Medical Service

Curriculum Vitae

Astrid Schulze

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German nationality

Passport: C1C2RKZW6

Direct contact Mobile: +971 (0-562******

Email: *************@******.**

Education

**** ****** (=A-levels), Altes Gymnasium, Flensburg, Germany.

1975-77 Classics and theology, Göttingen Universität, Germany.

Medical school

1984 Ärztliche Prüfung ”Medizin”, Universität Göttingen, Niedersächsisches Landesprüfungsamt, Hannover, Germany.

1983-84 Praktisches Jahr = 12 month internship: 4 months in each speciality: General Medicine and Surgery at ZKH Bremen-Ost, Germany and Dermatology (Professor Hugh Zacharia) Marselisborg Hospital, Århus University Hospital, followed by Ärztliche Prüfung (= part 3 of Staatsexamen).

1982-83 Guest study (1) at Medical School, Århus Universitet, Denmark, (2) of the governmental child health home visiting service (sundhedspleje) - a preventive public health initiative, at the Postgraduate School for Nurses, Århus Universitet.

1978-82 Universität Göttingen.Germany.

1977-78 LM Universität München, Germany.

Registrations, licenses

2013+ Specialist paediatrics in UAE: DHA-PL-0032869 (2013-14), MOH 122006, DHA eligibility letter DHA/LS/125015/48211, DHCC license MS1233

2007 Specialist Paediatrics (= specialistkompetens i barn- och ungdomsmedicin) and physician

(läkarelegitimation), National Board of Health+Wellfare (Socialstyrelsen), Stockholm, Sweden.

2007 Fachärztin für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin (= Specialist Paediatrics), Ärztekammer Schleswig-Holstein, Bad Segeberg, Germany.

2004 Specialist in Paediatrics, GMC specialist register no. 4372114, London.

2000 Speciallæge i Pædiatri, (Specialist Paediatrics), Sundhedstyrelsen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

1997 Medical practitioner, GMC register no. 4372114, London.

1988 Læge med selvstændig virke (= medical practitioner permitted to work independently), National Board of Health (Sundhedstyrelsen), Copenhagen, Denmark.

1984 Approbation “Arzt” (= medical practitioner permitted to work independently), Niedersächsisches Landesprüfungsamt and Ärztekammer, Hannover, Germany.

Postgraduate qualifications

2013+15 Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider, American Heart Association.

2012 Neonatal life support provider (NLS), Europe, Flensburg/Germany – valid 5 years.

Advanced paediatric life support (APLS), Europe, Gothenborg/Sweden – valid 5 years.

2005 Subqualification “Neuropaediatrics” (EU curriculum), Odense University Hospital, Denmark.

2000 Specialist paediatrics (Speciallæge i Pædiatri), Sundhedstyrelsen, Copenhagen.

1997 MSc Clinical Genetics, Institute of Child Health, University College London.

1994 Ultrasound cerebrum, DEGUM Certificate, Kinderklinik Altona, Hamburg, Germany.

1992 Diploma in Tropical Medicine/International Health, Copenhagen University.

EMPLOYMENT UAE: 2 1/2 years

Denmark: 15 years

Sweden: 3 years

Great Britain: 2 years

Germany: 3 years

Specialist in Paediatrics

05/16- Irish Medical Clinic, 899 al Wasl Road, Al Manara, Dubai,UAE

09/15- Femiclinic, building 72, Dubai Health Care City, Dubai, UAE

General paediatrics age 0-16 years, vaccination, baby/preterm follow-up. Frequent issues regard parenting, lactation, nutrition, development, weight management, endocrinology, sleep disorder, paediatric neurology/neurodisability, epilepsy, learning, behaviour, autism, birth defects, paediatric genetics, help with children who returned home after diagnostics/treatment abroad, writing of medical reports and advice for children requiring treatment/surgery abroad, teaching in schools, nurseries, parents. I see children from all over the UAE and KSA. German Neuroscience Center, DHCC is referring regularly to me.

12/13-11/14 Consultant

Paediatrics + Paediatric neurology/neurodisability

Sheikh Khalifa General Hospital, Umm Al Quwain, UAE.

Inward service + out-patient clinics: general paediatrics, acute paediatrics, ICU consultancy, chronic conditions, child neurology/neurodisability, complex cases, developmental issues, parenting issues. Multidisciplinary team approach for diagnostics and management. Medical reports and guidelines, case research for diagnostics and m.anagement. 95 % Emirati children. Non-resident second on-call, background function.

HOD Dr Antonio Martins, since HOD Dr Kowshik Gupta

CMO Dr George Northrop, since interim CMO Dr Rinku Shetty

CEO K Umesh Bhandary, since CEO Michael Arno.

9/12-9/13 Senior specialist paediatrics

Out-patient clinic, general paediatrics. Employed together with 6 specialist colleagues from Denmark to establish an evidence based approach at this then new clinic

Employer: Al Tadawi Medical Centre, Deira, Dubai, UAE

Medical director: Dr Hans Hanif, GP, Director: COO Mr Salim Almaamary

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5-6/12 Consultant

Paediatric neurology, Paediatrics

Preselected children from nursery schools with learning, development, behaviour, motor

problems for examination, diagnosis, testing, opinion, management suggestion and appropriate referral for further work-up where indicated. Two weeks contract.

Employer: Danish Health Service (Dansk Sundhedstjeneste for Sydslesvig) Flensburg, Germany.

Lead clinician: Dr Karen Fink

7-10/11 Ship’s doctor

Tallship training ship ”Danmark”, crew member

Clinics, acute cases, dispensary, hospital and daily teaching: basic life support including use of heart starter, safety, maritime health, hygiene, infective and tropical diseases for 80 young trainees during the 3 months training voyage Portugal-USA-Denmark

2 weeks preparation prior to the voyage: teambuilding, inventory and procurement of medication and medical/hospital items. 3 months contract.

“Danmark” is owned by the Danish Government and

Manged by “Martec”, Frederikshavn, Denmark

Head of the program and lead of the tall ship: Captain Kurt Andersen.

11/07-8/10 Consultant

Paediatric neurology+neurodisability, Paediatrics

Centre for Child Neurodisability (barnhabilitering), Lund, Region Skåne Sweden

Outpatient service, responsible for 400 children with cognitive and/or motor issues as their

primary problem. Clinical contribution to two multidisciplinary teams of therapists, nurses, psychologists, special needs teachers, dietician, social workers. Close collaboration with paediatric specialists and diagnostic facilities at Children’s University Hospital, Lund. Collaboration with national and international centres for diagnostic purposes.

Employer: Children’s University Hospital Lund, Region Skåne, Sweden.

Lead: Consultant Paediatric neurologist dr. med. Johan Lundgren

4/07-7/12 Consultant

Paediatric neurology, Paediatrics, Neonatology

Locum contracts with multiple Danish agencies for locum work at Swedish public hospitals/out-patient clinics – Danish firms may only recruit for locum work at non-danish hospitals and vice versa.

Employers: (1) Vikteam, Denmark, (2) MedicoTrust, Denmark, (3) Otima, Sweden (4) Danish Sundhedstjeneste – the health service organisation for the Danish minority living in the Flensburg-Schleswig area in the North of Germany.

Non-resident consultant with/without on-call.

6-3/07 Registrar

Neurology

Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

12 months, limited contract (“introduktionsstilling”, reservelæge) – to supplement my experience in child neurology.

Resident first on-call

Head: Consultant Neurologist Morten Bak.

9/05-3/06 Consultant

Paediatrics, Neonatology, Paediatric neurology

Sønderborg Sygehus, Denmark

Locum for a colleague on sick leave

Non-resident second on-call

Head: Consultant Paediatrician dr.med. Bente Hamborg-Petersen.

10/00-8/05 Senior Specialist - post CCST

Paediatrics, subspecialising in Paediatric Neurology

Odense University Hospital

Acute + elective admissions and ward work: general and specialised Paediatrics including: haemoto/oncology, intensive care, asthma/allergy, endocrinology, gastroenterology, Inward children and specialised clinics: paediatric neurology. Resident second on-call

The employments in Manchester and Aberdeen were part of my subspecialisation in paediatric neurology and therefore part of the contract at OUH.

Head: Consultant Paediatrician dr. med. Arne Høst.

11/04-2/05 Specialist registrar

Paediatric Neurology

Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester, England

Locum for 4 months

Resident first on-call

Head: Consultant Paediatric Neurologist Richard W Newton.

11/02-10/04 Specialist registrar

Clinical Genetics

NHS Grampian, Aberdeen/Scotland

Head: Consultant Geneticist Neva Haites.

10/97-9/00 Specialist registrar (1.reservelæge-kursusstilling)

Paediatrics+Neonatologie, Paediatric Neurology

Kolding Sygehus, Kolding, Denmark

Non-resident second on-call

Head: Consultant Paediatrician Poul Kofoed.

10/96-9/97 MSc Clinical Genetics, Institute of Child Health, University College London - passed

3/94-9/96 Registrar (reservelæge),

Clinical Genetics

The Kennedy Institute, Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Full time post in general clinical genetics, included laboratory result reporting. 25% of the time was freed to research clinical and moleculargenetic aspects of Prader-Willi syndrome, this included field study with nationwide home and care home visits and was financed by funds.

Head: Professor dr.med Margareta Mikkelsen, Professor dr.med Karen Brøndum-Nielsen.

3/92-2/94 Registrar (reservelæge)

Paediatrics+Neonatology

KAS Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark

Resident first on-call for neonatology, resident second on-call for paediatrics

Head: Consultant Paediatrician dr.med. Karsten Kaas-Ibsen.

10/91-2/92 Registrar (reservelæge, vikar)

Gynaecology, Obstetrics

Skt Josef Hospital, Esbjerg, Denmark

6 months locum contract

Resident first on-call

Head: Consultant Gynaecologist/Obstetrician Kurt Klünder.

4-9/91 Registrar (reservelæge, vikar)

Cardiology, Nephrology, General medicine

Esbjerg Centralsygehus, Esbjerg, Denmark

6 months locum

Resident first on-call

Head: Consultant Internal Medicine dr. med. Gregersen.

6-11/90 Senior registrar (1.reservelæge, vikar)

Child psychiatry

Ribe Amt, Esbjerg

6 months locum integrated in the employment below

Head: Consultant Child Psychiatrist Ib Neubauer.

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10/88-3/91 Registrar (reservelæge) 4 months, since

Senior registrar (1. reservelæge, vikar)

Paediatrics, Neonatology

Esbjerg Centralsygehus, Esbjerg, Denmark

Contract for 3 years

Non-resident first on-call for neonatology

Non-resident second-on call for paediatrics

Head: Consultant Paediatrician dr.med. Birgitte Djernes.

1-8/88 Registrar (reservelæge)

Dermatology

Marselisborg Hospital, Århus University, Denmark

Locum initially 1 months, extended to 8 months

Non-resident first on-call

Head: Professor Consultant Dermatologist dr.med. Hugh Zachariae.

10/85-11/87 Registrar (Assistenzarzt)

Child Surgery

ZKH Bremen-St.Jürgenstrasse, Bremen, Germany

Locum contract

Resident first on-call

Head: Professor dr.med.+ dr.med.vet. von der Oelsnitz.

4-9/85 Registrar (Assistenzarzt)

Paediatrics, Neonatology

Kinderklinik ZKH Bremen Nord. Bremen, Germany

2 contracts: (1) permanent 50% part time (2) 6 months locum 50% part time

Resident first on-call

Head: Consultant Paediatrician dr.med. Ulrich Irle.

1-3/85 Research Assistant (wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin)

Malariology, Parasitology, Travel clinic

Institut für Allgemein- und Tropenhygiene, Universität Göttingen

Non-resident first on-call

Head: Professor dr.med.Wolfgang Bommer.

PUBLICATIONS

1.A Schulze, MB Petersen, S Blichfeldt, KW Kastrup, K Brøndum-Nielsen. Prader-Willi syndrom - kliniske billede og genetik. Ugeskr læger 1994;157(11):1513-8.

1.A Schulze, C Hansen, NE Skakkebæk, K Brøndum-Nielsen, DH Ledbetter, N Tommerup. Exclusion of SNRPN as a major determinant of Prader-Willi syndrome by a translocation breakpoint. Nature Genetics 1996;12:452-4.

1.A Schulze, C Hansen, P Bækgaard, S Blichfeldt, MB Petersen, N Tommerup, K Brøndum-Nielsen. Clinical features and molecular genetic analysis in a boy with PWS caused by an imprinting mutation. Acta Pædiatr 1997; 86:906-10.

1.K Buiting, B Dittrich, S Gross, ... A Schulze, G Matthijs, H Kokkonen et al. Sporadic imprinting defects in Prader-Willi Syndrome and Angelman Syndrome: Implications for imprint-switch models, genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis. Am J Hum Genet 1998; 63:170-80.

1.WP Robinson WP, BD Kuchinka, F Bernasconi, MB Petersen, A Schulze, K Brøndum-Nielsen et al. Maternal meiosis I non-disjunction of chromosome 15: dependant of the maternal age effect on level of recombination. Hum Mol Genet 1998;7(6):1011-9.

1.A Schulze, H Mogensen, N Græm, JR Østergaard, K Brøndum-Nielsen. A woman with Prader-Willi syndrome gave birth to a child with Angelman syndrome. Acta Pædiatr 2001; 90:455-9.

2.AL Schulz, B Albrecht, C Arici, I van der Burgt, A Buske, G Gillessen-Kaesbach, R Heller, D Horn, C Hübner, C Korenke, R König, W Kress, G Krüger, P Meinecke, J Mücke, B Plecko, E Rossier, A Schinzel, A Schulze, E Seemanova, H Seidel, S Spranger, B Tuysuz, S Uhrig, D Wieczorek, K Kutsche, M Zenker. Mutation and phenotypic spectrum in patients with Costello and cardio-facio-cutaneous (CFC) syndrome. Clin Genet 2008:73:62-70.

3.J Wincents, A Schulze, J Schoumans. Detection of CDH7 deletions by MLPA in Charge syndrome patients with a less typical phenotype. Eur J Med Genet 2009; 524:271-2.

THESIS - MSc Clinical Genetics 1997

A Schulze. The phenotype of boys and men with FRAXE mutation. Supervisor: Clinical Geneticst Angela Barnicoat. Institute of Child Health, University College London, 1997.

LECTURES for SCIENTIFIC AUDIENCES

A Schulze, K Brøndum-Nielsen. Usædvanlige kliniske fund ved Prader-Willi syndrom og maternel uniparental disomi, Dansk Pædiatrisk Selskab, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, 2 December 1994.

S Jakobsen, A Schulze. Diagnostik og behandling ved Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrom, Dansk Pædiatrisk Selskab, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, 6 January 1996.

A Schulze. Prader-Willi syndrom: genetiske, kliniske og epidemiologiske aspekter, Dansk Selskab for Oligofreniforskning, Albertslund,Denmark, 19 September 1996.

A Schulze. Perforated stomach in a woman with Prader-Willi syndrome, 3rd Prader-Willi Syndrome International Scientific Workshop and Conference, Lido di Jesolo, Italy, 21-24 May 1998.

A.Schulze, Åkefeldt A. Fertility in women with Prader-Willi syndrome. Two case reports. Case 1. A woman with PWS gives birth to a Child with Angelman syndrome. 2001 International Prader-Willi Syndrome Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, 27-29 June 2001.

POSTERS

A Schulze, MB Petersen, N Horn, KW Kastrup, K Brøndum-Nielsen. Unusual clinical findings in Prader-Willi patients with maternal uniparental disomy ved (1) American Society of Human Genetics, Montreal, (2) International Symposium on Genomic Imprinting, Firenze, Italy, (3) Årsmøde Dansk Center for Human Genom Forskning, Århus, Denmark, November 1994.

A Schulze, C Hansen, W Petersen, A Hallberg, NE Skakkebæk, K Brøndum-Nielsen, DH Ledbetter, N Tommerup. Truncation of the Prader-Willi syndrome imprinted region by a de novo balanced t(9;15)pat translocation. Implications for imprinting and phenotype ved (1) 27. Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Genetics, Berlin, May 1995, (2) 2nd Prader-Willi Syndrome International Scientific Workshop and Conference, Oslo, Norway, June 1995.

A Schulze, KW Kastrup, T Kobayasi, I Roed-Petersen, N Horn, N Tommerup, K Brøndum-Nielsen. Hair shaft defects in Prader-Willi syndrome ? 2nd Prader-Willi Syndrome International Scientific Workshop and Conference, Oslo, Norway, June 1995, since modified to.…

A Schulze, H Kruse, T Horn, KW Kastrup, T Tønnesen, N Horn, N Tommerup, K Brøndum-Nielsen. Hair shaft defects in Prader-Willi syndrome, 28. Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Genetics. London, April 1996.

A Schulze, H Mogensen, N Græm, A Vesterby, JR Østergaard, K Brøndum-Nielsen. A woman with Prader-Willi syndrome gave birth to a child with Angelman syndrome. (1) Annual European Human Genetics Conference, Amsterdam, May 2000. Since modified and presented at (2) 1.World conference of the International Angelman syndrome Organisation, Tampere, Finland, June 2000 (BEST POSTER PRIZE).

A Schulze, O Grønne, A Vesterby, H Kjær, K Brøndum-Nielsen. Gastric dilatation and gastric necrosis – Health risks to individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome. 10. International Congress of Human Genetics, Vienna, Austria, May 2001.

PUBLICATIONS FOR LAY AUDIENCES

A Schulze. Nyt forskningsprojekt: Undersøgelse af børn og voksne for de sygdomstegn, der er typiske ved PWS, patientforeningsblad PWS-NYT, November 1993.

A Schulze, K Brøndum-Nielsen. Genetiske forandringer og nye analysetilbud for Prader-Willi syndrom, patientforeningsblad PWS-NYT, May 1995.

A Schulze. Undersøgelse af aktivitet- og hvilefaser ved Prader-Willi syndrom, patientforeningsblad PWS-NYT, November 1995.

A Schulze, K Brøndum-Nielsen. Diagnostik og behandling ved Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrom, patient-foreningsblad LEV, 1996.

A Schulze. Sundhedsproblemer ved Prader-Willi syndrom, patientforeningsblad PWS-NYT, Maj 2000.

A Schulze. A woman with Prader-Willi syndrome gave birth to a girl with Angelman syndrome, Wavelength (publication of the American PWS patient organisation), summer 2000.

A Schulze. En kvinde med PWS har født en pige med Angelman syndrom, patientforeningsblad PWS-NYT, August 2000.

A Schulze. Når der overvejes sterilisation ved PWS, patientforeningsblad PWS-NYT, November 2001

A Schulze. Prader-Willi syndrom og genetik – referat fra den 4. IPWSO kongres i USA, patientforeningsblad PWS-NYT, May 2002

A Schulze. Bogkapitel Genetik og diagnostik, pp 15-20 i Prader-Willi Syndrom, Landsforening for PWS, ISBN 879-***-****, 2007, since reprinted.

TRANSLATION

1988 Britta Holle, Normale og retarderede børns motoriske og perceptuelle udvikling translated from Danish to German together with colleague/friend Ralf Heine, now Consultant Paediatrician in Melbourne/Australia: “Die motorische und perzeptuelle Entwicklung des Kindes: Ein praktisches Lehrbuch für die Arbeit mit normalen und retardierten Kindern” von Britta Holle (Autor), Munksgaard (Mitarbeiter), Ralf Heine (Übersetzer), Astrid Schulze (Übersetzer), Beltz Verlag, first edition 1988, latest edition 2011.

2012 Questionaire Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva from English to Danish for Frederik Kaplan, Philadelphia and his group to collect clinical information from patients for research.

LECTURES, TEACHING and CASE PRESENTATIONS

1985 Teaching lectures Luftwegserkrankungen bei Kindern for paediatric nurse students, Schwesternschule, ZKH Bremen-Nord. Lecture Helminthinfestation bei Kindern for colleagues, Kinderabteilung, ZKH Bremen-Nord.

1988-1991 Lectures: (1) MPU-test, (2) toxoplasma- og cytomegalovirusinfektion, (3) neonatal neurological assessment (Dubowitz) for colleagues and nurses at Børneafdeling. Esbjerg Centralsygehuset. Lecture on MBD/ADHD/DAMP (1) for staff at Børnepsykiatrisk afd., Ribe Amt, Esbjerg, (2) for special needs teachers at nursery school Nordvangen, Esbjerg. I supervised 3 physiotherapy students during their joined project on kuvøsebørn (neonates in incubator care) and thesis, Esbjerg.

1992 Lecture hypotermi og termoregulation hos nyfødte (1) for midwives, Gyn/obs afdelingen, Skt. Josef Hospital, Esbjerg, (2) for colleagues, gyn/obs afdeling, Skt. Josef Hospital, Esbjerg. Lecture allergi hos børn for nursery school teachers and parents, nursery school Granskoven, one evening, Glostrup, Copenhagen.

1993 Lecture Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) - klinik og genetic for (1) parents and special needs teachers at the meeting of Landsforeningen for Prader-Willi syndrom, Nyborg, Denmark, September, for (2) colleagues at børneafd. KAS Glostrup, 23 September and (3) colleagues and staff at Kromosomlaboratoriet, Kennedy Institutet,Glostrup, September.

1994 Lecture PWS - klinik og genetik (1) for colleagues at Børneafdelingens klinisk-genetiske konference, Esbjerg, 29 June.

1995 and (2) for colleagues, nurses and educational and staff at Center for handicappede børn, Vangede, Gentofte, Copenhagen, 1. November. Case presentation Mistanke om KBG-syndrom, Norddeutscher Syndrom Club, Hamburg, 6 November.

1996 Lecture PWS for colleagues at Børneafdelingen, KAS Glostrup, 20 February. Teaching session Motorisch-perceptuelle Entwicklung bis zum 7. Lebensjahr for nursery school teachers in Flensburg, Germany together with psychologist and physiotherapist Lis Thrane Mortensen, Espergaerde, Denmark. Lecture Molekylærgenetik ved Prader-Willi syndrome for parents and special needs teachers at the annual meeting of Landsforeningen for Prader-Willi syndrome, Fredericia, Denmark 27 September.

1997 Lecture Prader-Willi syndrom – klinik og genetik for colleagues at Børneafdeling Kolding Sygehus, Kolding, Denmark, autumn.

1998 For the same audience lecture on (1) X-linked hydrocefalus/CRASH og L1CAM, (2) summary of attended meeting on Friedreichs ataksi (3) summary of attended conference 24. Jahrestagung Gesellschaft für Neuropädiatrie. Teaching session Motorisch-perzeptuelle Entwicklung bis zum 7. Lebensjahr for nursery school teachers in Bremen, Germany in collaboration with psychologist and physiotherapist Lis Thrane Mortensen, Espergærde, Denmark and special needs educationalist Christiane Wolter, Bremen, Germany, 2 days, May.

1999 Teaching session Optimering af ernæringstilstanden hos udviklingshæmmede børn for nursery school teachers and staff at special needs nursery school “Spiren”, Horsens, one evening, 26 January. Teaching lecture Epilepsi for paediatric nurses employed in Vejle Amt, Børneafdeling, Kolding Sygehus 3 June, one afternoon. For colleagues at Børneafdelingen, Kolding Sygehus (1) Prader-Willi syndrom, Angelman syndrom og genomic imprinting, June and (2) summary of meeting update neuromuscular disorders, July.

2000 Teaching lecture Epilepsi for paediatric nurses employed by Vejle Amt, Børneafdeling, Kolding Sygehus, one afternoon.

2001 Case presentation Query Cornelia de Lange at 1. Danske Syndromdiagnostisk Møde (DPS), Brøndby, 18 January. Teaching lecture Prader-Willi syndrom - klinik og genetik for (1) colleagues and staff working at Det Børnepsykiatriske Hus, Odense Universitets Hospital, hours. Teaching session PWS – klinik og genetik for educational staff and carers at St.Sjørup, Denmark - at that time a new boarding place for young adults with PWS, 1 day, 8 August.

2002 Case presentation Vacterl plus hydrocephalus at (1) 2. Dansk Syndromdiagnostisk Møde (DNPS), Brøndby, Copenhagen, 24 January and at (2) Norddeutscher Syndromclub, Bremen, 17. April. Case presentation Dreng med ukendt syndromdiagnose, at Dysmophology Workshop, ESHG Conference, Strasbourg, 25-28 Maj. Lecture Prader-Willi syndrome – klinik og genetik for colleagues at Børneafdelingen, Odense Universitets Hospital. Teaching lectures (1) Fertilitet og graviditet ved Prader-Willi syndrom and(2) Sundhedsproblemer ved Prader-Willi syndrom for parents and professionals at Frambu, Siggerud/Oslo, Norway, one day, 19 June. Case presentation Børjesson-Forsman syndrom at Syndromdiagnostisk Møde, Oslo Universitet/Norsk legeforeningen, Oslo, Norway 28 -29 August.

2003Case presentations (1) Skeletdysplasi Jarcho-Lewin and (2) Query CFC Syndrom ved 3. Dansk syndromdiagnostisk møde, DPS, with clinical geneticists Dian Donnai, Manchester and Han Brunner, Nijmegen, Brøndby, 23 January.

2004 Case presentations (1) Fetus with Osteogenesis imperfecta type 2a, (2) Infant with Ectodermal Dysplasia, (3) PWS-like obesity in a 3 year old boy at local and regional genetic meetings and teaching lecture Mosaicism for colleagues at department of neonatology, Aberdeen Maternity during my employment in Aberdeen.

2005 Lecture Syndromdiagnostik for colleagues at Børneafdelingen, Odense Universitets Hospital, 18 August. Case presentation Costello syndrome in a 6 week old boy at Syndromdiagnostisk møde, Oslo Universitet/Norsk legeforening, Oslo, 24-.25 August.

2006 Case presentations (1) Arthrogryposis, (2) Opitz syndrome, (3) Costello syndrome: clinical and molecular genetic findings at 6. Dansk syndromdiagnostisk møde, DPS, with geneticists Dian Donnai, Manchester and Han Brunner, Nijmegen, Brøndby, Copenhagen, Denmark, 19 January. Teaching lectures Syndromdiagnostik over 2 sessions for colleagues at Børneafdelingen, Sønderborg Sygehus and lecture and case presentation Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva for colleagues at the X ray/Imaging department, Sønderborg Sygehus, March.

2007 Case presentation Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva at 7. Dansk syndromdiagnostisk møde, DNPS Brøndby, Copenhagen, January. Lecture (1) Fænotype-genotype-fænotype: L1CAM spektrum and (2) case presentation Postherpetisk neuralgi for colleagues at department of neurology, Odense Universitets Hospital, January and February.

2008 Case presentations (1) Q Pallister-Hall syndrome and (2) Child with unknown syndrome diagnosis, Syndromdiagnostisk møde, Oslo Universitet/Norsk legeforeningen Oslo, 27-28 August. Case presentation Q Pelzaeus-Merzbacher sygdom at Nordisk white matter meeting Copenhagen, October.

2009 Teaching sessions covering Børneneurologi for students studying occupational therapy, University College Lillebelt, Odense, one day in respectively June and September. Case presentation Oculoauriculovertebral syndrom, National svensk syndromdiagnostisk möte, Drottning Sylvia Barnsjukhuset, Göteborg, November.

2010 Two case presentations: (1) IVF twin with Oculoauriculovertebral syndrome, (2) Girl with Q Pitt-Hopkins syndrome at 10. Dansk syndromdiagnostisk møde (DPS) with geneticists Dian Donnai, Manchester and Han Brunner, Nijmegen, Brøndby, Copenhagen, Denmark, 27 January. Case presentation Dreng med Muscle-Brain-Eye disease, Nordisk white matter møte, Skåne Universitets Sjukhus, Lund, April. Teaching lecture Smith-Magenis syndrom – diagnose og kliniske erfaringer med management og behandling for parents at the foundation meeting of the Dansk Smith-Magenis syndrom support group, Grenå, Denmark, 23 May. Lecture on two cases with Smith-Magenis syndrom – case præsentationer og overview - for paediatric colleagues at BarnUniversitetsSjukhuset Lund, Sweden, May. 2007-10: Clinical teaching of 1 medical student following my work for 4 weeks and of 2 specialist registrars in respectively clinical genetics and audiology, who independently followed me at work for 2 weeks. Interactive introductory lectures offered twice yearly to families newly attached to the children neurodisability service in Lund. Teaching of staff and professionals: continuously during work in relation to child cases.

