Save the Date for UMDF Mitochondrial Medicine 2025 - June 18-21 in St. Louis, MO.

Next Webcast will be February 10, 2025

Moderator: Peter McGuire, MD

TopicThe Role of Rehabilitation Medicine in the Care of Children with Mitochondrial Disease

  • Dr. Afua Asante-Otoo, MD, FAAPMR, National Institutes of Health, Staff Clinician / Pediatric Physiatrist, Rehabilitation Medicine Department
  • Hanna Hildenbrand, MS, OTR/LNational Institutes of Health, Occupational Therapist, Rehabilitation Medicine Department
  • Dr. Minal Jain, PT, DSc, FAPTA, National Institutes of Health, Acting Chief Physical Therapy Section, Rehabilitation Medicine Department
  • Beth Solomon, MS, CCC-SLP, National Institutes of Health, Senior Lead Speech-Language Pathologist, Rehabilitation Medicine Department

Time: 12:00pm ET/11:00am CT/9:00a PT

Looking Ahead...

March 10 - 12pm ET - Click Here to Register

Topic: Clinical Trial Readiness and UMDF Mito Med Clinical Research Pavilion Update

  • UMDF Mito Medicine Conference Clinical Research Pavilion (CRP) 2024 readouts and preview of what to expect in the CRP in St. Louis in June 2025
  • Dr. Zuela Zolkipli Cunningham and the CHOP team to provide results from 2023-2024
  • New in 2025 - Gentle Jogger - treatment (Dr. Tony Adams tentative)
  • Dr. Damiano Zanotto - insoles update
  • Dr. Peter McGuire - NIH Study update
  • Nicole Wilson, UMDF Program Manager - mitoSHARE

April 14 - 12pm ET - Click Here to Register

Topic: Mitochondrial Genetics and  Use of Biomarkers for Mitochondrial Disease  

Speakers/Panelists: 

  • Jing Wang, MD, FACMG, ASCP (MB), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 
  • Devin Oglesbee, PhD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 

May 12 - 12pm ET - Click Here to Register

Topic: Chair Highlights for Upcoming UMDF Mito Med 2025  

Speakers/Panelists: 

  • Jonathan R. Brestoff, MD, PhD, MPH, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
  • Michio Hirano, MD, Columbia University, New York, NY
  • Natalie M. Niemi, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
  • David J. Pagliarini, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
  • Fernando Scaglia, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
  • Philip E. Yeske, PhD, UMDF Science & Alliance Officer, Pittsburgh, PA



Watch Past UMDF Bench-to-Bedside Seminars

Monday, January 13, 2025


Moderators: Amel Karaa, MD and Philip Yeske, PhD

Watch The Effects of L-arginine on Cerebrovascular Reactivity, Perfusion and Neurovascular Coupling in MELAS Syndrome


Watch Clinical Trial Updates


Ingrid Tein, BSc, MD, FRCP(C) - Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, CA

Fernando Scaglia, MD Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Jan Smeitink, MD, PhD - Khondrion

Chad Glasser, PharmD, MPH - Tisento Therapeutics

Magnus Hansson, MD, PhD - Abliva

Monday, December 9, 2024


Moderators: Amel Karaa, MD and Philip Yeske, PhD

Watch Clinical Trial Updates - Part 1


Natalie Yivgi Ohana, PhD - Minovia Therapeutics

Robert Fischer, MD, PhD - OMEICOS

Patrice Rioux, MD, PhD - Thiogenesis Therapeutics

Vijay Modur, MD, PhD - BPGbio Inc.

Sharon Hamm, Pharm D - Saol Therapeutics

Susan VanMeter, MD - UCB

Katie Landes, Executive Director - Stealth BioTherapeutics

Monday, November 11, 2024


Moderator: Fernando Scaglia, MD

Watch Current Diagnostic Strategies and Challenges in the Diagnosis of Mitochondrial Disease in Argentina



Mariana Loos, MD, Hospital de Pediatría "Juan P. Garrahan," Argentina

Soledad Kleppe, MD, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina



Monday, October 14, 2024


Moderator: Fernando Scaglia, MD

Watch Novel Approaches for Achieving a Molecular Diagnosis in Mitochondrial Disease Patients



Yue Wang, PhD, FACMG, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX


 Marisa Friederich, PhD, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO

Monday, September 9, 2024


Moderator: Peter McGuire, MS, MD


Watch Neuropsychological Testing and Mitochondrial Disease


Audrey Thurm, PhD, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH

Eliza Gordon-Lipkin, MD, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH

Click Here to Watch
Monday, April 8, 2024


Moderators: Amel Karaa, MD and Nicole Wilson

Watch Clinical Trial Readiness - Update on Wearables Data and More from the 2024 Clinical Research Pavilion


Zuela Zolkipli-Cunningham, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Peter J. McGuire, MS, MD, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI); and Amber Sapp, PT, DPT, Emmes

Monday, March 11, 2024


Moderators
: Philip Yeske, PhD, and Marni Falk, MD

MSeqDR: the Mitochondrial Disease Sequence Data Resource Consortium - Accelerating Genomic Discovery


Elizabeth McCormick, MS, LCGC, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Emily Bogush, MS, CGC, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Lishuang Shen, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles; Daniel McGinn, GC, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; and Nicole Wilson, UMDF Program Manager

We are excited to announce the launch of the MitoU Seminar Network. Beginning in January of 2023, the UMDF along with MitoTalks and the Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine will continue to share information about upcoming seminars right here - all in one location.

Visit umdf.org/seminars to view all meetings.