Dr. Robert C. Bransfield, MD, DLFAPA is a graduate of Rutgers College and the George Washington University School of Medicine. He trained at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry and is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Dr. Bransfield’s primary activity is an office based private practice of psychiatry. Dr Bransfield is the Past President of ILADS, the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Educational Foundation and the New Jersey Psychiatric Association. He has held a number of administrative positions with hospitals and organizations involved with health, mental health and community related activities and has received multiple awards from the APA and ILADS, including the Pioneer Award. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Rutgers—RWJ Medical School and the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. Dr. Bransfield’s clinical activities has focused upon treating patients who are considered to be treatment resistant. Many of these patients were found to have infectious disease contributors to their psychiatric symptoms. As a result, his research has often focused upon the association between infectious disease and mental illness. Dr. Bransfield has authored and co-authored a number of publications in peer-reviewed and other literature and has been active in political advocacy on an international, national, state and local level.