Laura A Adang, (MD, PhD)

Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA

Laura Adang, MD, PhD is an attending physician in the Division of Neurology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, specializing in the care of children with multiple sclerosis and other neuro-inflammatory disorders.

Prof. Majid Alfadhel (MD, MHSc, SSC-Ped, ABHS(CH), FCCMG)

Head of Genetics Division, Department of Pediatrics, King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre(KAIMRC), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, MNG-HA , Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Fuad Al Mutairi

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Consultant of Medical Genetics, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

He did his MBBS from KSU and Pediatric residency in PSMMC, Riyadh, KSA and fellowship Program in Biochemical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Canada. Currently, he is Program Director of Medical Genetics Fellowship Program at KASCH-KAMC and Chairman of National Medical Genetic Fellowship program at SCHS, Saudi Arabia. He is member of the Board of Directors of Saudi Society of Medical Genetics and member of many national and international societies, in addition to other regional and international initiatives. He has published > 65 papers with special interest in discovering novel genes associated with neurogenetic disorders and describing their clinical and molecular characterizations via local and international collaboration. In addition, we are working at KAMC on two promising clinical projects about prevention genetic and NGS.

Dr. Amna Abdulkarim Kashgari (MD)

Department of Medical Imaging , King Abdullah Specialized Children Hospital King Abdulaziz Medical city Ministry of National Guard, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Consultant, Pediatric Body and Neuroradiology Chairman, Academic Committee and Director, Residency Training Program, Medical Imaging Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Assistant professor of radiology King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Science, Riyadh ( July 2012-present). Board member in Radiological society of Saudi Arabia RSSA (2015 –present).

Prof. Fahad A. Bashiri (MBBS, ABP, SCCP, KSUBP, KFSH PNF, UBC Epilepsy Fellowship)

Associate Professor, Consultant Pediatric Neurologist & Epileptologist. Head Section, Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics College of Medicine & King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Fahad A. Bashiri is Professor and Consultant Pediatric Neurologist Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, King Khalid University Hospital, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Has experience in education and is currently working as “Professor, Consultant Pediatric Neurologist.” Has administrative skills and is working as a deputy, Chairman of the Pediatrics Department. Head Section, Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, and King Saud University. He is The President of the Saudi Pediatric Neurology Society. Fahad is involved in the Pediatric Neurology Training Program as head of the Joint Program in the whole Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Fahad has research interest and published more than 40 published papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Makki Almuntashri (MD, FRCPC, DABR)

Head of Imaging Science - Experimental medicine at King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC) Consultant Neuroradiologist at King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC) Assistant Professor of neuroradiology at King Saud University for Health Sciences (KSU-HS). Saudi Arabia

Dr. Makki Almuntashri is a consultant Neuroradiologist and Program Director of Neuroradiology Fellowship at King Abdulaziz Medical City Since 2012, he is Assistant Professor of Radiology at King Saud University of Health Sciences, And Head of Imaging Research at King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia. He earned his Radiology Residency training at McGill university followed by 2 years of fellowship in Neuroradiology at University of Toronto from 2004-2011, certified with Royal college of Canada and American Board of Radiology. He is interested in functional neuroimaging and have started it in his institution and developing the imaging unit in his research center which includes MR-guided HIFU and animal imaging.

Dr. Muhammad Talal Alrifai (MD)

Pediatric Neurologist

Prof. Mohammad A Al-Muhaizea (MD, MBA (IHM))

Department of Neurosciences, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Mohamed Babiker (MBBS, DPH, MD, CCT (UK), FRCPCH)

Al Jalila Children`s Speciality Hospital in Dubai- UAE

Dr. Babiker is a consultant paediatric neurologist He completed his higher training in paediatric neurology in Scotland and England and then worked as a Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children before joining Al Jalila Children`s Hospital. He held Honorary Senior Lecturer positions at Sheffield, Glasgow and Bristol Universities.

Dr. Ahmed Alfares

Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Almulyda, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Naif Almuntashri (PhD, FACMG, DABMGG)

Director of the Center for Genetic and Inherited Disorders (CGID), Taibah University, Almadinah Almunawrah, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Almontashiri is a board-certified in two subspecialties; clinical molecular and biochemical genetics, by the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG). He is also a certified consultant of molecular genetics by the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS). He is currently an assistant professor of medical genetics at the Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences and the Director of Center for Genetics and Inherited Diseases, and the dean of scientific research at Taibah University. He has a clinical and research track record of leading, collaborating and publishing genetic studies on Saudi and non-Saudi cohorts and families in top journals in the field such as Nature Communications, Circulation, The Journal of American College of Cardiology (JACC), the American Journal of Human Genetics (AJHG), Genetics in Medicine (GIM), Cell Reports, and Clinical Chemistry Journals. He has years of experience in developing diagnostic clinical molecular and biochemical genetic assays.

Prof. Barbara Plecko

University of Zurich

Dr. Brahim Tabarki (MD, French board PN, Belgium Board PN)

Professor and Consultant pediatric neurology. FH university hospital (Tunisia). AlHada hospital, and Prince Sultan Military Medical​ City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Tabarki completed his medical school at the University of Tunisia and his residencies in pediatrics, pediatric neurology, and neurophysiology at Paris V University, France, and UCL-Brussels, Belgium. He is currently consultant pediatric neurology at Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, clinical tutor pediatric neurology residency program, and adjunct Professor. His fields of clinical and research interest include epilepsy, movement disorders, neurometabolic and neurodegenerative disorders. Academic teaching contributions include international courses and research focused on the same disorders, leading to numerous publications (100 PubMed indexed). He is a member of the editorial boards of Frontiers pediatric neurology, and Neurosciences.

Dr. Khalid Hundallah

Consultant, Department of Pediatrics, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Gabriella Horvath (MD, PhD, FRCPC, FCCMG)

Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Biochemical Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Director, Biochemical Genetics Fellowship Program, University of British Columbia, Canada

Dr. Gabriella Horvath is a Biochemical Geneticist working both in the pediatric Biochemical Diseases Clinic at BC Children’s Hospital and at the Adult Metabolic Diseases Clinic, at Vancouver General Hospital, British Columbia, Canada. Her main clinical and research interest is focused on neurometabolic disorders, with emphasis on neurotransmitters. She works closely with her colleagues from the division of Neurology and has successfully established pediatric and adult neurometabolic clinics in Vancouver. Since the foundation of the “International Working Group on Neurotransmitter Related Disorders (iNTD)” in 2013, she has been an active contributor to the web-based patient registry and the development of consensus guidelines for these patients. Her special interest is in secondary neurotransmitter disorders and their pathophysiologies and mechanisms.