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Orphan Europe
Middle East
Training Course
(November 1-2) course fee: QR 1000
Venue of
Orphan Europe Training Course :
Hamad Education Center,Classrooms 1,2 and 3.
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Metabolic disorders in newborns |
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Date: 1st & 2nd November , 2007 |
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An Introduction to
Metabolic Disorders
(1st day) Morning session |
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08:00am -
08:45am |
Lecture -
Background and overview (metabolic pathways and concepts)
Speaker: Prof. J. Walter, Willink Biochemical Genetics
Unit, Manchester, UK |
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08:45am –
09:30am
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Lecture -
Metabolic disorders and the sick baby – when to think
metabolic
Speaker: Dr. Zaman Talieh, Head of Metabolic Unit,
Children’s Hospital Tehran University - Iran
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09:30am –
10:15am |
Lecture -
Laboratory investigation for metabolic disorders
Speaker : Dr Mohamed Rashed Head, Metabolic Screening
laboratory, KFSH – Saudi Arabia |
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10:15am –
10:45am |
Coffee
Break |
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10:45am –
11:30am |
Lecture -
Congenital lactic acidosis/ approach to mitochondrial
disorders.
Dr. Al Sayed, Genetic and Metabolic diseases, KFSH –
Saudi Arabia
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11:30am –
12:00nn |
Lecture -
Neonatal hypoglycemia of uncertain cause
Speaker: Dr. Hussain, Institute of Child Health, London,
UK
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12:00nn –
01:00pm |
Prayer and
Lunch Break |
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(1st day) Afternoon session |
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01:00pm –
01:45pm |
Lecture - An
overview of lysosomal storage disorders
Speaker: Prof. Joe Clarke, The hospital for sick
children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Canada, M5G 1X8. |
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01:45pm –
02:30pm |
Lecture -
Metabolic basis of Dysmorphic phenotype
Speaker: Prof. Ahmad Teebi, Prof. Weil Cornell Medical
College – Qatar. |
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02:30pm –
03:00pm |
Lecture -
Inconveniences and benefits of neonatal screening.
Speaker: Dr Ghassan Abdoh, Sr. Specialist – NICU, WH-HMC
– Qatar. |
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03:00pm –
03:30pm |
Lecture -
Common Metabolic Disorders in Qatar
Speaker: Dr. Noora Shahbeck, Metabolic Consultant, HMC –
Qatar. |
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03:30pm –
04:15pm |
Prayer and
Coffee Break |
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04:15pm –
06:00pm |
Meet the
Experts (An interactive session) |
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Dinner |
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Investigation
Diagnosis and Management of Metabolic Disorders
(2nd day) Morning Session |
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08:00am – 08:45am |
Lecture - An
Overview of the Treatment of Inherited Metabolic Diseases
Speaker: Dr. Martin. Lindner, Division of Metabolic
Disorders, University Children’s Hospital – Heidelberg,
Germany. |
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08:45am –
09:30am |
Lecture -
Emergency investigation and management of a baby with
probable metabolic disorder
Speaker: Prof. Georg F. Hoffmann, Director/Chairman
University Children’s Hospital – Heidelberg, Germany. |
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09:30am –
10:15am |
Lecture -
Dietary management of babies suffering from metabolic
disorders
Speaker: Dr. Eman Saadeddin (metabolic dietician), Aramco
Medical Centre - KSA |
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10:15am –
10:45am |
Coffee
Break |
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10:45am –
11:15am |
Lecture -
Approach to the family with a metabolically sick baby:
structured education and it’s meaning for chronic treatment.
Speaker: Dr. Martin Lindner, Division of metabolic
disorders, University Children’s Hospital – Heidelberg,
Germany. |
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11:15am –
11:45am |
Lecture - The
Challenge of cobalamin disorders.
Speaker: Dr. Tawfeg Ben-Omran, Head Clinical and
Metabolic Genetics, HMC – Qatar. |
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11:45am –
01:00pm |
Prayer and
Lunch Break |
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(2nd day) Afternoon session |
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01:00pm –
01:45pm |
Lecture -
Inherited Neurometabolic Diseases (movement disorders and
floppy baby) – investigation and management
Speaker: Prof. Georg F. Hoffmann, Director/Chairman
University Children’s Hospital – Heidelberg, Germany. |
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01:45pm –
02:30pm |
Lecture -
Metabolic disorders in the neonate presenting with liver
disease
Speaker: Prof. Joe Clarke, The hospital for sick
children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Canada, M5G 1X8. |
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02:30pm –
03:00pm |
Lecture -
Metabolic cardiomyopathy and arrhythmias in the neonate
Speaker: Dr Mohamed Naamaan, Hamad Medical Hospital –
Qatar |
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03:00pm –
03:15pm |
Coffee
Break |
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03:15pm |
Transportation to International Conference on Newborn
Screening |
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