Pediatric Neurogenomics Symposium 2021
Feb & March 2021
Organized by Center of Excellence & Advanced Research on Childhood Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Child Neurology Division, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Organized in collaboration with CSIR Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB),International Child Neurology Teaching Network (The International Child Neurology Association)in association with the ICMR-AIIMS Computational Genomics Center
Center of Excellence is Funded by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare & CSR from India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd
A seven-week online symposium on advances in diagnosis and treatment of neurogenetic disorders.
Who should attend:
Pediatricians, Neurologists and Specialists in Pediatric Neurology & Neuromuscular Disorders and Medical Students and Resident trainees.
Registration is free
Course Coordinators
Prof. Sheffali Gulati
AIIMS New Delhi
Dr. Vinod Scaria
CSIR-IGIB, Delhi
Dr. Biju Hameed
GOSH, London
Dr. Vishal Sondhi
AFMC, Pune
Sessions & Speakers
Essential for a Pediatric Neurologist: Interpretation of a genetic report
18th February 2021
08.00 PM IST [Lecture Online]
Prof. Madhuri Hegde, Ph.D., FACMG
VP & CSO, PerkinElmer Global Genomic Laboratories
Adjunct Professor of Applied Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology
Precision medicine in Pediatric Neurology: current status and future potential
25th February 2021
09.00 PM IST [Lecture Online]
Prof J Helen Cross FRCPCH Ph.D FRCP
The Prince of Wales’s Chair of Childhood Epilepsy
Head of the Developmental Neuroscience Programme at UCL-Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Prof. J Andoni Urtizberea MD
Attending Physician, APHP, HENDAYE, FRANCE
Head, Summer School of Myology, PARIS, FRANCE
Chargé de Mission, FILNEMUS, MARSEILLE, FRANCE
Genetic tests in Neurodevelopmental disorders - Which, When and for Whom?
11th March 2021
Dr. Ahmad Abou Tayoun
Director of the Genomics Center at Al Jalila Children’s,
Associate Professor of Genetics at Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai