About the Event
Join Dell Medical School’s Center for Rare Disease and the Department of Pediatrics for Rare Disease Week events.
Michio Hirano, M.D., provides the keynote lecture at 4 p.m. Z. Leah Harris, M.D., and Jewel Mullen, M.D., MPH, join him for a discussion at 5 p.m. A new art exhibition, “Positive Exposure,” opens after.
For more information and the Zoom link, email Suzette Nava.
Agenda
4-5 p.m. | Keynote Lecture | Neucleoside Therapy for Thymidine Kinase 2 Deficiency: From Mouse to FDA Approval
Presented by Michio Hirano, M.D. He serves as chief of the Neuromuscular Medicine Division, director for the Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and director for the H. Houston Merritt Center for Muscular Dystrophy and Related Diseases. He is the Lucy G. Moses Professor of Neurology at Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
5-6 p.m. | Panel Discussion | Rare but Real: Diagnostic and Screening Challenges
Panel members:
- Michio Hirano, M.D.
- Z. Leah Harris, M.D., is a professor and chair of the Department of Pediatrics and director of the Dell Pediatric Research Institute at Dell Medical School.
- Jewel Mullen, M.D., MPH, holds faculty appointments in the departments of Population Health and Internal Medicine at Dell Medical School. She also serves as the director of health equity for Ascension Seton and director of health equity and quality for Central Health, Travis County’s health district.
6 p.m. | Art Exhibition | Positive Exposure
Additional Rare Disease Week Activities at Dell Medical School
Hirano presents “Emerging Therapies for Mitochondrial Diseases” at the Pediatric Grand Rounds on Friday, Feb. 27. Learn more »