Alpha-Gal Syndrome: A Talk with Aubrey Stimola Ryan

On Saturday, January 31, at 3pm, Aubrey Stimola Ryan will give a presentation at the West Tisbury Library about Alpha-Gal Syndrome. Join us as we discuss the current science-based understanding of Alpha-Gal Syndrome including its relationship to ticks, how to reduce the risk of developing AGS, symptoms of AGS, when to get tested, what test results mean, how to manage the syndrome, what we know and what we’re still learning. 

This event is free and open to the public.

Aubrey Stimola Ryan holds a MS in Physician Assistant Sciences from Albany Medical College and a BA in Bioethics—a curriculum she designed—from Bard College. She has over 17 years of clinical emergency room experience including at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital and in New York City. She has spent extensive time researching, writing about and presenting on tickborne illnesses including alpha-gal syndrome to both clinicians and the local community to help raise awareness and promote the most current science-based data on these topics. She sits on the MVH’s Alpha-gal working group and is collaborating with TickFree MV, a local non-profit organization geared toward a non-siloed approach among stakeholders to reducing the burden of tickborne illness on the island.

Aubrey was one of the first Advanced Practice Providers in the U.S. to be offered a two-year fellowship in Global Health Studies—a program traditionally offered to MDs. Her global health work has included travel to Tanzania and Uganda, with a focus on infectious diseases. She received the American Society of Travel Medicine and Hygiene’s (ASTMH) Certificate of Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine and also holds a certificate in Travel Medicine from the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM).