Speakers
Hans Aerts
Leiden University, The Netherlands
Hans Aerts chairs the Dep. Medical Biochemistry at Leiden University and earlier at the AMC-Amsterdam (2000-2014). His research focuses on…
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Gheona Altarescu
Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Gheona Altarescu obtained her magna cum laude diploma in Medicine at the Jassy University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania. She…
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Michal Becker-Cohen
Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel
Education: 2018 – Studies towards a Ph.D. in MPH, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Thesis topic: “Prodromal Parkinsonian features in carriers…
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Tanya Collin-Histed
International Gaucher Alliance (IGA), UK
Tanya Collin-Histed became involved in the Gaucher world in 1996 when her daughter Maddie was diagnosed with Type 3 Gaucher…
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Timothy Cox
University of Cambridge, UK
Timothy Cox is Emeritus Professor of Medicine and a Senior Visiting Scientist in the Department of Medicine University of Cambridge.…
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Andrea Dardis
University of Udine, Italy
Dr. Andrea Dardis obtained a MS degree in Biochemistry and then a PhD in Molecular Biology at the University of…
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Alessio di Fonzo
IRCCS Ca' Granda Foundation Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Italy
Alessio Di Fonzo is a board-certified neurologist trained as a movement disorders specialist. His activity comprises the in-patient clinic, and…
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Robin Ely
Center for Integrative Medicine, USA
Education: MD Georgetown University, Washington DC 1977 Family Medicine residency, Prince Georges Medical Center 1981, Maryland Director Center for Integrative…
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Pilar Giraldo
Miguel Servet University Hospital, Spain
Specialist in Hematology received my PhD degree (summa cum laude) in 1990 for Zaragoza University. Since 1996 is involving in…
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Avner Hershlag
Stony Brook University, NY, USA
Dr. Hershlag is a Reproductive Endocrinologist and Professor of Obsterics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine at Stony Brook University Rennaisance School…
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Mia Horowitz
Tel Aviv University, Israel
Mia Horowitz graduated from the department of Genetics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot Israel, in 1980. Following a two…
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Derralynn Hughes
Royal Free Hospital and University College
London, UK
Prof. Derralynn Hughes is Professor of Experimental Haematology at the University College London, Director of Clinical Pathway Groups and Clinical…
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Majdolen Istaiti
Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel
Joleen completed her Bachelor of Science in Biology at Tel-Aviv University, Israel June 2017. In February 2018 she joined the Gaucher Unit…
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Ni-Chung Lee
National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
Dr. Ni-Chung Lee (Nina) is a pediatrician and a specialist in clinical genetics. She is the Clinical Professor at National…
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Hermann Mascher
Pharm-analyt Labor, Austria
Prof. Hermann Mascher is a chemist by profession. He worked in the bioanalytical field for more than 40 years. This…
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Atul Mehta
University College London, UK
Atul trained in Medicine at Cambridge University and Kings College London; did postgraduate training at Imperial London (Hammersmith Hospital) and…
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Uma Ramaswami
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Uma is a Consultant in Inherited Metabolic Disorders and Clinical Lead for the Lysosomal Disorders Unit at the Royal Free…
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Shoshana Revel-Vilk
The Gaucher Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Shoshana (Shoshi) Revel-Vilk is a Pediatric Hematology/Oncology specialist and the Director of the Gaucher Unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Centre…
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Patsy L Robertson
The University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
Patsy is a musculoskeletal radiologist who has been following Gaucher disease patients in Australia using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for…
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Arndt Rolfs
Arcensus Diagnostics, Germany
Arndt Rolfs, MD, Professor for Neurology and Psychiatry, is CEO and founder of Arcensus GmbH, and a multi-entrepreneur in the…
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Ida Schwartz
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Prof. Ida Vanessa Doederlein Schwartz, MD, PhD Dep. Genetics, UFRGS and Med Genet Serv, HCPA, Porto Alegre, Brazil Graduated in…
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James Shayman
University of Michigan, USA
James Shayman, M.D. received his undergraduate degree in philosophy from Cornell University and medical degree from Washington University in St.…
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Volha Skrahina
Senior Director Clinical Programs, Arcensus Diagnostics, Germany
Volha has started her career during her Bachelor’s thesis at the Republican Theoretical and Practical Center – ‘Mother and Child’…
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Tinatin Tkemaladze
Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Tbilisi State Medical University, Georgia
Prof. Tinatin Tkemaladze is the head of the Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics at Tbilisi State Medical University (TSMU),…
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Marco Toffoli
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UK
Dr Toffoli is a consultant neurologist at the Royal Free Hospital in London, and a senior research fellow in the…
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Ari Zimran
The Gaucher Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Professor Ari Zimran was the founder and director of the Gaucher Unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem from…
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