Visiting Professor Marshall Summar MD

Dr. Marshall Summar – accepted to lead our Annual Exchange and Educational Program for IEM Disorders. He visited and developed lectures in Argentina – Chile – Colombia and Brazil. We wish to continue working together with his team at the Children’s National Hospital in order to help expand knowledge and technologies that will help our local patients and their families.

Marshall L. Summar, MD, is Chief of the Division of Genetics and Metabolism and the Margaret

Renown Academic Nutritionist Kirsten Ahring visited Argentina

Mrs. Kirsten Ahring honored us with her visit and developed lectures regarding PKU treatments primarily to the local nutritionists. We are grateful with Kirsten’s generosity and we hope to be able to organize more activities that help our PKU patients and families in the near future.

GMDI

We also attended this meeting as usual with excellent results.

Chile / INTA - Santiago, Chile

IMed Group sponsored this excellent educational course

GMDI - New Orleans

The Genetic Metabolic Dietitians International (GMDI) 2012 conference will be held in Baltimore, Maryland on April 19-21, 2012. The primary focus of this conference is treatment for inborn errors of metabolism through dietary intervention. It is an appropriate forum for metabolic physicians, metabolic dietitians, fellows, genetic counselors, specialized nurses, and anyone involved in the long term follow up of individuals diagnosed with an inborn error of metabolism, either after having a pos

SIMD – Charlotte, North Carolina

The 2012 annual meeting of the SIMD was held at the Westin Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina, from Saturday, March 31st to Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012.
Meeting highlights included:
- Making Sense of Mitochondrial Disease
- Drug Development in Inborn Errors of Metabolism
- Personalized Medicine and IEMs
- New Concepts and Thoughts
- Organic Acidemias
- Sterol Metabolism

Kirsten Ahring

During 2012 Mrs. Kirsten Ahring honored us with her visit and developed lectures regarding PKU treatments primarily to our Dietitians. We want to thank Kirsten for her generosity and we hope to be able to organize more activities that help our PKU patients and families in the future.  

SSIEM Birmingham

The Society for the Study Inborn Errors of Metabolism (SSIEM) 2012 conference was held in Birmingham, UK on September 4-7, 2012. The primary focus of this conference is treatment for inborn errors of metabolism through dietary intervention. It is an appropriate forum for metabolic physicians, metabolic dietitians, fellows, genetic counselors, specialized nurses, and anyone involved in the long term follow up of individuals diagnosed with an inborn error of metabolism, either after having a po