Marina Makous, MD, Expert in Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases

Second opinion record review, evaluation and treatment recommendations/discussion are available via phone or video conferencing for patients residing outside of the office area or overseas.

Evaluation of patients with ongoing symptoms of Borreliosis (Chronic Lyme disease) and other Tick-borne infections. Patients with a recent tick bite or a Bull's eye rash may be scheduled on same day whenever possible, or within three business days. Dr. Marina Makous completed a two-year Fellowship in Lyme and other Tick-Borne Diseases, and is continuing to work as an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University's Lyme and Tick-...borne Diseases Research Center. She is Board-Certified in Family Medicine. In her private practice in Exton, Pennsylvania, she carefully evaluates and treats patients with suspected or known tick-borne diseases, as well as patients struggling with the neurological and psychiatric complications of chronic diseases. She provides attentive, individualized medical and psychological care that enables her patients to rehabilitate and heal. Publications: "Conquering Lyme Disease: Science Bridge the Great Divide", by Brian Fallon, MD and Jennifer Sotsky, Carl Brenner, and Marina Makous, MD (currently under review by the publisher) Somatic Symptom Disorders and Illness Anxiety in Integrated Care Settings, Landa, A., Makous, M., Fallon, B.A. (2016). In Feinstein, R., et al, Psychiatry, Primary Care, and Medical Specialties: Pathways for Integrated Care. Oxford University Press, in press. Teaching Experience: 2014-2016: Lectures to the Family Medicine Residents, Columbia University Family and Community Medicine Residency Program : Neurological Exam and Interpretation Workshop (2/2015) Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Lecture and Case Presentation (5/2015) Tick-Borne Diseases: Diagnostic Conundrum (3/2016) Assisted in Teaching Family Medicine Residents 2013-2016: Weekly presentations at the Columbia Team's Lyme and Neuropsychiatry Seminars, various topics May, 2014: Columbia University and Lyme Disease Association Conference, Providence, RI: Presenter, Treatment-Resistant Depression, suicidality, and Lyme Disease: a Case Report October, 2014: International Lyme and Associated Diseases Association Annual Conference, DC: Breakout session presentation: Klein-Levin Syndrome following Tick bite September, 2014: Presentation to the Massachusetts General Hospital Lyme Support group, Cambridge, MA: "Research Updates from Columbia University April, 2015: International Lyme and Associated Diseases Conference, Drexel School of Medicine: Poster session presenter: Lyme Disease Retreatment Study: 10-year Follow Up November 18, 2015 Panelist in the Panel Discussion about the state of Lyme disease in PA, held by State Senator Andy Dinniman and Pennsylvania Physician General Dr. R. Levine.

Dr. Makous recently relocated to Chester County, PA to focus on seeing patients at her Exton Office. Until recently, she was working as an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, NYC. Her main focus was at Columbia University was Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center, where she evaluated patients with suspected or chronic Lyme and other Tick-Borne Diseases. Dr. Makous Completed a 2-year Fellowship in Lyme and Tick B...orne Diseases at the Neuro-Inflammatory Diseases Center at the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University. Dr. Makous offers evaluation and treatment to patients who have struggled with persistent symptoms of chronic diseases and their neuro-psychiatric complications. Dr. Makous has presented at several Lyme disease-focused conferences, including the ILADS conferences in DC and in Philadelphia, and at the Columbia-Lyme Disease Association Conference in Providence, Rhode Island. To schedule an appointment, please call 484-876-1362.

Expertise in diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease and Tick-Borne infections, Neuropsychiatric Complications of Lyme disease, Chronic infection.