Photos courtesy of Peter Peirce
“If we can put a man on the moon, we can solve the problems posed by Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections. We just need the will to do so.”
— Dr Kenneth Liegner
Dr. Kenneth B. Liegner is a Board Certified Internist with additional training in Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, practicing in Pawling, New York.
He has been actively involved in diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease and related disorders since 1988. He has published articles on Lyme disease in peer-reviewed scientific journals and has presented poster abstracts and talks at national and international conferences on Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases. He has cared for many persons seriously ill with chronic and neurologic Lyme disease.
His work has focused on the serious morbidity and (occasional) mortality that can eventuate from this aspect of the illness. He has emphasized the urgent need for widespread clinical availability of improved methods of diagnostic testing and for development of improved methods of treatment for Lyme disease in all its stages. He holds the first United States patent proposing application of acaricide to deer for area-wide control of deer-tick populations as a means of reducing the incidence of Lyme disease.
Dr. Liegner is a long-time member of The International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (I.L.A.D.S. www.ILADS.org) and served four years on its Board of Directors. He is also a member of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (www.aapsonline.org).
Photos courtesy of Peter Peirce
Lyme disease ecology graphic.
Artist: Helen Hawley
“Science is all about measuring things. Once objective measures of disease activity are widely available, rational approaches to treatment will replace those based on convention or blind obedience to authority, and the medical neglect now so frequent in chronic Lyme borreliosis will take its well-deserved place in the history of medicine, and not in modern practice.”
— Dr Kenneth Liegner, M.D.
In The Crucible of
Chronic Lyme Disease
Dr. Liegner published an insightful book chronicling his journey down the challenging path of treating patients with tick-borne disease. The book is a compendium of case histories, scientific studies, and evidence that Lyme disease can persist despite antibiotic treatment.
One of Dr. Liegner's colleagues described the book as a 'treasure trove' of information about Lyme disease.
The Berkshire Stompers.
First and foremost Dr Liegner is a physician committed to caring for persons with Lyme disease, tick-borne illnesses and related disorders.
Additionally, he is an avocational musician. He plays trumpet with a local marching brass band, The Berkshire Stompers who often play in Northwest Connecticut and Northeast Dutchess County. He was a member of the Dutchess Community College Jazz Ensemble.
Below is Dr Liegner playing the trumpet with the Berkshire Stompers. The Berkshire Stompers perform in front of the Music Cellar, in Millerton NY.
Photo courtesy of Peter Peirce
Photo courtesy of Jim Beretta
Joyful sounds of the Berkshire Stompers, Millerton, New York.
From the left, the Dr. Liegner on trumpet, Björn Michaud on tenor saxophone, Peter Peirce (behind bell of sousaphone) on flugabone, Charlie Keil on sousaphone, Jon Grusauskas on drums, Kealan Rooney on cow-bell..
Tenmile River Run.
The Tenmile River Run, music and lyrics (composed by Dr Liegner) were inspired by the effort of the Housatonic Valley Association to get the river designated by New York State as an official Inland Waterway.
Kenneth B. Liegner, M.D. appreciated the natural beauty of the river and composed the lyrics and music of Tenmile River Run. He commissioned Dennis Yerry and vocalist, Ann Osmond to record Dennis' arrangement of the song. Later, Dr. Liegner took digital images of the course of the river from its source in the Oblong Valley to where it joins the Housatonic River in Connecticut. Dennis Yerry mixed the images and the music to create the music video seen below.
The watershed of the Tenmile River in eastern Dutchess County drains some of the prettiest country in the lower Hudson Valley of New York State. The Tenmile (so named because it runs 10 miles east of the Connecticut border) is intricately bound to the history and culture of New York State and the Nation.
Please enjoy, and please share widely so others can appreciate the special beauty of the river and the importance of preserving it.