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 Start 
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 End 
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 Agenda 
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 Speaker 
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 Moderators 
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 8:00 
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 8:30 
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 Registration 
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 Dr Reem Alsulaiman 
 
 Dr. Noora Ebrahim Shahbeck 
 
 Dr. Rehab Abdulrahman 
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 8:30 
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 8:45 
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 Opening/ Introduction 
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 Dr Reem Alsulaiman 
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 8:45 
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 9:30 
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 Keynote/ Diagnosis and Management of Rare Diseases: What Has Been Unfolded and Yet to Come? 
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 Prof. Georg F. Hoffmann 
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 9:30 
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 10:30 
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 Diagnostic Odyssey of Rare Diseases: The Journey  
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 9:30 
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 9:45 
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 Dr. Sara Musa 
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 9:45 
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 10:00 
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 Dr. Ghassan Abdoh 
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 10:00 
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 10:30 
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 Dr. Osama Aldirbashi 
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 10:30 
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 10:45 
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 Q&A 
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 10:45 
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 11:00 
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 Coffee Break 
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 11:00 
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 11:30 
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 Overcoming stigma and Discrimination in Rare Diseases: Are We there Yet? 
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 Dr. Al Hareth Al Khater 
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 Dr. Tawfeg Ben Omran 
Dr. Mahmoud Fawzi 
  
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 11:30 
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 12:00 
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 Update on Genetic therapies for Rare Diseases: Lessons Learned from SMA 
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 Prof. Christian Schaaf 
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 12:00 
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 12:15 
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 The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Rare immunodeficiency disorders 
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 Dr. Mariam Ali Yousuf Al-Nesf 
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 Dr. Hisham Abdul Sattar
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 12:15 
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 1:00 
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 Lunch and Prayer 
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 1:00 
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 1:30 
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 A patient journey with Rare Diseases 
  
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 Patient and Dr Ramzi Ali  
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 Prof Michael Frenneaux
  
Dr. Mohammed Ussama Al Homsi 
Dr. Ramin Badii 
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 1:30 
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 1:50 
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 Applications of genomic research in rare diseases 
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 Dr. Khalid A Fakhro 
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 1:50 
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 2:10 
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 Qatar Biobank: a platform to unravel rare disease 
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 Dr. Radja M. Badji for 
Prof. Said Ismail 
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 2:10 
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 2:30 
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 Cancer Genetics: From Rare to Common. 
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 Dr Salha Bujassoum 
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 2:30 
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 2:40 
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 Q&A 
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 2:40 
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 3:10 
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 Break and Prayer
  
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 3:10 
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 3:30 
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 Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) 
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 Dr. Tawfeg Ben Omran 
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 Dr. Hisham Abdul Sattar 
Dr. Khalid Mohsin Al-Ejji 
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 3:30 
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 3:50 
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 Rare Liver disease: From unknown to diagnosis 
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 Dr Moutaz Derbala  
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 3:50 
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 4:10 
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 Closing remarks 
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 Dr Hilal Rifai
  
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