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 2, 2024

8:30 - 9:00	On-site registration
9:00 - 9:30	Welcome and Opening Remarks Rajaa Chatila, MD, MHPE - Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education, 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
9:30 - 10:30	Lecture 1: Understanding Intellectual Disability Presented by Han Brunner, MD, PhD - Head of the Institute of Human Genetics at Nijmegen Radboud University Medical Center, Netherlands Moderated by Andre Megarbane, MD, PhD - Chair Department of Human Genetics, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:20	Lecture 2: *Achievements in Genetic Diagnosis and Lessons Learned* Presented by Eliane Choueiry, PhD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine Moderated by Jose-Noel Ibrahim, PhD - LAU School of Arts and Sciences
11:20 - 11:40	Lecture 3: Therapeutic Strategies for Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Related Neuropathies. Current Knowledge and Contribution of our Research Presented by Valerie Delague, PhD - Marseille Medical Genetics/U 1251 Research Unit Moderated by Jose-Noel Ibrahim, PhD - LAU School of Arts and Sciences
11:40 - 12:00	*Lecture 4: Genetics of Hearing and Balance in Mice and Men* Presented by Mirna Mustapha, PhD - EDI Deputy Director at the Biosciences department and the Neuroscience Institute of the University of Sheffield, UK Moderated by Eliane Choueiry, PhD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
12:00 - 12:20	*Lecture 5:* *Advancing Thalassemia Treatment Through Cutting-Edge Molecular Techniques* Presented by Mira Kassouf, PhD - Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Laboratory of Gene Regulation MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine at the University of Oxford, UK Moderated by Eliane Choueiry, PhD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
12:20-12:40	*Lecture 6: The Molecular Basis of Inborn Errors of Immunity - From Bench to Bedside* Presented by Cybel Mehawej, PhD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine Moderated by Jinane El Khoury Okais, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
12:40 - 13:00	*Lecture 7:* *Inherited Epidermolysis Bullosa: Classification and Management* Presented by Mazen Kurban, MD, PhD - American University of Beirut Medical Center Moderated by Jinane El Khoury Okais, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
13:00- 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 14:30	*Non-CME Satellite Symposium: Pediatric Neurometabolic Diseases: Prevention and Treatment* Presented by Hicham Mansour, MD - Saint George Hospital University Medical Center
14:30- 14:50	*Lecture 8:* *Rare Hereditary Cancer* Presented by Roula Farah, MD, FAAP - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
14:50 - 15:10	*Lecture 9: Familial Mediterranean Fever: Translational Research, Clinical Trials, and New Therapeutic Avenues* Presented by Jose-Noel Ibrahim, PhD - LAU School of Arts and Sciences
15:10 - 15:30	*Lecture 10: Therapeutic Advances in Neuromuscular Disorders & Spotlight on Spinal Muscular Atrophy* Presented by Andoni Urtizberea, MD, MSc. - Hopital Marin de Hendaye, France
15:30 - 16:20	Round Table: Patient’s Perspectives and Challenges Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Saint George University of Beirut: Dr. Robert Sacy Assistant Professor of Pediatric Neurology at Saint Joseph University of Beirut: Dr. Sandra Sabbagh Head of Psychology Department at SESOBEL: Mrs. Melanie Wardane
16:20 - 16:30	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