Academic year 2022
Swiss Postgraduate Training Program FMH/FAMH in Medical Genetics 2022
Location
Course 1 & 2 (21.01.2022 & 18.02.2022) - online via Zoom
Course 3 - 10
Welle 7
Schanzenstrasse 5 
3008 Bern
Programme Course 1 – 21.01.2022 - NEW ONLINE
| 10:00-11:00 | Claudine Rieubland | Introduction to the genetics consultation | 
| 11:00-12:30 | Viviane Cina | Genetic counselling, practical aspects | 
| 13:30-15:00 | Deborah Hersch | Psychological aspects of the genetics consultation | 
| 15:30-17:00 | Stylianos Antonarakis | Nature and consequences of mutations/nomenclature | 
 
 
Programme Course 2 – 18.02.2022 - NEW ONLINE
| 10:00-12:00 | Frédérique Sloan-Bena | Cytogenetics-/genomics I: Technical aspects * | 
| 13:00-15:00 | Isabel Filges | Cytogenetics-/genomics II: Clinical applications * | 
| 15:30-16:30 | Deborah Bartholdi | Preimplantation genetic screening and diagnosis | 
 
 
Programme Course 3 – 18.03.2022
| 10:00-12:00 | Jean-Louis Blouin | Molecular genetics- methods, risk calculations, NGS basics | 
| 13:00-14:30 | Béryl Royer-Bertrand | Bioinformatics, Interpretation of variants/ Genomic databases | 
| 15:00-16:30 | Emmanuelle Ranza | NGS in the clinics | 
 
 
Programme Course 4 – 22.04.2022
| 10:00-12:00 | Anita Rauch | Introduction in clinical dysmorphology and genetic syndromes | 
| 13:00-15:00 | Christiane Zweier | Genetics of intellectual disability | 
| 15:30-17:00 | Marc Abramowicz | Personalized and precision genomic medicine | 
 
 
Programme Course 5 – 20.05.2022
| 10:00-11:30 | Andrea Superti-Furga | Bone dysplasias and connective tissues disorders | 
| 11:30-12:30 | Elisabeth Saller | Hemoglobinopathies | 
| 13:30-15:00 | Andre Schaller | Mitochondrial disorders | 
| 15:30-17:00 | Ariane Giacobino | Epigenetics, Infertility | 
 
 
Programme Course 6 – 17.06.2022
| 10:00-11:30 | Jean-Marc Good | Neurogenetics | 
| 11:30-12:30 | Viviane Cina | Presymptomatic genetic testing | 
| 13:30-15:00 | Wolfgang Berger | Ophthalmogenetics | 
| 15:30-17:00 | Ruxandra Bachmann | Nephrogenetics | 
 
 
Programme Course 7 - 16.09.2022
| 10:00-12:00 | Benno Röthlisberger | Cancer predisposition I: Breast Cancer - clinical and molecular insights | 
| 13:00-15:00 | Sheila Unger | Rare cancer syndromes | 
| 15:30-17:00 | Karl Heinimann | Cancer predisposition II: Gastrointestinal tumors - clinical and molecular insights  | 
 
 
Programme Course 8 - 21.10.2022
| 10:00-11:30 | Marianne Rohrbach | Metabolic diseases, newborn screening | 
| 11:30-12:30 | Urs Meyer | Pharmacogenomics | 
| 13:30-15:00 | Loredana D'Amato Sizonenko | Rare diseases and the state of the art in Switzerland | 
| 15:30-17:00 | Sven Cichon | Genetics of complex traits | 
 
 
 
Programme Course 9 - 18.11.2022
| 10:00-12:00 | Heidi Fodstad | Whole genome sequencing – perspectives for diagnostic application | 
| 13:00-14:30 | Jacqueline Schoumans | Cytogenetics in onco-hematology | 
| 15:00-16:30 | Ilaria Scarpelli | Molecular genetics in onco-hematology | 
 
 
Programme Course 10 - 16.12.2022
| 10:00-12:00 | Alexandre Reymond | Blurring the boundaries between rare and common diseases | 
| 13:00-14:30 | Rouven Porz | Ethics in medical genetics | 
| 14:30-16:30 | Siv Fokstuen | Cardiogenetics |