Dr. Faruq M Badiuddin is Consultant Surgeon with over
25 years of experience and has acquired specialization
in Counseling for Breast and Colon Cancer. He was
a Consultant Surgeon in the UK & Ireland from 1995
to 2001, and was also a leading surgeon at Welcare
Hospital, Dubai from 2001 to 2005. He currently runs
an independent practice with privileges at several
hospitals in Dubai.
Dr. Faruq has been a forerunner in the development
of genetic counseling practice recommendations with
surgery and thus helping patients to get the maximum
benefit with his advice and treatment. He is a popular
speaker and has publications which complement his
peofesssion as a counselor.
Dr Faruq founded the Emirates Society of Laparoendoscopic
Surgery in 2004 and has served the Society as President
from 2004 to 2008. He has since been the Organising
Chairman for four conferences during his tenure with
the society.
Dr Faruq regularly contributes to professional conferences
and meetings and his contributions to the field of
Minimally Invasive Surgery have recieved recognition
through awards which were conferred on him in recent
years.
Dr Justine Badiuddin Counselor, Premarital & Prenatal Screening,
Ovarian and Cervical Cancer)
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Dr. Justine Badiuddin is a Gyneacologist with major
interest in genetic of common diseases. She worked
as a Consultant Gynecologist in UK and Saudi Arabia.
Currently she is practicing in Jebel Ali Hospital
in UAE. She has the ability to excavate patient's
internal emotions which brings her very close to the
patient and his family.
Dr. Justine has special interest in Clinical Genetics,
Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Dysmorphology, Prenatal
Diagnosis and Premarital Screenings. She counsels
and treats patients with sexually transmitted diseases
like cervical cancer and make them aware about the
severity of Ovarian Cancer.
She is an active member of Emirates Obs-Gynea Society
and speaks at various conferences in UAE to share
the knowledge of advanced women's healthcare. Her
excellent counseling, interpretation of reports and
advices help patient understand their current health
status and also lead them to complete recovery with
appropriate treatments.
Dr.
I. C. Verma is a Senior Consultant and Head, Department
of Genetic Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi,
India. He was the Professor of Paediatrics in Universities
in Lybia and India and worked in Harvard Medical School,
Boston, various hospitals in Uk, Switzerland, Tanzania
etc.
Dr. Verma has made enormous contributions in the field
of pediatric genetics and community health in India.
. He was one of the main investigators to show the
increased frequency of Down syndrome in the monazite
belt of Kerala. He applied this knowledge for prenatal
diagnosis in Indian patients, and this experience
was published in PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS (WILEY International).
He is a Member, W.H.O. (Geneva) Expert Advisory Panel
on Human Genetics since 1981
He successfully demonstrated that genetic services,
such as screening for beta thalassemia, could be introduced
in a district hospital (REPORT TO ICMR). He has been
a pioneer for the mutational studies in Duchenne muscular
dystrophy (DMD) and cystic fibrosis (AM J MED GENET),
and congenital adrenal hyperplasia (J PEDIATR ENDOCRINOL).
He was the first to establish the DNA technology for
prenatal diagnosis of DMD in order to prevent its
severe burden in the community.
He was quick to establish molecular technology for
the post-natal and prenatal diagnosis of a large number
of disorders – achondroplasia, albinism, alpha
1 anti-trypsin, Apert syndrome, Ataxia telengiectasia,
cystic fibrosis, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, connexin
26 gene mutations in sensory neural deafness, Friedrich
ataxia, spino-cerebellar ataxia, hemophilia, Huntington
disease, Leber’s hereditary optic atrophy, mitochondrial
disorders, myotonic dystrophy, Prader Willi syndrome,
Rh genotyping, Wilson disease, and X-linked ichthyosis
Dr.
Sanjida Ahmed is a Cell Biologist, dealing with DNA
based Clinical Diagnosis. She is currently working
as counselor for the DNA based Molecular Genetic Analysis
in Eastern Biotech & Life Sciences. Her innate ability
to speak to patients provides a level of comfort to
express their confidential reports to her without
any hesitation.
She has remarkable interest for the Molecular and
Genetic Diagnosis which includes mutation analysis
and carrier screening for hemoglobin disorders (Thalassemia,
Sickle cell anemia, Hemophilia), Cystic fibrosis,
DMD mutation, Glycogen storage disease, Polycystic
kidney, Rett’s syndrome and many others.
Dr. Ahmed has been the speaker for many conferences,
including Arab Health, Arab Lab, Pan Arab Genomic
Conferences and also been part of awareness campaign
of various healthcare seminars.
She has several publications in local and international
journals, magazines and newspapers.