2011 Two case presentations (1) 10 year old girl with autism (2) 15 year old boy with learning disability and behaviour problems – both with confirmed diagnose, Danish dysmorphology meeting, DSMG/DNPS, with geneticists Jean Clayton-Smith, Manchester and Han Brunner, Nijmegen, Brøndby, Copenhagen, 27 January. Teaching lectures and practical training on First aid + life support, Infective and imported diseases, Hygiene, 8-12 lessons per week for 3 months + examination, for 80 (4 x 20) trainees, age 17-23, during the voyage with tallship trainingship ”Danmark”,– according to the Danish Maritime Authorities and the Danish Red Cross - to qualify the trainees to become Ship’s assistants, August-October.

2012 Case presentation Girl with autism and microdeletion MEF2C, Norddeutscher SyndromClub, Hamburg with Professor Gabrielle Gillessen-Kaesbach and Professor M. Zenker, 1 February.

2013 PowerPoint presentation Preventive Paediatrics on initiative of Director COO Mr Salim Almaamary, Al Tadawi Medical Centre for Emirati lay audiences. Paper prints of this have since been used for teaching of parents and children during consultation.

COURSES, CONGRESSES, STUDY LEAVE

1987 Course MPU-test by Lis Thrane Mortensen, Københavns Amt, 2 x 2 days in April and May.

1988 Course Diagnostik und Therapie wahrnehmungsgestörter Kinder, Institut für Kindesentwicklung, dr. med Inge Flehmig, Hamburg, 1 week, November.

1989 Fortbildungstage der Universitätskinderklinik Eppendorf, Hamburg, 4 days, September. 14. Deutscher Kongress für Perinatale Medizin, Berlin, 3 days, October. Incest og seksuel overgreb, Psykiatrisk Hospital, Risskov/Århus, Denmark, 1 day, December.

1990 Study at Neugeborenenabteilung und Kinderintensivabteilung, ZKH Bremen St Jürgenstrasse, Consultant dr. med. Wolfgang Albrecht, 1 week, February. Course Developmental Neuropsychology, Institute of Child Health, London, 1 week, March. Course Epilepsi, Dansk Epilepsi Selskab, Ærøskøbing, Denmark, 3 days,May. Course Perinatologi, Dansk Perinatologisk Selskab, Gl. Avernæs, 4 days, June. Course Børn i krise, SUKA-kursus with workshop on children of mothers with drugaddiction and/or alcohol problems, Horsens, 1day, November. Guest at Hammersmith Hospital to learn from Lilly Dubowitz her Neonatal Neurological Assessment, London, 2 weeks, July (supported by Nestle).

1991 5. Pædiatermøde Allergi, Kolding, Denmark, 2 days, February.

1992 Course Neonatologi, SUKA, 3 x 3 days, Århus, Denmark, February-May. 1. Nordisk HUGO Workshop Gene mapping - family studies and linkage analysis, Århus, Denmark, 3 days, September.

1993 Practical introduction to cyto- og molekylærgenetiske laboratorieteknikker at kromosomlaboratoriet, Kennedy Instituttet, 2 days, March. Course Hæmatologi, Dansk Lægeforening, Copenhagen, 1 day, March. Course Børneernæring, Copenhagen, Dansk laegeforening, 2 days, March. Course Refbase, ASTRA, Alberslund, Copenhagen,1 day, May. Course EDB og forskning, ASTRA, Alberslund,Copenhagen, 3 days, June. 5th Scandinavian Diploma Course in Tropical Medicine, Københavns Universitet, Copenhagen, 8 weeks October –December - passed.

1992-94 Course Pädiatrische Sonographie (cerebrum), Consultant Radiologist dr. med. B. Galle, Altonaer Kinderkrankenhaus, Hamburg, 3 x 3 days, included introduction to cerebrale Dopplersonographie and 3 weeks

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