OCTOBER 3RD, 2018
3RD ANNUAL LYME DISEASE IN THE ERA OF PRECISION MEDICINE CONFERENCE
New York Academy of Sciences, 250 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10007
Richard Horowitz, M.D., Medical Director, Hudson Valley Healing Arts Center; Member Health and Human Services Tick-borne Disease Working Group; Co-chair of the “Tick-borne Diseases and Co-infections” subcommittee, HHS, Washington D.C., Hudson Valley Healing Arts Center, Hyde Park, N.Y.
Dr. Richard Horowitz is a board-certified internist and the medical director of the Hudson Valley Healing Arts Center, an integrative medical center which combines both classical and complementary approaches in the treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-borne disorders. He has treated over 13,000 Lyme and tick-born disease patients in the last 30 years. with patients coming from all over the US, Canada, and Europe to his clinic. He is former Assistant Director of Medicine of Vassar Brothers Hospital in Poughkeepsie. N.Y., and is one of the founding members and past president elect of ILADS. the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society. He is also past president of the ILADEF, the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Educational Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the education of health care professionals on tick-borne diseases. Dr. Horowitz has trained over 100 healthcare providers in diagnosing and caring for patients with treatment-resistant tick-borne disorders and was previously awarded the Humanitarian of the Year award by the Turn the Corner Foundation for his treatment of Lyme Disease. He has dedicated his life to helping those stricken with this devastating illness.
He is also the author of two best-selling books on Lyme disease. Why Can't I Get Better? Solving the Mystery of Lyme and Chronic Disease (2013, NY Times Best Seller), and How Can I Get Better? An Action Plan for Treating Resistant Lyme and Chronic Disease (2017, national bestseller). These books incorporate recent scientific advances and explain in detail how healthcare providers can effectively diagnose and treat resistant illness. In addition, he has co-authored peer-reviewed Lyme guidelines, and published in the medical literature on novel “persister” drugs for the treatment of Lyme disease and coinfections, as well as the role of the 16 point MSIDS model in chronic illness.
Finally, he has served as a consultant to governmental agencies around the world. including those in China. Australia. Belgium, France, the United Kingdom. and the United States. Dr. Horowitz is a member of the HHS Tick-borne Disease Working Group. which was formed by the passage of the 21st Century Cures Act. He is also co-chair of the "Other Tick-borne Diseases and Coinfections" subcommittee to help our country impro\e the care of those suffering with tick-borne disorders.
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