2022 UCSF Genetics Family Support Meeting
Location: Zoom Meeting. Contact [email protected] for the Zoom link.
Hosted by UCSF Comprehensive Genetic Arrhythmia Program (CGAP)
Agenda
Time | Topic and Presenter |
10:00am - 10:05am |
Welcoming / Introduction / Program Overview by Dr. Melvin Scheinman |
10:10am – 10:30am |
Topic: What are Genetic Disorders? Speaker: Dr. Robert Nussbaum |
10:35am – 10:55am |
Topic: What are channelopathies (Long QT, Brugada, CPVT)? Speaker: Dr. Melvin Scheinman |
11:00am – 11:20am |
Topic: Advances in the Treatment of ARVC Speaker: Dr. Hugh Calkins (pre-recorded) |
11:25am - 11:45am |
Topic: Advances in the Treatment of Hypertrophic Myopathies Speaker: Dr. Theodore Abraham |
11:50am - 12:10pm |
Topic: Overview of the future / envisioned therapies (e.g. gene therapy) for inherited arrhythmia syndromes, and the challenges? Speaker: Dr. Vasanth Vedantham |
12:15pm - 1:00pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
1:00pm - 1:20pm |
Topic: Drugs to avoid Speaker: Dr. Kurt Hoffmayer |
1:25pm - 1:45pm |
Topic: Exercise Recommendations Speaker: Dr. Marco Perez |
1:50pm - 2:10pm |
Topic: Pediatric Perspective Speaker: Dr. Ron Tanel |
2:15pm - 2:35pm |
Topic: Psychosocial challenges in children Speaker: Nicole Haupert, NP |
2:40pm - 3:00pm |
Topic: Living with your defibrillator Speaker: Dr. Byron Lee |
3:05pm - 3:25pm |
Topic: From patient to family: genetic counseling in cardiology Speaker: Julianne Wojciak (Genetic Counselor) |
3:30pm - 3:50pm |
Topic: Family planning for people with genetic mutations Speaker: Emily Higgs (Genetic Counselor) |
3:50pm - 4:00pm |
BREAK |
4:00pm - 5:00pm |
Panel Discussion Moderator: Dr. Scheinman |
Event Inquiries, please contact:
David Krauth (Comprehensive Genetic Arrhythmia Program)
Phone: 415-514-7310 / E-mail: [email protected]