conference chairman
Professor Ayman El-Hattab
MD, FAAP, FACMG
Chairman, MENA Congress for Rare Diseases
Founder & President, MENA Organization for Rare Diseases
Professor, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah
Consultant Clinical Genetics at University Hospital Sharjah, Kanad Hospital, and Genesis Healthcare Center, UAE
scientific committee
Prof. Domenica Taruscio
MD
Former Director, National Centre Rare Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italian National Institute of Health); Co-Founder & Board Member, Undiagnosed Diseases Network International (UDNI); Past President, International Collaboration on Rare Diseases and Orphan drugs (ICORD); and President, Study Centre KOS – Science, Art, Society, Rome, Italy
Dr. Fatmah Al-Zahmi
Department Head & Consultant, Neurology, Mediclinic Parkview Hospital
Associate Professor, College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Joanne Sadier
Associate Professor of Genetics & Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Prof. Khaled Musallam
Group Chief Research Officer, Burjeel Holdings
Adj Professor, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Prof. Maha Zaki
MD, Ph.D
Professor, Clinical Genetics Department, Human Genetics & Genome Research Institute, National Research Centre.
Professor, Genetics Department, Armed Forces College of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Rola Ba-Abbad
Chair of Ocular Genetics Services & Senior Consultant Ophthalmology,
King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Tawfeg Ben-Omran
MD, FRCPC, FCCMG, FACMG
Division Chief, Genetic & Genomic Medicine, Sidra Medicine
Senior Consultant, Medical Genetic Department, Hamad Medical Corporation
Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar
