9th Annual International SADS Foundation Conference
September 30 - October 2, 2016 in San Diego

Putting it Together: From the Genome to the Phenotype

Session 1 - Channelopathies in the Very Young (Chair Peter Aziz, MD)

• Recognizing and managing the fetus with a channelopathy. 
  • Bettina Cuneo, MD

• Why do some children present so early? What are the channelopathic diseases that present so very early and why?
  • Jim Perry, MD

• Management of arrhythmia syndromes in the newborn and very young child: Unique risks and barriers in this age population.
  • Mitchell Cohen, MD

• The Role of Autonomic Nervous System in SIDS and SADS.
  • Shubhayan Sanatani, MD

Keynote Speaker

• The application of rapid sequencing and rapid functional assessment in channelopathies.
  • Stephen Kingsmore, MD

Session 2 - How Do I Interpret Genomic Results? (Chair Martin Tristani-Firouzi, MD)

• Targeting the genotype request to the patient phenotype: Panel, whole genome or whole exome?
  • Susan Etheridge, MD

• What if my panel is negative? How do I manage my patient?  
  • Robert Campbell, MD

• Is there a genomic basis to acquired channelopathic disease?
  • Yaniv Bar-Cohen, MD

• When Should I NOT Perform Genetic Testing? 
  • Michael Ackerman, MD, PhD

Session 3 - Cardiac Scene and Sudden Death Investigation “CSI” (Chair Anjan Batra, MD)

• State of the Molecular Autopsy for SADS/SUDS and SIDS/SUID/SUDI? 
  • Michael Ackerman, MD, PhD

• How to start an inherited arrhythmias clinic and what do you do when faced with a post-mortem consult.
  • Dominic Abrams, MD

Session 4 - The Future in Channelopathy Research and Its Clinical Application (Chair Michael Ackerman, MD, PhD)

• Ranking, classifying the VUS, counseling the family: Using a model from cancer researchers.
  • Martin Tristani-Firouzi, MD

• What Explains the Rest of Long QT Syndrome.
  • Michael Ackerman, MD, PhD

• Clinicians Viewpoint of Channelopathies: Integrating Science into Practice.
  • Andras Bratincsak, MD