Leo J. Shea, III, PhD

{ President }

Leo J. Shea III, Ph.D. is Clinical Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Rusk Institute, a division of the New York University Langone Medical Center. Prior to his present work with tick-borne and immunological disorders, he was Assistant Director of the NYU Brain Injury Day Treatment Program. Apart from his academic and clinical responsibilities at NYU Langone Medical Center, Dr. Shea is also President of Neuropsychological Evaluation and Treatment Services, P.C. with offices in New York City and Quincy, Massachusetts. His practice focuses on tick-borne diseases, traumatic brain injury, chronic illness, trauma and disaster management and provides cognitive remediation and psychotherapy to individuals and families. Dr. Shea has served as an organizational consultant to national and international corporations on human resources, administrative and executive training and development, trauma response and health care issues. His clients have included both political and public institutions such as the United Nations Development Program.

Raphael Stricker, MD

{ Vice President }

Dr. Stricker received his medical degree and training in Internal Medicine at Columbia University in New York. He did subspecialty training in Hematology/Oncology at the University of California San Francisco, and supplemental training in Immunology and Immunotherapy at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. He is currently the Medical Director of Union Square Medical Associates, a multispecialty medical practice in San Francisco (Website: www.usmamed.com).

Lorraine Johnson

{ Secretary }

Lorraine Johnson earned her JD at Loyola Law School and her MBA at USC. She has served as general counsel for public mid-sized entertainment companies, including Telepictures, Lorimar, and Imagine Films. She also served as Chief Operating Officer at Solomon International Entertainment, a small film production and distribution programming company. She currently serves as the executive director of the California Lyme Disease Assn., as a member of the Board of Directors of International and Lyme Associated Diseases Society (ILADS), and as a member of the advisory board of the national Lyme Disease Association. She has published widely on the topic of health care medico-legal-ethics, addressed state legislators, participated in the Canadian government consensus panel, and met with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Andrea Gaito, MD

{ Treasurer }

Patients travel from all over the country to consult with Dr. Andrea Gaito, a respected rheumatologis whose specialty is state-of-the-art, successful treatment of Lyme disease. Borad certified in both internal medicine and rheumatology, she also focuses on treating rheumatoid arthritis and related disease. With a warm, caring manner and optimistic approach, Dr. Gaito believes in the importance of truly listening to her patients as well as providing them with the benefits of the most current information, treatments, and technologies available for both rheumatoid arthritis and Lyme disease.

Actively involved in clinical research, Dr. Gaito's work has appeared in many prestigious medical publications. She is co-founder and past president of the International Lyme and Associated Disease Society and currently serves on the organization's board of directors. Her television appearances include a PBS series on Lyme disease, and she has been quoted in The New York Times, Good Housekeeping, and other leading publications.

Robert Bransfield, MD

Robert C. Bransfield, MD, DFAPA, is in the private practice of psychiatry in Red Bank, NJ; the Associate Director of Psychiatry and Chairman of Psychiatric Quality Assurance at the Riverview Medical Center; Vice President of the New Jersey Psychiatric Association; Vice Chair of the American Psychiatric Association Managed Care Committee and is a member of many medical societies and advocacy organizations. Dr Bransfield is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, certified in psychopharmacology by the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology and is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He earned his medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC and completed a residency in psychiatry at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital. Dr. Bransfield has an interest in healthcare policy and the association between infections and mental illness. He has authored and co-authored a number of publications in peer-reviewed literature, other medical publications, and books; has appeared on network and regional television and radio.

Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH

Daniel Cameron, MD graduated from the University of Minnesota followed by residencies at Beth Israel Medical Center and Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Dr. Cameron is widely recognized for conducting epidemiologic research while practicing medicine. He has been viewed as a pioneer in Lyme disease as an author of practice guidelines, analytic reviews, and clinical trials. He has published 9 peer reviewed articles based on his research in the past 5 years.

Dr. Cameron has led ILADS, the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society, to new heights as its president from 2007 to 2009. He has testified as an expert on Lyme disease for legislation in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania for physician's rights to diagnose Lyme disease using clinical judgment without state interference. He has been interviewed as an expert on the NBC today show, Good Morning America, Fox News, Sirius radio and in newspapers.

