Infectious Determinants of Chronic Disease

235 Louis Street Northwest,Grand Rapids MI 49503

22 September, 2022

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REGISTRATION will open soon. HOTEL RESERVATIONS Here (before Aug 20) More information about speakers and content Good practitioners constantly seek new and effective solutions to help their patients catapult from tired, sore and foggy to vibrant, clear and pain free. It has been said that “inflammation is the root of all medical evil.” The last few decades have exploded with information that stealth INFECTION is at the root of many chronic illnesses. If your practice is not identifying and treating infectious causes in your patients with chronic inflammatory conditions, you are missing an opportunity to improve lives. Come join us in Grand Rapids to learn some important infection/chronic disease relationships and innovative ways to treat your patients. From Lyme to Epstein Barr, Yersinia to “Deep blood fungus,” and oral pathogens that make biofilm and deposit lipopolysaccharide, THE INFECTIOUS DETERMINANTS OF CHRONIC DISEASE conference will WOW you with interesting and innovative testing and treatments to help your patients thrive. Join us in Grand Rapids for the best integrative conference of the year. - ELLIE CAMPBELL, DO, PROGRAM COMMITTEE ICIM meetings are a perfect example of how much an amazing group of caring, experienced and devoted physicians doing patient centered care can come together and share, collaborate, brainstorm, discuss and enhance each other’s lives and skills, leading to improved patient care and better outcomes from a truly integrative medical approach. My life, my practice, my staff and my patients have all received benefit from what we’ve learned over the last 20 years from this accomplished group of talented doctors! - ANN AUBURN, DO, PROGRAM COMMITTEE Frequently chronic symptoms are caused by an underlying undiagnosed infection. If the infection is not treated, the condition does not improve. At this conference, speakers will present cases of chronic conditions caused by an infection, including diagnosis and treatments. Pharmaceuticals are frequently ineffective with chronic infections. Yes, the same infections can be treated with tools integrative physicians have in their toolbox. You will leave with approaches you can begin using in your practice with your difficult patients and/or where to refer them for successful therapies. - LINDA HEGSTRAND, MD, PhD, PROGRAM CHAIR