Speakers and Committees

International Invited Speakers

Darcy Krueger

USA

Darcy Krueger received MD and PhD degrees from Saint Louis University and joined…

Click to view full biography

David Franz

USA

David N. Franz, MD, is Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology and Associate Director of…

Click to view full biography

Robert Schwartz

USA

Robert A. Schwartz MD, MPH, DSc (Hon), MAE, FRCP Edin is the Professor and Head of Dermatology at the Rutgers…

Click to view full biography

John Bissler

USA

Dr. Bissler is a pediatric nephrologist and translational investigator that has dedicated more than three decades…

Click to view full biography

Jeffrey Loeb

USA

Jeffrey A. Loeb is the John S. Garvin Chair, Professor and Head of the Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation…

Click to view full biography

Steve Roach

USA

E. Steve Roach is a professor of neurology and pediatrics at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, where…

Click to view full biography

Lieven Lagae

Belgium

Lieven Lagae is Full Professor and Head of Paediatric Neurology Department at the University Hospitals of Leuven, Belgium. He has a particular clinical…

Click to view full biography

Anna Jansen

Belgium

Prof Anna Jansen leads the paediatric neurology division and co leads the committee for rare diseases at Antwerp University Hospital in Belgium…

Click to view full biography

Robert Sergott

USA

Robert C. Sergott, MD, a graduate of both the Johns Hopkins University undergraduate and medical schools, is the Margaret and Richard Hayne Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology at Thomas Jefferson…

Click to view full biography

Elizabeth Thiele

USA

Dr. Elizabeth A. Thiele is Director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Program and Center for Dietary Therapy of Epilepsy, Director of the Herscot Center for TSC and Director…

Click to view full biography

David Kwiatkowski

USA

David Kwiatkowski is an oncologist and geneticist whose major clinical and research interests include the mTOR signaling pathway, thoracic cancers, and tuberous sclerosis complex…

Click to view full biography

Eric Legius

Belgium

Eric Legius is a clinician scientist whose research has focused on neurofibromatosis type 1, related conditions, and the discovery of Legius syndrome…

Click to view full biography

Polish Invited Speakers

Alicja Dębska-Ślizień

Professor M. Alicja Dębska-Ślizień, MD, PhD, is a specialist in nephrology and transplantology and Head of the Department and Clinic of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Diseases at the Medical University of Gdańsk.

Click to view full biography

Katarzyna Kotulska-Jóźwiak

Jan Lubinski

Wojciech Młynarski

Justyna Paprocka

Justyna Paprocka is Head of the Department of Pediatric Neurology at the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice and National Consultant in Pediatric Neurology in Poland.

Click to view full biography

Anna Marcinkowska

Anna Marcinkowska, PhD is a clinical neuropsychologist and researcher affiliated with the Medical University of Gdańsk. Her research focuses on cognitive and psychiatric functioning in neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders, with particular emphasis on Tuberous Sclerosis Complex.

Click to view full biography

Magdalena Koczkowska

Magdalena Koczkowska, PhD is a molecular geneticist specializing in cancer predisposition syndromes, with a focus on neurofibromatoses and schwannomatosis (NF-SWN), as well as tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC).

Click to view full biography

Elżbieta Radzikowska

Elżbieta Radzikowska, Professor of medicine, expert in rare lung diseases, particularly cystic lung diseases. Director of the Centre for Rare Diseases in the National Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Institute.

Click to view full biography

Robert Śmigiel

Robert Śmigiel, Professor, Head of the Department of Pediatrics, Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases at Wroclaw Medical University. His research focuses on developmental disorders and metabolic diseases in children.

Click to view full biography

Joanna Narbutt

Professor Joanna Narbutt is the Chair of the Department of Dermatology, Pediatric Dermatology and Oncology at the Medical University of Lodz. Her main research interests include psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, and photobiology.

Click to view full biography

Maria Respondek-Liberska

Professor Maria Respondek-Liberska is a pediatrician and prenatal cardiologist at the Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital Research Institute in Lodz. She is the founder of prenatal cardiology in Poland and author of the first Polish textbooks on echocardiography and prenatal cardiology.

Click to view full biography

Jacek Jaworski

Jacek Jaworski is a professor at the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, where he leads the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology. His research focuses on mTOR-regulated processes in neuronal development and neurodevelopmental disorders such as epilepsy and tuberous sclerosis.

Click to view full biography

Ilona Anna Kopyta

Ilona Anna Kopyta, Prof., is a specialist in pediatrics and pediatric neurology at the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice. Her main research focus is stroke in children, including its genetic and biochemical risk factors.

Click to view full biography