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Gheona Altarescu

Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Gheona Altarescu obtained her magna cum laude diploma in Medicine at the Jassy University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania. She… READ MORE
Huma Arshad Cheema

The Children’s Hospital & Institute of Child Health Lahore, Pakistan

Qualifications: MBBS (Pb) 1984 with high honors & Dr Rahim Khan Gold Medal from University of Punjab Lahore MRCP UK Pediatrics Feb… READ MORE
Alessio di Fonzo
IRCCS Ca’ Granda Policlinico Hospital of Milan, Italy
Maja Đorđević
University of Belgrade, Serbia
Associate professor Maja Đorđević Milošević, Mother and Child Health care Institute of Serbia She is the head of the department… READ MORE
Laura Lopez de Fruto
Azafaros, Spain
Ziv Gan-Orr
McGill University Health Centre, Canada
Dominique Germain

University of Versailles, France

Dominique P Germain, MD PhD is Professor of Medical Genetics at the University of Versailles (UVSQ) and Paris-Saclay University, and… READ MORE
Avner Hershlag
Stony Brook University, NY, USA
Dr. Hershlag is a Reproductive Endocrinologist and Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine at Stony Brook University Rennaissance School… READ MORE
Carla Hollak
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
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… READ MORE
Derralynn Hughes
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Michal Inbar-Feigenber
University of Toronto, Canada
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… READ MORE
Małgorzata Kałużna
Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland
Beom Hee Lee
Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, South Korea
Dr Beom Hee Lee is a Professor at the Department of Pediatrics of Medical Genetics Center at Asan Medical Center… READ MORE
Jan Lucas

University Medical Center Rostock, Germany

Ivan Milenkovic
Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Shoshana Revel-Vilk

The Gaucher Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Shoshana (Shoshi) Revel-Vilk is a Pediatric Hematology/Oncology specialist and the Director of the Gaucher Unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Centre… READ MORE
Arndt Rolfs
University Rostock, Germany
Maurizio Scarpa
Udine University Hospital, Italy
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… READ MORE
Christine Serratice
University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland
Volha Skrahina

Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Germany

Volha has started her career during her Bachelor’s thesis at the Republican Theoretical and Practical Center – ‘Mother and Child’… READ MORE
Madeline Stoodley
University of Bath, UK
Thomas M. Stulnig
Hietzing Clinic, Vienna, Austria
Per Svenningsson
Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Per Svenningsson is a physician-researcher. His research interests include idiopathic Parkinson´s disease, GBA-Parkinson’s disease, atypical parkinsonism and rare movement disorders… READ MORE
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… READ MORE
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… READ MORE
Ari Zimran
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… READ MORE
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