Find a Doctor

Through the collaboration of three other Lyme nonprofits, we put together a master list of patient-recommended Lyme-literate and Lyme-aware providers of all types. We are proud to be part of a powerful and active network, for patients to get the very best care they deserve.

View the master provider list →

Most up-to-date and patient-approved:
projectlyme.org/providers-landing →

One of the original lists shared by other nonprofits and advocates:
sites.google.com/site/lymedoctors →

This list is not exhaustive and may be outdated. Call the doctor to see if they are taking new patients. Contact ILADS for further help or Kristina for an LLMD prescribing disulfiram in your area. The drug is very tricky and requires a very responsive and experienced physician to manage.

Lyme is known as the "great imitator" because it mimics diseases like MS, lupus, ALS, Alzheimer's, CFS, ADD, learning differences, dementia, and epilepsy. Left untreated, it can cause other diseases including certain cancers to develop. Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt studied 237 women with breast cancer and 100% of them tested positive for Lyme disease. Not all Lyme patients studied had breast cancer. (Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt, Lyme Summit 2018.) Dr. Neil Spector, Duke researcher and cardiologist, discovered that a high number of breast cancer patients had bartonella.

It takes an average of at least 2 years and 5 doctors to get correctly diagnosed. Some patients report it has taken decades and dozens of doctors across multiple states to get the right help. The longer the infection lingers, the more expensive it is to treat and the harder it is to reach remission. Don't ignore a patient's report of pain, flu-like symptoms, neck stiffness, cognitive difficulties, mental illness, IBD, and fatigue. Treating symptoms alone furthers the spread and damage from tick-borne illness.

The worst thing to tell a patient: "I don't know how to help you" or "you are the healthiest sick person I know." These responses can cause medical PTSD when a patient is told their illness is psychosomatic, in their head, or that they just want attention. Patients are left not trusting medical authorities, which can lead to self-treating, losing hope, feeling helpless, and potentially lead to suicide.

"There is a higher rate of suicide in patients whose brains have higher inflammation." Dr. Robert Bransfield, leading psychiatrist in treating neuropsychiatric cases in Lyme patients. See the research →

Check reviews and social media groups on Lyme. Ask if your potential provider has experience with:

• Knowing which specialty labs are sensitive enough to pick up Lyme and coinfections/Lyme complex
• Making a clinical diagnosis based on a thorough and multigenerational health history
• Scheduling ample time to take your history and treat you
• Congenital Lyme, gestational Lyme, and/or pediatric Lyme
• Referring out to Lyme-literate specialists like neurology, physical therapy, psychology
• Treatment success
• Integrative medicine
• Low-dose immunotherapy
• Staying up to date on the latest research and clinical findings