Prof. Dr. Tinatin Tkemaladze (Georgia) – Medical advisor
Prof. Dr. Tinatin Tkemaladze is the head of the Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics at Tbilisi State Medical University (TSMU), as well as consultant clinical geneticist at several major pediatric hospitals. Tinatin has special interest in inherited metabolic diseases presenting as childhood neurodevelopmental disorders and syndromes with dysmorphic features. Over the last several years […]
Drs. Elyse Verboom, MSc (Netherlands) – Medical advisor
Drs. Eylse Verboom, Msc, has been working in the Erasmus MC Sophia Children’s Hospital since 2015. From 2016 to 2021, she studied to become a general paediatrician. In 2021, she began her sub-specialism in paediatric haematology and shared care paediatric oncology. Since 2021, she has also been a part of the multidisciplinary WEVAR team (Working […]
Prof. Dr. Laurence Boon (Belgium) – Medical advisor
Prof. Dr. LM Boon became a Plastic Surgeon in 1996 and obtained her PhD in 2003 at the Faculty of Medicine in UCL, Brussels. She spent two years at the Children’s Hospital, Boston, Harvard Medical School, under the supervision of Prof. John B. Mulliken, to specialize in vascular anomalies. She is the Coordinator of the […]
Dr. Andrea Diociaiuti (Italy) – Medical advisor
Andrea Diociaiuti is currently responsible for the Center of Chronic and Complex Disease and Genodermatoses of Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome. Graduated in Medicine in 1995 and specialized in Dermatology and Venereology in 1998 at the University of Sacred Hearth in Rome. He achieved his Ph.D. in Oncological Dermatology and then a II level […]
Prof. Dr. Suzanne Pasmans (Netherlands) – Medical advisor
Suzanne Pasmans completed her medical training in Leiden and graduated cum laude. In 1996 she graduated from the University of Amsterdam on IgE -dependent histamine -releasing activity, and has a degree as an immunologist. At the Institute Curie, Inserm, Paris she studied molecular biological research. In 2000 she completed training as a Dermatologist /Venereal in […]
Prof. Dr. Miikka Vikkula (Belgium) – Medical advisor
Prof. Miikka Vikkula MD PhD is Co-Director of the Human Genetics de Duve Institute Human Molecular Genetics (De Duve Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Brussels, Belgium). Prof. Vikkula obtained his M.D. at the University of Helsinki in 1992 and his Ph.D. in molecular genetics, in 1993. He was a Research Associate Harvard Medical School […]
Prof. Dr. Chantal van der Horst (Netherlands) – Medical advisor
Since 1985 – the beginning of her training as a plastic surgeon – Prof. Dr. van der Horst has been interested in the analysis and treatment of vascular malformations and hemangiomas. She also has an interest in congenital anomalies in general. She has been a staff member at the AMC since 1989. In 1990 she […]
Dr. Patrick Kemperman (Netherlands) – Psychological advisor
Patrick Kemperman works as a dermatologist at the UMC (Academic Medical Centre) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and the Dijklander hospital in Purmerend, the Netherlands. He is a general dermatologist who focusses on psycho dermatology and itching. He is driven by a strong desire to bridge the gap between the treatment of physical and psycho social […]
Dr. Millan Patel (Canada) – Medical advisor
Millan Patel is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia and works as a clinical geneticist at BC’s Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada. He has research experience in Drosophila, mouse and human genetics. He is a co-founder and Research Director for the Rare Disease […]
Dr. Margaret Lee (USA) – Medical advisor
Margaret Lee, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics at the Boston University School of Medicine. She earned her MD from BUSM in 1999 and a PhD in Pathology & Laboratory Medicine in 2005. She trained for a year in paediatrics at SUNY Downstate, followed by the BU-Tufts Combined Dermatology Residency Program […]