.m. |
Close conference |
About this conference
We’ve gathered a panel of experts in tick-borne disease diagnosis and treatment to share their expertise. Speakers include:
