The Genomic Medicine Foundation

First Indo-UK Training Workshop on 'Genomic and Molecular Medicine'
2018-11-19 - 2018-11-21 | Molecular Biology Unit, Center for Advance Research King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, UP, Shah Mina Road,, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226003, India
Unique training workshop aims to introduce fundamental aspects of genomic and molecular medicine to wide ranging Medical Faculty, Postgraduates in Medicine and Surgery and other Specialist Medical Practitioners.
Three day Workshop offers training in the key aspects of current practice in the following areas-

Fundamentals of genetic and genomic medicine
Concept of molecular basis of human disease
Spectrum and heterogeneity of human disease
Techniques for genetic, genomic and molecular pathology of human disease
Scope and limitations of next generation genome sequencing in clinical medicine
Specific issues in genome and molecular level diagnosis
Gene and genome based molecular therapy for human disease
Genomic and Molecular approach to infectious diseases
Community and public health aspects of genomic & molecular medicine
Targeted molecular therapy including Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics
Gene & Genome based Therapeutics
Practice of Intergrated precision genomic and molecular medicine

The Third Indian Cancer Genetics Conference
2018-12-08 - 2018-12-10 | Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Sector 22, Utsav Chowk - CISF Road, Owe Camp, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, 410210, India
Organised by the Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Navi Mumbai, India in collaboration with the Genomic Medicine Foundation (UK); Part of the Indo-UK Genomic Medicine Alliance.
For Programme and Registration please contact Prof. Rajiv Sarin (rsarin@actrec.gov.in ); Prof. Shirley Hodgson (shodgson@sgul.ac.uk) and Professor Dhavendra Kumar (kumard1@cf.ac.uk).
Click here for provisional programme

4th International Conference on Birth Defects & 5th Annual Conference of the Society for Indian Academy of Medical Genetics
2018-12-12 - 2018-12-15 | Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632004, India
The theme of the ICBD 2018 is “From Genome Diagnosis to Therapy of Birth Defects”.
It gives us great honor to invite you to participate in the scientific program. The three days event includes series of dedicated sessions, plenary lectures, keynote lectures, CME, Quiz and workshops.
We sincerely hope that you accept this invitation. We can assure an exciting ICBD 2018 and opportunity to visit one of the most enjoyable and memorable historic cities in India. Please confirm your acceptance and preferred topic of presentation.

The Second Indo-Uk Genomic Medicine Training Workshop
2018-12-15 | Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632004, India
Organised by the Christian Medical College, Vellore, TN, India in collaboration with the Genomic Medicine Foundation (UK), part of the Indo-UK Genomic Medicine Alliance.
For Programme and Registration please contact Prof. Dhavendra Kumar (kumard1@cf.ac.uk) and Prof. Sumita Danda (sdanda@cmcvellore.ac.in)
Click here for Provisional Programme

International Seminar “Advances in Inherited Heart Diseases"
2018-12-18 | Frontier Life Line Hospital‎, R 30 C, Ambattur Industrial Estate Road,, Mogappair,, Tamil Nadu, 600101, India
UK India Genomic Medicine Alliance
Indo-UK Genetic Education Forum
Frontier KM Lifeline Hospital & Dr. Cherian Heart Foundation
Faculty:

Professor Dhavendra Kumar, Cardiff, UK (Convenor)
Dr. Rajaram Anantharaman, Chennai, India (Co-Convenor)
Dr. Priya Chokhalingasamy, Inherited Heart Diseases Clinic, Chennai, India
(Co-Convenor)
Professor Perry Elliott, UCL/Bart’s, London, UK
Professor Pier Lambiase, UCL/ Bart’s, London, UK
Professor Meena Bhatt, CHG, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Dr. Siddhartha Banka, Genomic Medicine, Manchester, UK
Professor Arthur Wilde, Molecular Cardiology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Programme:
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00 – Welcome/ Introduction

Dhavendra Kumar, Cardiff, UK
Viji Samuel, Vellore, India

09:10 – Scope and Challenges of Clinical Cardiovascular Genetics

Perry Elliott, London, UK

Session I – Cardiovascular Developmental Disorders
Chairs:
09:30 – Congenital cardiac anomalies- clinical and genetic heterogeneity

Meena Bhatt, Bangalore, India

10:00 – Molecular Congenital Cardiology

Siddhartha Banka, Manchester, UK

10:30 -Inherited aortic and arterial diseases- clinical spectrum and new genes

Dhavendra Kumar, Cardiff, UK

11:00 – TEA/ COFFEE
Session II Disorders of Cardiac Muscle
Chairs:
11:30 – Inherited disorders of the myocardium- clinical spectrum and genomic factors

Perry Elliott, London, UK

12:10 – Cardiomyopathies in South India- Spectrum and Management

Viji Samuel, Vellore, India

12:30 – Cardiomyopathies in North India- Spectrum and Management

Ajay Behl, Chandigarh, India

12:50 – Heart muscles disease in Inherited Metabolic Disease

I.B. Vijayalaxmi, Bangalore, India

13:15 – LUNCH
Session III – Inherited Heart Diseases – Grand Round
Chairs: Professor Viji Samuel & Professor Perry Elliott
14:00-15:30 – Cases presentations by Trainees/ Junior Faculty/ PG Students Maximum 10 minutes each including questions/ discussion
15:30 – TEA/ COFFEE
Session IV Disorders of cardiac conduction and rhythm
Chairs:
16:00 – Genetic factors in cardiac conduction and atrial fibrillation

Perry Lambiase, London, UK

16:30 – Cardiac inherited channelopathies in clinical practice

Arthur Wilde, Amsterdam, NL

Session V Inherited Cardiac Diseases Clinic
Chairs:
17:00 – Inherited Cardiac Conditions Multi-Disciplinary service

Dhavendra Kumar, Cardiff, UK

17:30 – Inherited heart diseases clinic- the Chennai experience

Priya Chokhalingasamy, Chennai, India

1800 – Discussion & Reflections

Faculty and Participants

18:30 – CLOSE of the Workshop

The Second Indo-UK Symposium on Cardiovascular Genetics & Genomics
2018-12-18 | Frontier Life Line Hospital‎, R 30 C, Ambattur Industrial Estate Road,, Mogappair,, Tamil Nadu, 600101, India
Organised by the Dr. KM Charian Heart Foundation/ Frontline Hospital, Chennai, India & the Genomic Medicine Foundation (UK). For Registration and Prgramme please contact Prof. Dhavendra Kumar (kumard1@cf.ac.uk) or Dr. Raja Ananathraman

Human Genome Meeting 2019
2019-04-24 - 2019-05-26 | Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
“Genomic Education and Training for Healthcare”
Sponsored by the ‘Global Consortium for Genomic Education (GC4GE)’, The Genomic Medicine Foundation, UK (www.genomicmedicine.org)
Convener:
Professor Dhavendra Kumar, Institute of Medical Genetics, Cardiff University School of Medicine, UK & Genomic Policy Unit, University of South Wales, Wales, UK; Chair- Global Consortium for Genomic Education (GC4GE); CEO & Medical Director- The Genomic Medicine Foundation (UK).
Session objectives:

Essential skills and competencies for delivering the effective genomic medicine & healthcare
Core curriculum for genomic education & training
Organization and quality outcomes of genomic education & training program
Genomic education and training in developing and less developed nations
Role of public and media in genetic and genomic education
Continuous genetic and genomic education through tertiary multi-disciplinary specialist genetic & genomic clinics (oncology, cardiovascular, neurology, psychiatry, fetal/neonatal etc.)

For Registration and program please visit:
https://www.emedevents.com/c/medical-conferences-2019/human-genome-meeting-hgm-2019
Session plan
Date: 24 April 2019
Program- Tentative: 30 minutes each including 5 minutes for questions/answers followed by one hour panel discussion
0830 – Registration
09:00 – Welcome/ Introduction
Stylianos Antonarakis, Geneva, Switzerland (Past President- HUGO)
0915 – The Global Status of Genetic/Genomic Education- Mainstreaming of genetic/genomic medicine education
Dhavendra Kumar, Cardiff, UK (kumard1@cf.ac.uk)
0945 – Genomic Medicine teaching/ training for NHS UK
Mark Caulfield, London, UK (m.j.caulfield@qmul.ac.uk )
10:15 – Genomic Medicine training program in North America
Heather Junkins Colley, NHGRI, Bethesda, MD, USA (junkinsh@mail.nih.gov)
10:45 – Status of Genomic Medicine education & training in Malaysia and Region
M.K. Thong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (thongmk@um.edu.my )
11:15 – Tea/ Coffee
11:30 – Education & Training for Genetic Counselors in Far East
Mercy Laurino, Manila, The Philippines;( mylaurino@post.upm.edu.ph )
12:00 – Genetic counseling education & training program of India
Annie Hasan, Director, Board of Genetic Counseling, India (qhasan2000@yahoo.com )
12:30 – Panel Discussion – All Speakers/ Dhavendra Kumar (Lead)
Participants – All audience and invitees
Informal led by questions and discussion
13:30 – Close of the Session

The 7th International Cardiovascular Genomic Medicine Conference
2019-12-04 - 2019-12-05 | Radisson Blu Hotel, York, England, UK, North Street,, York, Yorkshire, Y01 6JF, United Kingdom
‘Clinical Cardiology in the Genome Era- From Genome Diagnosis to Therapy of Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases’
The Biennial ‘7th International Conference on Cardiovascular Genomic Medicine Conference’ offers a unique opportunity for clinical cardiologists, specialist cardiac nurses, electrophysiologists, cardiovascular radiologists, cardiac pathologists, clinical geneticists, genetic counselors and molecular geneticists to learn and share the fast emerging practice of cardiovascular genomic medicine.
World class Faculty of experts in all fields of cardiovascular genetics & genomics and genomic medicine will join the wide ranging participants from UK, Europe and rest of the World. The programme includes plenary lectures, keynote presentations, open platform and poster presentations and seminars on selected topics.
This conference is the 7th as part of the original series of Biennial ‘Cardiff Cardiovascular Genetics Conference’ held since 2007. All previous events were grand successes admired by several clinicians, health professionals and researchers from all over the world.
For Registration, Sponsorship and all other enquiries please visit www.genomicmedicine.org
www.eventbrite.co.uk
For General information and contributions to the Scientific Programme please contact Prof. Dhavendra Kumar
genomicmedicine@yahoo.co.uk
cardiovasculargeneticsgenomics@gmail.com
Scientific Programme
Scientific Committee

Dhavendra Kumar (Cardiff, UK)- Chair
Perry Elliott (London, UK)
Bill Newman (Manchester, UK)
Elijah Behr (London, UK)
Arthur Wilde (Amsterdam, NL)
Bart Loeys (Antwerp, Belgium)
Robert Hamilton (Toronto, Canada)
Ajay Bahl (Chandigarh, India)
Lorenzo Monserrat (La Coruna, Spain)
Ingrid Winship (Melbourne, Australia)

Day 1:
0800 Registration
0900 Welcome/ Introduction Dhavendra Kumar
0905 Session 1: ‘Phenotype-genotype ontology of inherited
cardiovascular conditions’
Chair: Professor Ruth New-Bury Ecob, Bristol, UK
0905 Congenital heart disease
Catherine Mercer, Clinical Genetics Unit, University of Southampton, UK
0920 Myocardium phenotypes
Diana Fatkin, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
0940 Aortic & arterial phenotypes
Bart Loeys, University of Antwerp, Belgium
1000 Primary lymphatic anomalies- an update
Sahar Mansour, St. George’s Hospital, London, UK
1015 Role of Myocardin in smooth and cardiac muscle development

Houweling, Molecular Cardiology Unit, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1030 Plenary 1:
‘Genomics led personalised prescribing in cardiovascular medicine’
Professor Sir Munir Primohamed, Liverpool, UK
Chair: Professor Patricia Munroe, QMUL, London, UK
1115 Tea/Coffee/Exhibitors
1145 Session 2: ‘Novel genes and molecules underpinning cardiomyopathies’
Chair: Professor Perry Elliott, UCL/Bart’s, London, UK
1145 Sarcomere- novel genes and related molecules
Lorenzo Monserrat, Cardiovascular Genomics Laboratory (HealthinCode), La Coruna, Spain
1205 MYH7 variant in Egyptian HCM patients
Mona Allouba, Aswan Heart Centre, Egypt
1220 Titin and related genes/molecules
James Ware, Imperial, University of London, UK
1240 Dystrophin & related molecules
Federica Montanaro, Great Ormond Street Hospital of Sick Children, London, UK
1300 LUNCH
1415 Session 3: ‘Heterogeneity of disorders of cardiac conduction & rhythm’
Chair: Dr. John Dean, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
1415 Brugada syndrome- Mendelian, Oligogenic or Multigenic?
Elijah Behr, Cardiovascular Medicine, St. George’s, London, UK
1435 Genomic complexity of atrial fibrillation
Rui Providencia and Pier Lambiase, Cardiovascular Research Centre, University College of London, UK
1455 Whole genome and transcriptome sequencing of post-mortem cardiac tissues from sudden cardiac death victims
S.B. Jacobson, Section of Forensic Genetics, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
1505 The Egyptian Collaborative Cardiac Genomics (ECCO-GEN): Defining a Healthy Volunteer Cohort
Yasmine Aguib, Aswan Heart Centre, Egypt
1520 TEA/ COFFEE/ POSTERS
1545 Plenary 2- Keynote Lecture: “The Sir William Harvey Oration” Life long pursuit of Inherited Cardiovascular Conditions
Professor Bill McKenna, Cardiovascular Medicine, University College London, London, UK
Introduction/ Citation by Professor Dhavendra Kumar
1645 Session 4: Clinical Cardiovascular Genomic Medicine
Chair: Professor Ajay Bahl, Chandigarh, India
1645 The Miles Frost Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Prevention- a model for Preventive (Community/Public Health) Cardiology
Morven Dunn & Joanne Whitmore, The British Heart Foundation, London, UK
1700 Outcomes of the next generation genome diagnosis for inherited cardiac conditions
Tessa Homfray, Clinical Genetics Unit, St.George’s Hospital, London, UK
1715 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy & Pregnancy Outcomes in North India
Pooja Sikka, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
1730 Multi-Disciplinary team for delivering the NHS cardiovascular genomic medicine service
Gerry Carr-White, St. Thomas/ Guy’s Hospitals, London, UK
Reflections & Discussion on Day 1
1745 CLOSE
1800 Welcome Drinks Reception
1900 GALA DINNER
Day 2: 5th December 2019
0800-0830 Registration
0830 Session 5: ‘Genomic research applications in complex cardiovascular conditions’
Chair: Dr. Maite Tome, St. George’s, London, UK
0830 Polygenic score and complex cardiac conditions
Emanuale Di Angelantonio, University of Cambridge, UK
0850 Stroke genetics & genomics in clinical arena
Hugh Markus, Adenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge, UK
0910 Systemic Hypertension- outcomes of genomic studies
Patricia Munroe, The William Harvey Heart Centre, QMUL, London, UK
0930 Genomic insights in aortic & arterial diseases
Julie de Backer, University of Ghent Hospital, Belgium
1000 Plenary 3: ‘The Genomic Revolution in Pediatric Clinical Cardiology’
Prof. Seema Mittal, Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Chair: Dr. Juan Kaski, GOSH, London, UK
1100 Tea/Coffee/ Posters
1130 Session 6: ‘Cardiovascular Genomic Medicine Research’
Chair: Professor Elijah Behr, London, UK
1130 Validating electronic health records (EHR) cardiovascular phenotypes by the UK Phenomics platform
Tom Lumbers, University College London, UK
1150 Pertinent Issues in cardiovascular diagnostic genomic testing
Ellen Thomas, Genomics England, QMUL/Imperial, London, UK
1210 Challenge of variant classification in cardiovascular medicine: The example of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Fokstuen, Service of Genetic Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

1230 Development of the Indian Inherited Cardiovascular Conditions Database
Ajay Bahl, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India
1250- 1415 Poster viewing & Lunch
Session 7: ‘Novel genomic/molecular cardiovascular therapeutics approaches’
Chair: Professor Dhavendra Kumar, QMUL, London, UK
1415 Novel therapeutic advances in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
Angeliki Asimaki, Cardiovascular Medicine, St. George’s, London, UK
1435 Novel therapeutic advances for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Rajaram Anananthraman, Dr. Cherian Heart Foundation, Chennai, India
1455 Stem cell and related therapeutic advances in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Matthew Daniels, Department of Cardiology, University of Oxford & University of Manchester, UK
1520 COFFEE/TEA
1530 Session 8: Open Presentations (selected from submitted abstracts)
Prize for best presentation
Panel of 3 judges Dr. Sarju Mehta, Cambridge, UK
Ms. Melanie Watson, Southampton, UK
Dr. Sam Mohaddin, Bart’s, London, UK
Note: 7 minutes including 2 minutes discussion
1530 Heart failure, severe arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death in Marfan syndrome
and related heritable thoracic aortic diseases
Anthony Demolder, Centre for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
1540 Atypical COL3A1 variants (glutamic acid to lysine) cause vascular Ehlers Danlos Syndrome with a consistent phenotype of tissue fragility and skin hyperextensibility
Neeti Ghali, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome National Diagnostic Service London, North West Thames Regional Genetics Service, London North West Healthcare University NHS Trust, Harrow, Middlesex, UK
1550 Genome sequencing for inherited cardiac conditions: analysis of 201 cardiovascular patients recruited through the 100,000 Genomes project by the West of England and South West NHS Genomic Medicine Centres.
Rebecca Whittington, Clinical Genetics, Bristol University Hospitals NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
1600 Major Genetic Contributors to Non-syndromic Tetralogy of Fallot
Richard Monaghan, Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Manchester, UK
1610 Identifying Long QT syndrome patients in primary care: A population- based case control study
WRH Evans, PRISM group, Division of Primary care, University of Nottingham, UK
1620 Biallelic PPP1R13L-associated paediatric dilated cardiomyopathy: expanding the phenotypic spectrum
Claire Turner, Department of Clinical Genetics, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK
1630 Panel comments, summing up and the best presentation award
1635 Plenary 4: ‘Dilated Cardiomyopathies- new paradigms for cardiovascular genomic medicine’
Professor Perry Elliott, Director- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University College London and Lead Consultant Cardiologist of the Inherited Heart Diseases Unit, St. Bart’s Hospital, London, UK
Chair: Professor Nigel Wheeldon, Sheffield, UK
1715 Questions/ Reflections
1730 Prizes/ Vote of Thanks/ Close
Good Bye/ Bon voyage

Oxford Symposium 'Clinical Genomic and Precision Medicine 2020'
2020-07-07 08:00 - 17:30 UTC | Saïd Business School, Park End Street, Oxford, OX1 1HP, United Kingdom
You are welcome to participate in the first biennial symposium on clinical genomic and precision medicine. The conference aims to discuss and explore the current genomic applications and translations in clinical medicine and healthcare. Faculty includes world class leaders in the field of rapidly evolving genomic medicine. This conference also provides opportunity for young investigators to present their research either oral or platform presentations. You may consider submitting abstracts. Please visit www.genomicmedicine.org for abstract format, deadline and all other enquiries.
Scientific Advisory Committee
Professor Dhavendra Kumar (London/Cardiff; Chair)
Professor Sir Munir Primohamed (Liverpool)
Professor Doug Higgs (Oxford)
Professor Sir Mark Caulfield (London)
Professor William Newman (Manchester)
Professor Matthew Hurles (Cambridge)
“The Professor Sir David Weatherall Oration”
The new oration is established to mark and recognise landmark contributions of Sir David Weatherall, the Founder Director of the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, in the field of molecular medicine. The scientific advisory committee shall search and recommend a distinguished clinical scientist or molecular/genomic scientist with impressive track record of life long contributions in genetics, genomics and molecular biology with unparalleled application and translation in clinical and preventive medicine.
Outline of the First Oxford Symposium Programme
0800-0900 Registration
0900 Welcome/ Introduction
0915 Session I: Genome diagnostics in clinical practice
1115 Coffee break
1130 Session II: Stratified and Precision Medicine
1300 Lunch
1400 Session III: Ethics, legal, social & economics (ELSE) considerations in genomic precision medicine
1545 Coffee/ Tea
1600 ‘Sir David Weatherall Oration”
1700 Discussion/ Reflections
1715 Close

Indian Cancer Genetics & Genomics Conference
2020-11-20 - 2020-11-21
Research & Education Society of Medical Oncology (RESMO), Department of Medical Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in association with The Genomic Medicine Foundation(UK)

International Cardiovascular Genomic Medicine Symposium
2020-11-27 - 2020-11-28
Approved for 12 hours CPD/CME credits by the UK Royal Colleges of Physicians
Programme

Times shown are Indian Standard Time (IST); -4.30 hours Europe; -5.30 hours UK; -10.30 hours USA-EST; -13.30 hours USA-WST

Day 1 Friday 27 November 2020

1330
Welcome/ Introduction
Prof. Ajay Bahl
Prof. Dhavendra Kumar

Session I Developmental disorders of the heart
Chair: Prof. SK Maulick, New Delhi, Prof. Madhu Khullar, Chandigarh, Prof. Rohit Manoj Kumar, Chandigarh.

1400
Genomic insights for congenital heart defects-
lessons from the 22q deletion syndrome
Catherine Mercer, Southampton, England, UK

1430
Novel genes and variants in arterial developmental disorders
Bart Loeys, Antwerp, Belgium

1500
Cardiovascular phenotypes in metabolic storage disease
Inusha Panigrahi, Chandigarh, India

1530
Molecular biology of the myocardium- implications for childhood heart muscle dysfunction
Seema Mital, Sick Kids, Toronto, Canada

1600 Tea/ coffee

Session II 1615 Grand round I Panel: All Faculty

Case 1
Familial HCM- getting to the root of the matter
Hisham Ahamed, Kochi, India

Case 2
LQTS- genotype specific therapy
KK Narayanan Namboodiri, Trivandrum, India

Case 3
The great masquerader
Muthiah Subramanian, Hyderabad, India

Case 4
Double trouble- Brugada-LQTS overlap
Rajat Sharma, Mohali, India

Case 5
Dystrophinopathy
Uma Nahar Saikia, Chandigarh, India

Session III Heart in connective tissue diseases
Chair: Prof. Surjit Singh, Chandigarh, Prof. Rajesh Vijayvergiya, Dr. Anupam Mittal, Chandigarh.

1730
Marfan syndrome and related connective tissue genetic diseases-current clinical and genetic management
John Dean, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

1800
Ehlers-Danlos syndromes- what’s new in genetics and genomics
Fransiska Malfait, Ghent, Belgium

1830
Genomic insights in disorders of vascular fragility
Mahesh Kappanayil, Kochi, India

1900
Cardiovascular manifestations in skeletal genetic disorders- the paradigm of osteogenesis imperfecta
Meena Balasubramanian, Sheffield, UK

Day 2 Friday 28 November 2020

Session IV Heart Muscle Dysfunction
Chair: Prof. KK Talwar, New Delhi, Prof. Sandeep Seth, New Delhi, Dr Sridhar Sivasubbu, New Delhi.

1430
Inherited cardiomyopathies- what’s new in genomics
Perry Elliott, UCL/ Barts, London, UK

1500
Unusual cardiomyopathy phenotypes in heart failure
Ajay Bahl, Chandigarh, India

1530
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in South India
Viji Samuel Thomson, Vellore, India

1600
Inflammatory cardiomyopathies- new insights and challenges
Neha Sekhri, Barts, London, UK

1630
Updates on medical therapy for HCM: Focussing on Cardiac Myosin inhibitor
Rajaram Anantharaman, Chennai, India

1700 Tea/ coffee

Session V 1715 Grand Round II Short cases presentations Moderators: All faculty.

Short case 1
A thin filament story
Sagar Shah, Hyderabad, India

Short case 2
A patient with severe HCM-
Soumi Das, New Delhi, India

Short case 3
Young HCM
Anshuman Gupta, Ludhiana, India

Session VI Heart Rhythm Dysfunction
Chair: Dr. C Narasimhan, Hyderabad, Prof. Yashpaul Sharma, Chandigarh, Dr Saurabh Mehrotra, Chandigarh.

1745
Cardiac arrest- how genetic/ genomic input might help?
Nitish Naik, New Delhi, India

1815
Status of next generation genomic testing in cardiac conduction/ rhythm dysfunction
Pier Lambiase, Barts, London, UK

1845
Heart rhythm dysfunction in infectious/ inflammatory conditions-Covid-19 virus and genomic predisposition
Robert Hamilton, Sickkids, Toronto, Canada

1915
Genetic results and targeted electrophysiological interventions in the inherited arrhythmia syndromes
Arthur Wilde, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2000 Discussion/ Feedback/ Vote of Thanks/ Close

Please note-

Registration is complimentary but essential to participate- to register please visit in
All presentations are streamed online
For enquiries, please contact cardiovasculargenetics@gmail.com

The VIII International Conference of Cardiovascular Genomic Medicine
2021-09-16 - 2021-09-17 | Virtual Conference, United Kingdom
The 8th Biennial International Cardiovascular Genomics conference is held on 16-17 September 2021. The conference is staged virtually via the Zoom platform. The main theme of this conference is ‘Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cardiovascular Genomics’.
The scientific programme, delivered by leading global experts in the field, includes the Second William Harvey Oration, plenary key note lectures, scientific oral and poster sessions. The conference would have the educational approval from the UK Federation of Royal Colleges of Physicians.
Please register and confirm your interest for-

Participation as a delegate
Oral presentation
Poster presentation
Chair a session
Session judge
Sponsorship

Registration
Consultants/ Senior Academic/ Industry- Full £75; Single day £50
Nurses/Counsellors/Therapists/Technicians- Full £40; Single day £25
Medical/Nursing/Technical trainees/students- Free
Sponsorship package-website/conference brochure- £1000
For all enquiries please contact-
Professor Dhavendra Kumar, Chair- Organising Committee
md@genomicmedicine.org ; d.kumar@qmul.ac.uk
Nick Miles, Events Manager
conferences@genomicmedicine.org

Genomic Diversity and Genomic Healthcare
2022-05-10 10:30 - 17:00
You are all invited to participate in the next biennial symposium on genomic medicine and healthcare. The symposium aims to discuss and explore importance of genomic diversity in delivering the genomic medicine and healthcare. Renowned global Faculty will deliver the excellent programme including the Professor Sir David Weatherall Oration (2022). The conference is wholly virtual, open to participants from all over the World.
10:30 Welcome/ Introduction
Professor Dhavendra Kumar,
Chair- Programme & Organising Committee
10:45 Session I: Genomic Diversity
Chair- Professor Vajira Dissanayake, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Genomic Variant Interpretation in the Age of Genome Sequencing
Andreas Laner, University of Munich, Germany
Genomic Diversity in Africa- The H3 Africa
Raj Ramesar, H3 Team, Human Genetics, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Genomic diversity landscape of South Asia/ South East Asia
Kumarswamy Thangaraj, CDFD/CCMB-CSIR, Hyderabad, India

13:00 Lunch break
13:30 Key Note Lecture 1- Chair- Professor Dhavendra Kumar
‘The challenge of genomics in healthcare’
Sir John Burn, Institute of Genetic Medicine,
Centre of Life, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
1415 Session III: Genomic variants and Genome Databases
Chair: Professor Patricia Munroe, Queen Mary University of London, UK

‘Genomic analysis in human genome sequencing’
Tuuli Lappalainen, New York Human Genome Center, Univ.Columbia, New York
Relevance of phenotype ontology with genome variants
Damian Semdley, Queen Mary Univ. London, UK
Validation and clinical use of genome variants
Thomas Borge, Blueprint Genetics, Finland
Guidance and requirement for genome databases
Angela Solano, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1540 Tea/Coffee Break
1550 ‘The Professor Sir David Weatherall Oration (2022)”
Chair- Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed, Professor David Weatherall Chair of
Medicine, University of Liverpool, UK
Delivered by Dr. Teri Manolio, NHGRI, NIH, USA
1645 Discussion/ Reflections/ Vote of Thanks- Professor Sir Pirmohamed
1700 Close
For all other enquiries: genomicmedicine@yahoo.co.uk / md@genomicmedicine.org

The IX International Cardiovascular Genomic Medicine Conference
2023-10-23 - 2023-10-24 | Surgeon’s Quarter Mission Hall Edinburgh, 1 Roxburgh Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 9SU
The 9th Biennial International Cardiovascular Genomic Medicine Conference is held on 23 & 24th October 2023. The conference shall be a hybrid event with the option to participate virtually. The main theme of this conference is the “Precision & Personalised Cardiovascular Medicine’. The scientific programme, delivered by leading global experts in the field, includes the ‘Third William Harvey Oration’, plenary key note lectures, scientific oral and poster sessions. This conference will have the educational and continuous professional development approval by the UK Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians.

International Cardiovascular Genomic Medicine and SickKids Cardiac Precision Medicine Conference
2025-10-29 - 2025-10-31 | Toronto, Canada, Toronto, Canada
The 10th International Cardiovascular Genomic Medicine & SickKids Cardiac Precision Medicine Conference is making its debut in North America! This year’s theme, “Cardiac Precision Medicine in the 21st Century,” delves into cardiovascular genomics and precision medicine in the era of ‘Omics’, AI and digital medicine. Join us as we bring together international experts and innovators to explore transformative research and collaborative opportunities that can shape the future of cardiovascular medicine.
This event will feature the 4th William Harvey Oration delivered by Dr. Sharlene Day and the Dr. Michael Braudo Lectureship delivered by Dr. Ma’n H. Zawati.
