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Building A Care Team
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Conventional Medicine
Care involves Primary Care, Infectious Disease, Functional Medicine, Rheumatology, Neurology, Neuropsychology, and Cardiology specialists. Coordinated care is essential due to complex symptoms. Experts in MSIDS and Autoimmune/Neuropsychiatric Syndromes best manage these cases. Conventional medicine mainly addresses acute infections, often missing chronic multi-system issues.
Key Centers:
NH Integrated Health Care (NH): accepts most insurance, follows ILADS guidelines.
Boothbay Region Health Center (ME): Lyme-literate, insured.
Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Research Center (MD): specialized care, insurance varies.
Mount Sinai CoRE: multidisciplinary care and research for Lyme, long COVID, ME/CFS, and related illnesses.
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Integrative Lyme Literate Practitioners
A Lyme literate medical doctor (LLMD) is typically a functional or integrative physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating Lyme disease and associated infections and related diseases like Pediatric (or Adult) Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and autoimmune encephalitis. They identify complex symptoms and co-infections to provide personalized care.
Examples include M.D.s, N.D.s, P.A.s, N.P.’s, herbalists, homeopathic practitioners. Many work privately, as mainstream medicine is still adapting to chronic vector-borne illness management.
Key Experts: Dr. Richard Horowitz – Developed protocols for chronic Lyme and co-infections.
Dr. B. Robert Mozayeni, M.D. is a rheumatologist and internist specializing in persistent infections, autoimmunity, and Lyme disease, combining clinical expertise with decades of research
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Mental Health Care
A multidisciplinary team supports advanced Vector Illness and related mental health conditions.
Psychiatrist: Diagnoses and treats mental disorders
Neuropsychologist: Assesses cognition and emotions
Therapist: Provides psychotherapyKey experts:
Dr. Brian Fallon, Director, Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center, Columbia University
Dr. Robert Bransfield, Psychiatrist with 50+ years on psychiatric Lyme disease
Dr. Suruchi Chandra, Founder, Lyme Disease Bethesda Integrative Psychiatry
Dr. Rosalie Greenberg, Board-certified psychiatrist for children, adolescents, and adults

