About this series – Telehealth for Genetics Residents and Fellows. A monthly teaching session brought to you by the members of the RCPSC Specialty Committee in Medical Genetics.
Genetics of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency
This presentation will provide a clinical overview of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) including diagnosis and management. It will include case-based examples and will discuss the growing area of monogenic causes of POI, beyond FMR1 and chromosomal abnormalities.
Objectives:
- Identify the clinical presentations of premature ovarian insufficiency.
- Identify hallmark features of monogeic causes of premature ovarian insufficiency.
- Develop an approach to the diagnosis and management premature ovarian insufficiency including monogenic causes.
Speaker – Dr. Ari Morgenthau
Dr. Morgenthau is an Endocrinologist based in Toronto, Canada, with an interest in endocrine genetics. He currently is a Clinical and Metabolics Genetics Fellow at the University of Toronto. Dr. Morgenthau is also one of the co-founders of the Rare Compassion Program, an initiative that provides medical students with a unique opportunity to gain firsthand exposure to rare and genetics disorders.
Dr. Morgenthau’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Science degree from Toronto Metropolitan University, a Master of Science degree from the University of Calgary, and an MD from New York Medical College. He completed his core Internal Medicine training at Dalhousie University and his Adult Endocrinology and Metabolism training at the University of Toronto.
Dates
September 16 – UBC
October 14 – TBD
November 18 – TBD
December 16 – Ottawa
January 20 – Calgary
February 17 – McGill
March 17 – TBD
April 21 – Toronto
May 19 – Manitoba
June 16 – Montreal
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