Mold: The Invisible Barrier
Video presentations from the recent Mold seminar are available for purchase on the ILADS Learning Management System. Click here to view the online course.
Overview
Mold exposure can create a chronic inflammatory response, which can impact our patients in many ways. In ILADS's first virtual seminar of 2021, we will delve into the complexities of mold toxicity in our patients.
Schedule
| TIME | SESSION TITLE | SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|
| 8:55-9:00 AM EST | Welcome Remarks | |
| 9:00-10:00 AM EST | Mold: The Invisible Barrier | Jill Crista, ND |
| 10:00-10:05 AM EST | Break | |
| 10:05-11:25 AM EST | Environmental Sub-concussion: The Potential Role of Toxicity in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy | Chad Prusmack, MD |
| 11:25-11:30 AM EST | Break | |
| 11:30 AM-12:25 PM EST | Mold Illness In The Pediatric Population | Lauren Tessier, ND |
| 12:25-12:30 PM EST | Break | |
| 12:30-1:25 PM EST | [Sponsored Lunch Speaker] Mold & Biotoxin Illness: The Hidden Health Hazard | Jessica Peatross, MD |
| 1:25-1:30 PM EST | Break | |
| 1:30-2:27 PM EST | Tools to Identify Concurrent Mold/Biotoxin Illness in Your Pediatric Patients with Vector-Borne Disease | Paula Kruppstadt, MD |
| 2:27-2:30 PM EST | Break | |
| 2:30-3:20 PM EST | The Role of the Mycobiome in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases | Kristine Gedroic, MD |
| 3:20-3:25 PM EST | Closing Remarks |
Platinum Sponsor
Jessica Peatross, MD
Dr. Jessica Peatross has a passion for uncovering the mystery behind chronic illness, whether that be stealth infections, heavy metals, stress, trauma, or other environmental toxicities. She is visionary for the future of healthcare and left her position as a board-certified, internal medicine hospitalist to pursue Functional Medicine in order to better serve her patients. By getting to the real, root cause answers for WHY the body might be malfunctioning.
Her philosophy embraces that health encompasses the whole patient – mind, body, and spirit – and Dr. Jess has become one of the most-sought after Functional Medicine Leaders. She is known for her ability to help identify the root cause of illness, most often traced back to hidden, stealth infections like Lyme, parasites, and mold, Dr. Jess’s area of expertise.
After graduating Magna Cum Lade with a BA in Biology, a minor in Psychology, and earning her medical degree from the University of Louisville, Dr. Jess worked as a hospitalist for 6 years before beginning to experience what many of her patients experienced, deep anxiety and hormonal imbalances. She sought answers to uncover the root cause of disease – something she thought she had learned in medical school. She began to investigate alternatives to “treating every ill with a pill.”
Dr. Jess left her hospitalist position and trained in Gerson Therapy, Functional Medicine, and Ozone Therapy and uncovered that 90% of disease is a result of environment.
Jill Crista, ND
Dr. Jill Crista is a naturopathic doctor, best-selling author, and internationally recognized health educator. Her passion is bridging medical research with clinical practice. Dr. Crista graduated with Honors from the National University of Naturopathic Medicine in 2003, and also completed Advanced Botanicals training with Dr. Jillian Stansbury. In 2012, she completed the ILADS Physician Training Program.
Her clinical experience as the director and practicing member of two integrative medical clinics in Southern Wisconsin, allowed her to experience the synergy and efficacy of a team approach to patient care. She’s now focusing on research, teaching, and writing on neuroinflammatory conditions.
Chad Prusmack, MD
Board Certified Neurosurgeon in Denver CO. Independent consultant Dever Broncos and US Olympic Team. Specialize in Minimally invasive spine surgery, Traumatic Brain and Sports Injury and functional medicine. I am certified in functional medicine and am a member of ILADS. I have done apprenticeships with Jill Carnahan, Dan Kinderleher and Richard Horrowitz. I am also the Founder of a data driven functional medicine center named Resilience Code. We treat central nervous system disorders, chronic injury and invisible illness by applying the principles of functional medicine, allopathic medicine and strength and conditioning. I have had lifelong Lyme disease and have used that experience to research its role in Concussion and chronic immune impairment.
Lauren Tessier, ND
Lauren Tessier, ND Lauren Tessier, ND, is a licensed naturopathic physician specializing in mold-related illness. She is a nationally known speaker, monthly contributor to NDNR and is President of the International Society for Environmentally Acquired Illness (ISEAI) – a non-profit dedicated to educating physicians about the diagnosis and treatment of environmentally acquired illness. Dr Tessier’s practice, “Life After Mold,” in Waterbury, VT, is the East Coast’s only CIRS certified Naturopathic practice. Life After Mold services patients from all around the world who suffer from chronic complex illness as a result of environmental exposure and chronic infections.
Kristine Gedroic, MD
Kristine L. Gedroic, M.D., is the Founder and Medical Director of The Gedroic Medical Institute, in Morristown, NJ. She is author of the multiple-award-winning book, A Nation of Unwell (2019). Dr Gedroic graduated from Harvard University with a degree in molecular biology and biochemistry and attended medical school at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. She is a Fellow of the American Board of Family Medicine, as well as the American Board of Integrative Medicine. She serves as volunteer faculty for Rutgers University in the Department of Anesthesiology and the Center for Immunity and Inflammation. She lives in Mendham, NJ with her husband and three sons.
Paula J. Kruppstadt, MD
Dr. Kruppstadt graduated from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 1990. She completed her pediatric internship and residency at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso in 1993. She promptly earned her Board Certification from the American Board of Pediatrics in 1993 and she is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
She served as a U.S. Army pediatrician at Ft. Hood, Texas and then relocated to The Woodlands, Texas in 1995. She has since worked as a general pediatrician in various venues, including Texas Children’s Pediatrics and Texas Children’s Urgent Care. Dr. Kruppstadt also served as a pediatric hospitalist for Baylor College of Medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital in The Woodlands, Texas.
Dr. Kruppstadt is a Certified Practitioner of Functional Medicine by The Institute for Functional Medicine—IFMCP. She is one of only a few pediatricians in the world who are certified IFMCP.
At Hope for Healing, Dr. Kruppstadt offers functional consultations for patients from birth through 99 years of age and pediatric primary care from birth through 21 years of age.
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FAQs for Mold Seminar
Will the videos be available for viewing after the event?
The speaker presentations will be available for viewing for 30 days after the event ends through our online Learning Management System. The videos will not include the Q&A portion of the live event.
Will the PowerPoint presentations be provided to attendees?
PowerPoint presentations will be made available to all registered attendees one week in advance of the seminar through our online Learning Management System.
Is CME credit available for this event?
We are choosing not to give CME for this seminar. This gives us the freedom to discuss specific treatment protocols which would not be eligible content for CME. Please visit our online Learning Management System to see courses available on-demand for CME credit.