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LILPA Presents: Alpha-gal Meat Allergy – Caused by a Tick! (via Zoom)

Program Type:

Education, Virtual

Age Group:

Adults
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Event Details

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.