Lectures and seminars Precision Medicine – We Generate New Knowledge While Providing Care
Welcome to a seminar with presentations by and with organizations that are currently working with precision medical approaches.
The seminar focuses on:
- The importance of diagnostics for tailored treatment
- Examples of how some organizations work with precision medicine
- Cross-disciplinary work and navigating the intersection between research and care
Preliminary Program The program will be updated
Moderator: Petter Höglund, Professor of Immunology, Functional Head of Medical Diagnostics Karolinska
10:00 Welcome and Introduction of the Seminar
Examples of Precision Diagnostic Development
Theranostics – See What You Treat and Treat What You See
Beginner’s Guide to Onco-Theranostics with Radionuclide TreatmentsRimma Axelsson, Professor of Nuclear Medicine, MMK KI
Status of Establishing Genomic Analyses at Karolinska
Valtteri Wirta, Acting Head of ME Clinical Genetics and Genomics, Director of Genomic Medicine Center Karolinska
Digital Infrastructure – Examples of Transformations Enabling Precision Medical Approaches
Development of Data Management and IT to Support Care, Follow-up, and Research
Patrik Georgii-Hemming, Chief Medical Information Officer
12:00 Lunch and Networking
13:00
Newborn Screening with PKU Test
The unique system that started in 1965 in Sweden with the disease phenylketonuria, and where today, thanks to new methods, we now actively screen for 26 different diseases, allowing for early treatment and dramatically changed prognosis.
Rolf Zetterström, Pediatrician and Section Chief of the PKU Laboratory
Whole Genome Sequencing Identifies Rare Disease-Causing Mutations Linked to Tumor Type and Treatment
Felix Haglund de Flon, Associate Professor, Deputy Chief Physician, ME Clinical Pathology and Cancer Diagnostics
14:30 Conclusion and Summary of the Day
Anna Wedell, Professor of Medical Genetics, specializing in Endocrine Diseases at Karolinska Institutet