Program

Earn CME Credits | Free Registration:

Time zone (GMT+3)

- An application has been made to the Lebanese Order of Physicians to grant CME credits.

Saturday March 4, 2023

15:00-15:10	Welcome and Opening Remarks Vanda Abi Raad, MD, MHPE, EMBA - Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine Andre Megarbane, MD, PhD - Chair Department of Human Genetics, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
15:10-15:30	Lecture 1: Technological and Therapeutic Advances in Neuromuscular Disorders Presented by Andoni Urtizberea, MD, MSc. -France Hopital Marin de Hendaye
15:30-15:50	Lecture 2: Hereditary Neuropathies: International Collaboration Presented by Valerie Delague, PhD - Marseille Medical Genetics/U 1251 Research Unit
15:55-16:10	*Lecture 3: What can we do to Help Families with Orphan Diseases?* Presented by Abeer Hani, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
16:10-16:40	Coffee Break
16:40-17:00	*Industry-Sponsored Symposium Program*
17:00-17:20	Lecture 4: The Added Value of Next Generation Sequencing in the Field of Genetic Diagnosis of Rare Diseases Presented by Eliane Chouery, PhD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
17:20-17:40	Lecture 5: Molecular Diagnostics of Rare Genetic Diseases: Challenges and Opportunities! Presented by Cybel Mehawej, PhD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
17:40-18:00	Closing Remarks Andre Megarbane, MD, PhD - Chair Department of Human Genetics, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine

For more inquiries, please contact:

Lama Naim
Senior Program Officer
Office of Faculty Affairs & Development
LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
Email: cmeoffice@lau.edu.lb
Phone: + 961 1 200800, Extension: 5830