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Dear Colleagues,

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to the Updates in Growth & Bone Health in Children Conference on 4th May 2024 at the Radisson Blu Hotel / Kuwait.
The objective of this meeting is to increase the knowledge about the most recent updates in diagnosis and management of syndromic short stature and osteoporosis in children and to increase the knowledge among nurses about proper anthropometric measurements assessment for early detection of short stature..

The scientific day is 5 CME approved by CEPD -KIMS

I encourage you to register and save your spot today for a full learning experience!

SPEAKERS

Dr. Agnes Linglart

Agnès Linglart is Professor of Paediatrics at the Paris Saclay University and Bicêtre Hospital in France. She is the Head of the ‘endocrinology and diabetes for children’ department at the Bicêtre Paris Saclay Hospital, and the national coordinator of the network for rare bone diseases OSCAR, and of the Centre of Reference for Rare Disorders of Calcium and Phosphate Metabolism. She is also involved in teaching activities in pediatrics and endocrinology; since 2017 she is vice-dean for the Department of International Affairs of the Paris Saclay faculty of medicine. Agnès Linglart is involved in children health as President of the French Society of Pediatrics.

Professor Linglart attended the University of Paris Medical School, going on to complete a PhD in Biology and PhD at Paris Descartes University, Paris, France. From 2003 to 2005, she held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Endocrine Unit of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, before working as a senior research scientist, a pediatric endocrinologist and an academic teacher at the University Paris Saclay in France. Professor Linglart’s area of research is pediatric endocrinology, with a particular focus on rare diseases affecting the bone metabolism, calcium and phosphate homeostasis and growth.

Prof. Mohamad Maghnie

Professor MOHAMAD MAGHNIE, MD, PhD

HOSPITAL:irccs giannina gaslini, university of genova

SPECIALTY:pediatrics and PhD in pediatric endocrinology

Professor Maghnie is a professor of Pediatrics and PhD In Pediatric Endocrinology, Head of the Pediatric Clinic, Clinical Service in Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the Giannina Gaslini Institute, and Vice- Director of the Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health – DINOGMI, University of Genoa, Italy. He is currently a Director of the Pediatric Residency Program at the University of Genoa, Italy, and the supervisor of several postgraduate research students and postdoctoral fellows working in his research group. Professor Maghnie is a former President of the Italian Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology (ISPED, 2011-2015), former Chair of the European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) SPE website (2004–2008), a co-author of Yearbook of Pediatric Endocrinology (2004–2009), and former member of the ESPE Summer School Steering Committee (2010–2013). Professor Maghnie is currently the President of the European Achondroplasia Forum and the Coordinator of the Corporate Liaison Board of the ESPE.

Professor Maghnie received national and international award of excellence in Pediatric Endocrinology including “Rina Balducci” Award of the Italian Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, “Georgio Kalaitzoglou Award of Excellence in Pediatric Endocrinology” from the Hellenic Society For Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, Athens 2019 and “Premio Cacciari” Award of Excellence in Pediatric Endocrinology” from the Italian Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology SIEDP/ISPED, Bologna 2023. Professor Maghnie’s major research interests include growth disorders and their treatment and the management of pediatric pituitary disorders. He has authored over 300 original articles, textbook chapters and scholarly reviews in a number of high impact journals, as well as numerous book chapters. He sits on numerous advisory boards and editorial boards of journals and have PUBMED H-Index 60 http://scholar.google.it/citations Citations 11882 (January 2024) http://scholar.google.it/citations).

Dr. Nandu Thalange

Nandu KS Thalange MBBS BSc, FRCP, FRCPCH, FHEA, CCST

Head of Endocrinology & Diabetes.

Al Jalila Children’s Hospital, Jaddaf, UAE

Prof. Dr. Med Joerg Oliver Semler

Head of the Centre for Rare Skeletal Diseases
in Children and Adolescents University Hospital Cologne
Specialist in paediatrics and adolescent medicine,
Paediatric endocrinology and diabetology,
paediatric rheumatology and paediatric osteology (DVO)

Dr. Mohamad Helmi

Senior Registrar, Paediatric Endocrine & Diabetes Unit, Mubarak Al-kabeer Hospital, Kuwait.

Graduated from Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt. Received paediatric endocrine qualifications and experience at Paediatric Endocrine & Diabetes Unit, Tanta University over the past 8 years.

Dr. Saleh Alsaifi

Dr. Alsaifi is an Adult & Pediatrics Orthopedic and Limb Reconstruction Consultant.

Currently he is the Head division of Pediatric Orthopedics & Limb Reconstruction Alrazi Hospital

He is the former Head of Orthopedic Council, Kuwait and Head of Department of Orthopedics in Alrazi Orthopedic Hospital

Graduate of the Royal College of Surgeon, Ireland 2004
Saudi Orthopedic Residency, the National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, KSA 2012
Pediatric Orthopedic Fellowship, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, KSA 2014
Pediatric Orthopedic Fellowship, Alberta Children Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2015

He is local and international speaker at many meetings, conferences and courses, a member of POSNA, MEPOS, AO Trauma and Spine, and other local and international orthopedic societies.