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Long Island Library Programmers Association Presents:
Alpha-gal Meat Allergy – Caused by a Tick!
Erin E. McGintee, MD
Do you know someone who can no longer eat meat? Allergist Erin McGintee, MD of ENT and Allergy Associates, and a member of the Medical Advisory Panel of Stony Brook Southampton Hospital’s Regional Tick-Borne Disease Resource Center, will lecture about the Alpha-gal meat allergy which is caused by a bite from the Lone Star Tick. Dr. McGintee has treated over 900 East End residents for this allergy, and she is considered the regional expert in the field.