Abdullah Alsuwaidan is chairman of the Clinical Genomics Department and director of the Centre for Genomic Medicine at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Read full bio and see talk title.
Ahmad Abou Tayoun is the director of the Dubai Health Genomic Medicine Center and an associate professor of fenetics at Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences. Read full bio and see talk title.
Yassmine Akkari is a senior director in the clinical laboratory of the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and a professor of pathology at The Ohio State University. Currently, she is a member of the WHO Low- and Mid-Income Countries Committee and the chair of AMP’s Finance Committee and AMP Middle East Organizing Committee. Read full bio and see talk title.
Soufiane El Hallani is an assistant professor at the University of Alberta. In addition to his clinical duties at Alberta Precision Labs, he is the R&D lead of the Solid Tumor Molecular Pathology program at APL and chair of the Somatic Solid Tumor Working Group of the Molecular Pathology Discipline Council. He is a member of the AMP Middle East 2025 organizing committee. Read full bio and see talk title.
Charles Hill is a professor and the pathology residency director Emory University School of Medicine. He directs the Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory at Emory University Hospital. He is a member of the AMP Middle East 2025 organizing committee. Read full bio and see talk title.
Musa Hindiyeh is the director of the Caritas Baby Hospital laboratory department and the Augusta Victoria Hospital Department of Laboratory Medicine. He has been interested in developing rapid viral and bacterial diagnostic assays in addition to researching the emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.Read full bio and see talk title.
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Annette S. Kim is the Henry Clay Bryant professor and division director of Diagnostic Genetics and Genomics at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the study of hematolymphoid malignancies, including miRNAs in myelodysplastic syndromes, myeloid and lymphoid mutational patterns, and test utilization management. Read full bio and see talk title.
Ravindra Kolhe is a professor and endowed chair of pathology at Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University and is an associate dean at Medical College of Georgia. He also serves is the associate cancer center director for genomics at the Georgia Cancer Center. Read full bio and see talk title.
Dr. Annette Leon is a board-certified medical geneticist focused on developing innovative, AI-powered diagnostic solutions that enhance access to and utilization of genomic medicine, driving advances in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of genetic disorders. She is a member of the AMP Middle East 2025 organizing committee. Read full bio and see talk title.
Dr. Helge Lubenow studied Biology and earned the doctoral degree at the University of Cologne and the Max-Planck-Institute in the field of genetics. Dr. Lubenow has many years of industrial experience in the field of molecular diagnostics and as an expert for market access in Europe, Asia and the United States. Read full bio and see talk title.
Rami Mahfouz is a professor, the director of molecular diagnostics and head of clinical pathology at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. He is a member of the AMP Middle East 2025 organizing committee. Read full bio and see talk title.
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Yuka Manabe is a Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Innovative Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases and an infectious disease clinician researcher in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases within the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, her research has focused on infectious disease diagnostics for STI’s, HIV, tuberculosis, and respiratory viruses (COVID-19, influenza) and their impact on patient-centered outcomes. Read full bio and see talk title.
Heba Mostafa is an associate professor of pathology, section director of medical microbiology and director of molecular virology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Read full bio and see talk title.
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Aleksandar Rajkovic is UCSF’s chief genomics officer, professor of pathology, and the medical director and chief of the Center for Genetic and Genomic Medicine in the UCSF Health System. In this role, he oversees implementation of genomic precision medicine across UCSF Health System. He has been elected into the American Society of Clinical Investigator, American Association of Physicians and National Academy of Medicine. Read full bio and see talk title.
Heidi Rehm is a genomic medicine researcher and clinical lab director working at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Broad Institute. Her work is focused on discovering the causes of rare disease and building resources to support the integration of genomics into medical practice. Read full bio and see talk title.
Somak Roy is an associate professor and the director of molecular pathology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Read full bio and see talk title.
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Nara Lygia de Macena Sobreira received her medical degree from the Pernambuco University’s School of Medicine in 2003. She completed a clinical genetics residency in Sao Paulo, Brazil, before joining the human genetics graduate program at Johns Hopkins (2007 to 2012). This was followed by a one-year postdoc and a two-year clinical genetics fellowship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She is board-certified by the Brazilian Board of Medical Genetics and the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics. Read full bio and see talk title.
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