Vancouver 2010: Invited Lecturers
The SRHSB Exec Committee is delighted to announce that Dr.
Benjamin Warf, Dr. Rima Rozen and Dr Margot van Allen have accepted
our invitation to lecture at the annual meeting in Vancouver:
Dr. Benjamin Warf: Neurosurgeon,
Children's Hospital, Boston.
Specialism: 'Endoscopic management of children with hydrocephalus
and spina bifida in East Africa'
Recent publications:
Warf B, Ondoma S, Kulkarni A, Donnelly R, Ampeire M, Akona J,
Kabachelor CR, Mulondo R, Nsubuga BK. Neurocognitive
outcome and ventricular volume in children with myelomeningocele
treated for hydrocephalus in Uganda. J Neurosurg Pediatr.
2009 Dec;4(6)
Warf BC. Comparison of endoscopic third ventriculostomy
alone and combined with choroid plexus cauterization in infants
younger than 1 year of age: a prospective study in 550 African
children. Neurosurg. 2005 Dec;103(6
Suppl):475-81.
In 2007 Ben Warf received a Humanitarian award:
click here to see article
Dr. Rima Rozen: Medical Genetics,
McGill University, Montreal
Specialism: 'Biochemistry and genetics of folate
metabolism'
Recent Publications:
Pickell L, Li D, Brown K, Mikael LG, Wang XL, Wu Q, Luo L,
Jerome-Majewska L, Rozen R. Methylenetetrahydrofolate
reductase deficiency and low dietary folate increase embryonic
delay and placental abnormalities in mice. Birth Defects
Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2009 Jun;85(6):531-41.
Garcia-Crespo D, Knock E, Jabado N, Rozen R. Intestinal
neoplasia induced by low dietary folate is associated with altered
tumor expression profiles and decreased apoptosis in mouse normal
intestine. J Nutr. 2009 Mar;139(3):488-94. Epub 2009 Jan
28.
Dr. Margot van Allen: Medical
Genetics, UBC, Vancouver
Specialism: 'Prenatal diagnosis and Folic acid in
the detection and prevention of NTDs'
Recent Publications:
De Wals P, Tairou F, van Allen MI, Lowry RB, Evans JA, Van den Hof
MC, Crowley M, Uh SH, Zimmer P, Sibbald B, Fernandez B, Lee NS,
Niyonsenga. Spina bifida before and after folic acid
fortification in Canada. T.Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol
Teratol. 2008 Sep;82(9):622-6.
De Wals P, van Allen MI, Lowry RB, Evans JA, Van den Hof MC,
Crowley M, Tairou F, Uh SH, Sibbald B, Zimmer P, Fernandez B, Lee
NS, Niyonsenga T. Impact of folic acid food fortification
on the birth prevalence of lipomyelomeningocele in Canada.
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2008 Feb;82(2):106-9.
