L’exercice en Contexte de Maladies Rares (Practicing Exercise in the Context of Rare Diseases) – Symposium at CSEP2024
Myogenesis Discussion Group Seminar | Decoding Muscle Loss: Cardiac Cachexia, tRNA Dysregulation, and Muscle Atrophy Pathways
Knowledge Exchange Session of the NMD4C Community of Practice for physiotherapists and occupational therapists
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Outcome Measures Workshop (English Language)
CPD-Accredited Webinar | Neuromuscular Mystery Case Rounds: A Distal Dilemma: Case Study of a Young Woman with Weakness in Hands and Feet
Updates on newborn screening for Spinal muscular atrophy and Pompe disease
Together with Muscular Dystrophy Canada (MDC) we are pleased to invite you to a webinar on Newborn screening for Spinal muscular atrophy and Pompe disease. This webinar is primarily targeted at Canadian clinicians, academics, and trainees with an interest in neuromuscular disease. This is a clinical/academic webinar with support from Sanofi through a restricted educational sponsorship; there is no involvement or influence from industry on program content. NMD4C and MDC are providing organizational and technical support.
Chair:
- Dr. Alex MacKenzie | Professor of Pediatrics, uOttawa | Pediatrician, CHEO | Senior Scientist, CHEO Research Institute
Speakers and Agenda:
4 years of newborn screening for SMA in Ontario
- Dr. Kristin Kernohan | Molecular Geneticist, Newborn Screening Ontario, CHEO
A new understanding of Pompe disease in the era of NBS
- Dr. Priya Kishnani | Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Division Chief, Medical Genetics, Duke University Medical Center
Learning Objectives:
- Understand what is detected and not detected for Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) as part of newborn screening
- Summarize the Ontario experience in screening for SMA
- Recognize early features of LOPD identified by NBS
- How to comprehensively evaluate babies with LOPD identified via NBS
The NMD Rounds & Educational Webinars is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.