About LymeMD

LymeMD, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, was created in 2007 by Dr. John Aucott, an infectious disease specialist, in response to the devastating toll that Lyme disease takes on previously healthy, energetic individuals. LymeMD has become a nationally recognized program attracting top collaborators around the country.

Bridging Research and Medical Care
Our Work
  • Accelerating research that brings the finest tools of scientific research to patient care.
  • Educating physicians and the public about Lyme disease and Post-treatment Lyme Syndrome.
  • Developing academically affiliated Lyme disease research clinics in communities where Lyme disease care is delivered.
  • Creating a clinical database and conducting research by examining patients’ initial diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease in the community practice of medicine.
Scientific Advisory Board

Tim Krohe, MD,
Assistant Professor,
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Antony Rosen,  M.B.Ch.B.
Director, Division of Rheumatology; Prof., Dept. of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Peter Rowe, M.D.
Professor, Div. Adolescent Medicine, Dept. of Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Sheila K. West, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Board of Directors
John Aucott, MD, President
Joseph Hardiman, Vice-President
Lawrence Macks, Vice-President
Decatur Miller, Secretary/Treasurer
Eric Becker
Terral Jordan
Dale Mathias
Ryan Perdue
Adena Testa

Administrative Coordinator
Joan Higdon

Website Administrator
Lester Cohen

LymeMD Leadership

John Aucott, MD
President and Founder, Lyme Disease Research Foundation

Dr John Aucott, a native of California, graduated Phi Beta Kappa with honors and great distinction from the University of California at Berkeley. He graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, winning the Longcope Award for excellence in internal medicine and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. His training in medicine and infectious diseases was completed at University Hospitals of Cleveland where he served as Medical Chief Resident. Dr. Aucott joined the faculty at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine where he became Associate Professor of Medicine.

In 1996, Dr. Aucott returned to Baltimore to join the Faculty of Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. In recent years, his medical practice and research have focused on the rapidly growing problem of Lyme disease in the United States, and he has established a nationally recognized referral clinic for the care of patients with Lyme disease and its complications where he has personally evaluated more than 1000 patients with suspected Lyme disease. He has conducted clinical research on the diagnosis and epidemiology of Lyme disease in collaboration with scientists at the Johns Hopkins Hospital that has been published in scholarly journals.

Dr. Aucott lectures widely and collaborates with internationally known Lyme disease researchers. He was a member of the 2010 Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science workshop on tick-borne infections and Lyme disease. He also directs the Lyme disease clinical research center and is Principal Investigator of the SLICE study at Johns Hopkins, the first study in the U.S. to examine long-term health and outcomes of Lyme disease.

Contact Us

For more about the Foundation's research and fundraising activities, please contact us at info@lymemd.org or write to the address below.

Lyme Disease Research Foundation
Johns Hopkins at Green Spring Station
10755 Falls Road, Suite 200 - Lutherville, MD 21093

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