INDUSTRY PROGRAM
ULTRAGENYX SYMPOSIUM | 7 agosto – 10.30hs | Gran Ancón Room
“The importance of early lipid screening in children: focus on primary hypercholesterolemia"
Dr. Ramón Madriz
- Dr. Ramón Madriz Prado is a pediatrician specialized in pediatric endocrinology, currently serving as Head of the Pediatric Endocrinology Service at the Unidad de Especialidades Médicas de la Defensa and is a member of the Mexican Society of Nutrition and Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society in Mexico.
Dr. Natalia Etcheverry
- Dr. Natalia Etcheverry is a pediatrician specialized in pediatric nutrition. She works in the Lipid Clinic within the Nutrition Service at Hospital de Niños Sor María Ludovica in La Plata and is a member of the Pediatric Working Group of the Argentine Society of lipids in Argentina.
Meet The Expert NOVO NORDISK | 7 agosto – 13.15hs – Contadora I+II Room
“Advances in new therapies for the treatment of growth hormone deficiency (GHD)"
Dr. Paulo Solberg
- Pediatric endocrinologist. He is an associate professor at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the State University of Rio de Janeiro. Co-author of the LAGH Consensus in pediatric patients with GHD.
Dr. Ana Kaselman
- Pediatric endocrinologist. She is part of the medical team at the “Dr. César Bergadá” Center for Endocrinological Research and the Endocrinology Division at the Ricardo Gutiérrez Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Ignacio Bergadá
- Pediatric endocrinologist. He serves as deputy director of the “Dr. César Bergadá” Center for Endocrinological Research (CEDIE) at Ricardo Gutiérrez Children’s Hospital.
- In addition, he is director of the pediatric endocrinology specialist residency program at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and a clinical researcher at CONICET.
BIOMARIN SYMPOSIUM | 8 agosto – 12.15hs | Gran Ancón Room
“Redefining outcomes in achondroplasia: from height to health"
Dr. Ana Paula Bordallo
- Pediatric Endocrinologist – Brazil
- Pediatric Endocrinologist at Pedro Ernesto University Hospital, Rio de Janeiro State University, and Lagoa Federal Hospital, with a master´s degree in endocrinology from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Dr. Vladimir Gonzalez
- Pediatric Endocrinologist – Bogotá
- HOMI, Secretaria de Salud de Bogotá. Centro de investigación UNIENDO
Meet The Expert ULTRAGENYX | 8 agosto – 13.15hs | Contadora I+II Room
“When Hypoglycemia Breaks the Rules: A Metabolic Perspective"
Dr. Marcela Vela-Amieva
- Dr. Marcela Vela Amieva is a pediatrician specializing in inborn errors of metabolism and neonatal screening at the National Institute of Pediatrics in Mexico.
Dr. Carolina Fischinger Moura de Souza
- Dr. Carolina Fischinger Moura de Souza is a medical geneticist, Clinical Director at Casa dos Raros, Head of the Clinical Research Service at Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), and President of the Brazilian Society for Neonatal Screening and Inborn Errors of Metabolism in Brazil.
CHIESI SYMPOSIUM | 8 agosto – 16.30hs | Gran Ancón Room
“Approach to Children and Adolescents with Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy"
Dr. Franco Giraudo
- Franco Giraudo is a pediatric endocrinologist and holds a PhD in Medical Sciences from the University of Chile (Institute of Maternal and Child Research – IDIMI).
- He works with adolescents affected by metabolic disorders and has extensive experience leading educational activities for children, adolescents, and young adults.
- He is a member of several related scientific societies, and his main research focus is on youth-onset diabetes.
