Congress Chairman

Congress Chairman, MENA Congress for Rare Diseases

Professor, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah

Consultant Clinical Genetics at Burjeel Medical City, University Hospital Sharjah, Kanad Hospital, and Genesis Healthcare Center, UAE

Group Chief Research Officer, Burjeel Holdings

Adj Professor, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Adj Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA

Consultant Clinical Genetics and Genomics, Rare Diseases and Medical Genetics Units, Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital & Research Institute, Rome, Italy

Consultant Pediatric Neurology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Adjunct Professor Pediatric Neurology, AlFaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Consultant Medical Geneticist, Genetics & Inherited Disorders, Al Jawhara Center for Molecular Medicine, Assistant Professor of Molecular Medicine, Arabian Gulf University & University Medical Clinics,

Chair, Rare Disease Campaign & Care for Rare Support Group, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain

Assistant Professor, Medical and Biochemical Geneticist, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Professor, Clinical Genetics Department,

Human Genetics & Genome Research Institute, National Research Centre

Professor, Genetics Department, Armed Forces College of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics; and Head of Inborn Errors of Metabolism Program, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Division Chief, Genetic & Genomic Medicine, Sidra Medicine

Senior Consultant, Medical Genetic Department, Hamad Medical Corporation

Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar

Chair, RAREBOOST Project

Director, Rare and Undiagnosed Disease Platform

Orphanet Country Coordinator, Izmir BioMedicine and Genome Center, Izmir, Turkey

Consultant Pediatric Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Clinical Genetics and Deputy Chief of Medical Staff, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Ministry of Health

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Department, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain

Consultant, Department of Medical Genomics, Centre for Genomic Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center

Professor of Genetics, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Professor of Clinical Pathology, Mansoura University, Egypt

Managing Director of Creative Crew, Medical Education services, Dubai, UAE

Consultant Clinical Genetics and Genomics, Rare Diseases and Medical Genetics Units, Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital & Research Institute, Rome, Italy

Head of Health Programs, Special Olympics UAE, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Division Chair and Consultant, Pediatric Endocrinology, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Professor, Faculty of Health and Science, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Professor, College of Medicine, Gulf University, Ajman, UAE

Director, Center for the Disabled, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Director, Help Center for the Middle East and North Africa, Kuwait, Kuwait

‏‏‎Professor in Molecular & Genetic Medicine and Leader of the Genetics & Development Research Priority Group, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE

Consultant Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and Pediatrics, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Consultant Pediatric Neurology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Adjunct Professor Pediatric Neurology, AlFaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Advisor to the Vice Minister and the Director of Blood Disorder Administration, Saudi Minstry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Professor of Hematology and BMT, University of British Columbia, Canada and University of Dar Al Uloom, Saudi Arabia

Senior Consultant, Department of Public Health, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE

Group Chief Research Officer, Burjeel Holdings

Adj Professor, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Adj Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA

Philosophy in Education (Special and Inclusive), The British University in Dubai and Executive Director Officer, Higher Colleges of Technology, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE

Consultant Medical Oncology, Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Assistant Professor, Medical and Biochemical Geneticist, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Consultant Paediatric Neurologist & Division Chief Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Department Chair and Consultant, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Director of Genetic Counseling Program, Assistant Professor, and DOH Licensed and Canadian Board Certified Genetic Counselor, Department of Genetic and Genomics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE

Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Clinical Director of Abu Dhabi Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Abu Dhabi Stem Cell Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Director of the Center for Inherited Myology Research (CIMR), Professor, and Vice Chair of Research in Neurology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Founder and Chief Values Officer, Applied & Behavioral Training Institutes, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Senior Consultant Clinical Scientist, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation

Clinical Professor, College of Health Sciences, Qatar University

Professor Adjunct, College of Health & Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

Business Excellence Consultant, Co-founder of CureSCG, and Mother of Child with Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Associate Professor in Public Health and Epidemiology and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Division Director, Medical Research and Development, Center of Research and Innovation, Abu Dhabi Department of Health, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Executive Director, Access for All - Institute for Accessibility and Inclusion, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist, Ocular Genetics, Electrophysiology of Vision & Medical Retina, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Senior Specialist Public Health Dentistry, Head of Promotion and Prevention, and Clinical lead for Dental Home Services, Dubai Health

Dental Internship Supervisory Program, Hamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University (HBMCDM-MBRU), Dubai, UAE

President of the International Huntington Association, Søgne, Norway

Founder and Owner of Anzyz Technologies AS, Kristiansand, Norway

Neuroaffirming Senior Clinical Psychologist, Al Noor Training Centre for People of Determination, Dubai, UAE

Head of Nutrition Department and Consultant Clinical Dietitian, Tadawi Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Consultant Pediatric Neurodevelopment, Al Jalila Children's Speciality Hospital

Assistant Professor, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, UAE