Speakers
Meet our Speakers
Gheona Altarescu
Shaare Zedek Medical Center, 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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Nadia Belmatoug
Referral Center for Lysosomal Diseases Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France
Bruno Bembi
Transactiva Srl, Udine, Italy
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES 1979-1980: Medical Assistant at the Analysis Laboratory of the IRCCS Burlo Garofolo 1981-1984: Assistant Paediatrician at the Institute…
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Maria Luisa Brandi
University of Florence, Italy
Brandi, Maria Luisa Full Professor of Endocrinology, University of Florence, Medical School, Florence, Italy. Education/Training Positions: MD, first class honors,…
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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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Sara Lucas del Pozo
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UK
Sara Lucas Del Pozo is a Neurology specialist subspecialised in Movement Disorders and is currently a Senior Clinical Research Fellow…
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Pilar Geraldo
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 and…
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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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Barry Jacobson
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH), South Africa
He has qualified with MBChB from the University of Pretoria. He has subsequently obtained specialist degrees in both Clinical Haematology…
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Aharon Kessel
Bnei-Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Aharon Kessel is a pediatrician and Clinical Associate Professor of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the Division of Allergy and…
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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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Nicole Maria Muschol
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
PD Dr Nicole Maria Muschol is a paediatrician and metabolic specialist. She is head of the lysosomal working group and…
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Omer Or
Hadassah Medical Centers, Israel
Dr. Or is an Orthopedic Oncology surgeon and a Bone Biology specialist. He completed his residency program at the Hebrew…
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Gregory Pastores
University College Dublin, Ireland
Gregory M. Pastores MD is a Clinical Professor (Emeritus) in Genetic Medicine, University College Dublin, Ireland. Prior, he had been…
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Lalita Ramakrishnan
University of Cambridge and MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK
Dr Lalita Ramakrishnan is Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Cambridge, UK and also a Group…
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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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Volha Skrahina
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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Jeff Szer
The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
Jeff Szer was the foundation Professor/Director of the Department of Clinical Haematology at Royal Melbourne Hospital. He was the inaugural…
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Tinatin Tkemaladze
Tbilisi State Medical University, Georgia
Prof. Tinatin (Tika) Tkemaladze is the head of the Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics at Tbilisi State Medical University…
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Ari Zimran, Conference Chair
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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