Membership Information
Membership in ILADS is limited to medical clinicians and scientific researchers only. Only those with professional medical degrees are eligible to join ILADS.
Full (Voting) Membership
$490 USD/year
Full (Voting) Membership is open to:
- Medical providers with a doctoral degree in a health-related field (MD, DO, DDS, DVM, DMD)
- Nurse Practitioners (NPs) licensed to practice in their field that have full independent prescription writing authority without oversight.
- Those holding a PhD, ScD. or Psy.D in a medical field; and
- Those with an AANMC-accredited Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine (ND) degree that have prescribing authority for antibiotics in the state in which they are licensed or have completed a CNME approved residency program.
Affiliate (Non-Voting) Membership
$390 USD/year
Affiliate (Non-Voting) Membership is open to:
- Allied healthcare professionals with an interest in the diagnosis, treatment, management and/or research of Lyme and associated diseases. This includes medical professionals who do not otherwise meet the qualifications for Full membership listed above
Student (Non-Voting) Membership
$100 USD/year
Students attending a degreed medical professional program. Degree programs include MD, DO, PhD research in Lyme related area, ND, NP, and PA. Other programs need special consideration. Once degree is received, students are encouraged to continue membership but will be asked to pay full dues appropriate to his/her category.