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February 26 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm PST
Dr. Robert C. Bransfield, MD, graduated from Rutgers College and George Washington University School of Medicine. His residency training was at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital. He is board-certified in Psychiatry and is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Dr. Bransfield’s clinical activities have focused upon treating patients who are considered to be treatment-resistant. Many of these patients were found to have infectious disease contributors to their psychiatric symptoms. As a result, his research has often focused upon the association between infectious disease and mental illness. Lyme/tick-borne diseases are a complex interactive infections that can result in significant neuropsychiatric symptoms. The association between microbes and mental illness shall be reviewed with a greater attention to Lyme/tick-borne diseases. Pathophysiology, assessment and treatment shall be discussed.
Monday, February 26th, 2024, 7:00- 8:30pm EST