Bardet-Biedl Family Network |
LMBBSA Family Conference
June 18 - 19, 2010
Duke University, Nanaline H. Duke Center
Thank you to all who made our family conference in June a HUGE success! Our next conference will be June 2012.
Hosted By
Nicholas Katsanis, Ph.D.
Professor, Cell Biology, Duke University
Dr. Nico Katsanis is known from previous LMBBS Family Conferences for his interesting and engaging way of explaining what he has discovered about BBS and how to make sense of many of its complicated details. He is also known for an amazing number of results about BBS and an ambitious and hopeful set of goals. He is on the faculty in the Department of Cell Biology at the Center for Disease Modeling, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Dr. Katsanis
Professor Philip Beales,
Dr. Philip Beales has been involved in BBS research for decades. He and Dr. Katsanis have published over 25 papers together in addition to their work with others. He is the medical advisor for the LMBBS Society in the United Kingdom. He is Consultant Clinical Geneticist, Guys Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond St. Hospital, London, England. He is the co-author of a comprehensive descriptive paper on BBS characteristics. It is located here
Professor Beales
Robert M. Haws, MD,
Pediatric Nephrology, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WIDr Robert Haws is a pediatric nephrologist (children's kidney specialist) with a longterm interest in Bardet-Biedl syndrome. He completed his undergraduate training at Brigham Young University and medical school at the University of Utah Medical School. He received post-graduate residency training in pediatrics in Dayton, Ohio at Wright-Patterson Air Force Hospital and Dayton Children's Hospital followed by fellowship training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas in pediatric nephrology. His first opportunity to diagnosis and care for a child with BBS came shortly after finishing his fellowship training with a very special infant, Ashley Morris. Since that experience he has had the opportunity to provide care for a number of other children with BBS. He has been involved in all stages of kidney issues for children with BBS ranging from the increased urination to impaired kidney function and ultimately the need for dialysis and kidney transplantation. Dr Haws is currently practicing in pediatric nephrology at the Marshfield Clinic in Wisconsin with an ongoing interest in improving the diagnosis and treatment of children with BBS. Dr Haws and his wife, Kellie, have nine children including a daughter with Asperger syndrome (a form of autism) and blindness. That opportunity has provided an important personal perspective on the challenges faced when working with teachers, school administrators and health care providers for children with special needs.
Dr. Haws
Cindy Zimmer
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor for the Blind
Cindy is a Certified Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor for the Blind with 18 years of hands-on experience working with clients in the area of Home Management. Cindy is employed at the Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, which is one of the top training centers for blind adults. She has trained hundreds of clients and staff on alternatives to cooking, cleaning, sewing, personal hygiene, budgeting, labeling, and crafts. Cindy has a Master's in Educational Psychology-Counseling. She became a friend of LMBBS years ago, after working with a client with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome. Since then, Cindy has shared her knowledge and expertise in blindness with all of us.
Dr Robin Clark
Pediatric Genetics
Loma Linda University Hospital Pediatric Genetics, San Bernardino, CA
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