INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS
Alphabetically ordered
Prof. Amal Alhashem
Consultant Medical Genetic, Department of Pediatrics, Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Professor, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mrs. Amanda Moore
CEO, Angelman Syndrome Foundation, Aurora, Illinois, USA
Dr. Anne Wheeler
PhD
Psychologist, Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities
Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Dr. Bahaa Jalal
Director, Center for the Disabled, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
Director, Help Center for the Middle East and North Africa, Kuwait, Kuwait
Dr. Elizabeth Jalazo
MD
Director, Clinical Integration, Angelman Syndrome Foundation, Aurora, Illinois
Geneticist & Pediatrician, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Dr. Gavin Arno
Principal Investigator, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK
Ms. Hala Hamdan
Certified Senior Music Therapist & Parents Counselor, the Educational Psychological Service, Palestine
Prof. Huma Cheema
MRCP (UK) DPGN(Lond)
Director, Research & Genetics Institute
Director, Foundation for Research in Genetic Medicine & Genomics
Director, Pediatric Liver Transplant
Chairperson, Pakistan Pediatric Association, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Group
National Program Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition Fellowship
Professor Emeritus, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition, the Children's Hospital & the University of Child Health, Lahore, Pakistan
Dr. Khaled Fakhro
Chief Research Officer, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
Mrs. Lana Khrrosheh
Volunteer and Activist for People with Disabilities, Amman, Jordan
Mother of a Child with Angelman Syndrome
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. Michael Segal
MD, PhD
Chief Scientist, SimulConsult, Massachusetts, USA
Mr. Mohammed AlBlowi
Senior Optometry Specialist, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Rola Ba-Abbad
Chair of Ocular Genetics Services & Senior Consultant Ophthalmology, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ms. Souad Mazari
Founder & President, NMO France
Member of Alliance Maladies Rares, Paris, France
NMO patient
Mr. Svein Olaf Olsen
President of the International Huntington Association, Søgne, Norway
Founder and owner of Anzyz Technologies AS, Grimstad, Norway
Dr. Tawfeg Ben-Omran
MD, FRCPC, FCCMG, FACMG
Division Chief, Genetic & Genomic Medicine, Sidra Medicine
Senior Consultant, Medical Genetic Department, Hamad Medical Corporation
Associate Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar
Dr. Zainab Al-Sulaitti
Emergency Physician, University Hospital Hairmyres, Glasgow, Scotland, UK