He currently sees patients in his private practice in Mt. Kisco, New York while continuing his research and writing. He maintains the website www.LymeProject.com.

Christine Green, MD

Christine Green, MD is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Reed College in Biology and Ecology, an appropriate choice for a doctor treating tick borne diseases. She completed her medical training at UC San Diego and then went on to her family practice residency at Stanford University. Dr. Green works at Green Oaks Medical Center in Los Altos, CA. She is the Chair of the ILADS Medical Education Committee.

Judy Leventhal, PhD

Judith G. Leventhal, PhD is a New York State Licensed Psychologist with specialties in Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology and Family Therapy. She devotes much of her time to exploring the neuropsychological manifestations of Lyme and associated tick borne diseases in children and adolescents, and the impact on academic and social functioning. Dr. Leventhal has presented her work at numerous professional conferences. She serves on the Board of Directors of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society and is on the Medical Advisory Board of the Lyme Induced Autism Foundation. She has held positions in the neurology departments of several teaching hospitals and maintains a private practice in New York City.

Thomas Moorcroft, DO

Tom did his undergraduate studies at the University of Vermont before attending the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM). While at UNECOM, Tom was selected to complete a one year fellowship in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. Tom completed his residency training in Family Medicine at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, CT. Tom deeply believes that the true source of radiant health is within each of us. Dr. Tom has been fortunate to have many amazing mentors, including Mark Rosen, DO, Eric Dolgin, DO, Michael Burruano, DO, Andrew Goldman, DO, Richard Horowitz, MD, and Charles Ray Jones, MD. He recently has had the opportunity to participate in intensives with Deitrich Klinghardt, MD and Ritchie Shoemaker, MD. Currently, Dr. Tom is the only fully licensed physician in the State of Connecticut to have completed the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society's Physicians Training Program. View his website at: www.originsofhealth.com

Samuel Shor, MD, FACP

Samuel Shor, MD, FACP; Associate Clinical Professor, George Washington University Health Care Sciences. Selected four times by his peers as a Washingtonian TOP DOCTOR, Dr. Shor has also been selected by Best Doctors.com and Washington Consumer's Checkbook as a top Primary Care Physician. Dr. Shor developed his long standing interest in chronic fatigue in the late 1980s. He subsequently developed an interest in managing associated conditions such as fibromyalgia and ultimately led to his interest in Lyme disease. A congressional presentation of Lyme disease on Capitol Hill 9/24/08, an interview on the nationally syndicated Diane Rehm Show [4/20/09] and an invitation to participate in the 2010 Virginia Governor's Task Force on Lyme disease are examples of Dr Shor's strong interest in educating the public. He continues to be actively involved in patient care while pursuing his interests in clinical research and publishing in the peer review literature. Further information about Dr. Shor can be viewed at his web site: www.intmednova.com

Robert Bransfield, MD

{ President }

Robert C. Bransfield, MD, DFAPA, is in the private practice of psychiatry in Red Bank, NJ; the Associate Director of Psychiatry and Chairman of Psychiatric Quality Assurance at the Riverview Medical Center; Vice President of the New Jersey Psychiatric Association; Vice Chair of the American Psychiatric Association Managed Care Committee and is a member of many medical societies and advocacy organizations. Dr Bransfield is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, certified in psychopharmacology by the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology and is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He earned his medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC and completed a residency in psychiatry at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital. Dr. Bransfield has an interest in healthcare policy and the association between infections and mental illness. He has authored and co-authored a number of publications in peer-reviewed literature, other medical publications, and books; has appeared on network and regional television and radio.

Joseph Jemsek, MD

{ Vice President }

Joseph G Jemsek MD, FACP, is Board Certified in Infectious Diseases. He began his clinical practice in Charlotte NC where he diagnosed the first case of AIDS in 1983 and subsequently devoted his practice to HIV care until 2006, establishing one of the largest private practices in the country while lecturing and publishing widely. For almost a decade in his early career he also functioned as the first hospital epidemiologist in a private institution and was the designated infectious disease consultant for the Carolinas Medical Center heart transplant program. Dr. Jemsek is the namesake for the destination practice, the Jemsek Specialty Clinic, which operates out of Fort Mill, South Carolina and which is exclusively devoted to the care of patients with Lyme Borreliosis Complex. For more information on the career and interests of Dr. Jemsek, please consult his website at www.jemsekspecialty.com.

Leo J. Shea, III, PhD

{ Treasurer }

Leo J. Shea III, Ph.D. is Clinical Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Rusk Institute, a division of the New York University Langone Medical Center. Prior to his present work with tick-borne and immunological disorders, he was Assistant Director of the NYU Brain Injury Day Treatment Program. Apart from his academic and clinical responsibilities at NYU Langone Medical Center, Dr. Shea is also President of Neuropsychological Evaluation and Treatment Services, P.C. with offices in New York City and Quincy, Massachusetts. His practice focuses on tick-borne diseases, traumatic brain injury, chronic illness, trauma and disaster management and provides cognitive remediation and psychotherapy to individuals and families. Dr. Shea has served as an organizational consultant to national and international corporations on human resources, administrative and executive training and development, trauma response and health care issues. His clients have included both political and public institutions such as the United Nations Development Program.

Joseph Burrascano, Jr., MD

Joseph J. Burrascano Jr. MD is a well recognized specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme and associated complex infectious diseases, and the chronic illnesses that accompany them. With over two decades of experience and research in this field, he has appeared in and on virtually every form of media, has advised the CDC and NIH, testified before the U.S. Senate, an armed services joint subcommittee, and at various governo's councils. A founding member of ILADS, he currently is an active Board Member of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Educational Foundation. His current areas of interest include his ongoing project, The Lyme and Associated Diseases Registry™ which follows each selected patient from the beginning to the end of their illness, to try to divine out what the various symptoms mean, which tests are worthwhile, to identify the medications and treatments that have the highest likelihood of curing the illness, and to uncover any possible drawbacks to treatment. In addition, he is actively involved in study of the newly discovered retrovirus, HGV, thought to be associated with chronic neuroimmune diseases, including chronic Lyme. Finally, his lifelong interest in nutrition has come to bear with his present consultative work with various nutritional supplement suppliers. No longer in clinical practice, Dr. Burrascano works full time in the biotech arena to further medical research in tick-borne and other chronic illnesses.

Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH

Daniel Cameron, MD graduated from the University of Minnesota followed by residencies at Beth Israel Medical Center and Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Dr. Cameron is widely recognized for conducting epidemiologic research while practicing medicine. He has been viewed as a pioneer in Lyme disease as an author of practice guidelines, analytic reviews, and clinical trials. He has published 9 peer reviewed articles based on his research in the past 5 years.

Dr. Cameron has led ILADS, the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society, to new heights as its president from 2007 to 2009. He has testified as an expert on Lyme disease for legislation in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania for physician's rights to diagnose Lyme disease using clinical judgment without state interference. He has been interviewed as an expert on the NBC today show, Good Morning America, Fox News, Sirius radio and in newspapers.

He currently sees patients in his private practice in Mt. Kisco, New York while continuing his research and writing. He maintains the website www.LymeProject.com.

Nick Harris, PhD

Dr. Nick Harris, a board certified immunologist, is currently the President and CEO of IGeneX Laboratory, which he founded in 1991. His undergraduate training was at the Univ. of Wisconsin and graduate training at the Medical Center, Univ. of Illinois, in Chicago. Following a postdoctoral fellowship in transplantation immunology at the Univ. of Minnesota, he became an Associate Professor of Surgery and Biochemistry at the Univ. of Texas. He left academia to head the immunology department at Bioscience Laboratories in Los Angeles, then joined 3M Diagnostic Systems as Technical Director. Dr. Harris has three patents, over 100 formal publications in immunology and Lyme disease, and three book chapters. He helped found ILADS in 1999 and is an active member of numerous societies. He is on the Board of Directors of CALDA and of the International Lyme and Associated Disease Society.

Raphael Stricker, MD

Dr. Stricker received his medical degree and training in Internal Medicine at Columbia University in New York. He did subspecialty training in Hematology/Oncology at the University of California San Francisco, and supplemental training in Immunology and Immunotherapy at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. He is currently the Medical Director of Union Square Medical Associates, a multispecialty medical practice in San Francisco (Website: www.usmamed.com).