H.E. Prof.
Mahmoud M. Mahfouz, who passed away recently, was one of the great
founders of the Global Academy of Tropical Health (GATH).
I gave a short talk on
his obituary at the Egyptian Medical Syndicate. A short video about
his life and activities was made specially for that occasion.
We have also lost Prof.
Hamam Mohamed Hamam, the vice president of the GATH, who had always
been promoting the idea of advocacy, volunteerism and hard work.
With great sorrow, we have to accept facts of life and continue our
mission, which they loved and try to follow their
level of values.
Prof. Refaat Kamel, MD, FICS
Chairman
Global Academy of Tropical Health (GATH)
Cairo, Egypt
rkamel2000@hotmail.com
Our dear friend, Dr.
Talaat Alqassabi, passed away on June 20,
2008. He was buried in Bielqas City, Dakahlia Province, Egypt.
Condolences.
ALLAH YERHAMO.
(May God repose his soul).
Prof. Mahmoud Al Booz
Cairo, Egypt
mkbooz@hotmail.com
I would like to take the liberty of having your authoritative
opinion on a case that was recently referred to our Genetics Center:
A distantly related couple with a 1-year-old male
infant with the following findings was referred to our Genetics
Center. He has asymmetric cranium, prominent vessles on forehead,
hypertelorism, bilateral epicanthal folds, upslanting narrow
palpebral fissures, long philtrum and anteverted nostrils, low-set
and posteriorly rotated ears, sacral dimple, hypospadias,
cryptorchidism, absent left testis, syndactyly of second and third
toes, and developmental delay. Echocardiography revealed tetralogy
of fallot. Brain MRI revealed hypogenesis of corpus callosum. He
had a history of feeding difficulty which has improved over time.
In view to the hypertelorism, hypospadias, short nose and
anteverted nostrils, syndactyly of 2nd and 3rd toes, hypogenesis of
corpus callosum Opitz syndrome was considered as on of the
differential diagnosis. On the other hand I came across your
article "Autosomal recessive Inheritance of a syndrome of
Hypertelorism, Hypospadias and Tetralogy of Fallot" 1990, Am J Med
Gen 35:516-518. I believe that our patient could be another case
of Hypertelorism, Hypospadias and Tetralogy of Falloty syndrome. As
I mentioned the parents are related and an autosomal recessive
inheritance could be suspected. I think this case would be
interesting for publishing but I first wanted to have your opinion
on this case and suggestions as to reach a final diagnosis.
Ariana Kariminejad, M.D.
Chief Genetic Counselor
Kariminejad-Najmabadi Path. & Genetics Center
Shahrak Gharb Tehran
Iran
arianakariminejad@yahoo.com
The last issue of the Ambassadors Magazine (Vol.
23, Issue 1 - January 2008) is excellent as usual.
Prof. Ahmed S. Teebi, MD, FRCP(Edin)
University of Toronto
Canada
doctoramad@yahoo.ca
The Gulf Autism Union (2002)
declared April 4th of every year as Arab Autism Day.
The objective is to celebrate this occasion throughout the
Arab World by special public events like Charity Bazaar, Autism
Workshops, Walkathon, Sports Day, etc. to enlighten the society with
better understanding of Autism and to make people with Special Needs
to participate in different programmes and activities.
In
Kuwait, on Saturday, March 1, 2008 we joined the 4th
Walkathon under the auspices & participation of Sheikh Ahmad
Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, conducted by
Kuwait
Center for
Autism as a part of celebration of Autism Day which falls on 4th
April of every year.
The 4th KCA Walk for Autism 2008 is a campaign to spread
autism awareness in the society to build up their support for the
privileges, security and self-esteem of all persons with this
handicap.
As you know, the success of
this programme relies greatly on public understanding and support,
we urge your generous and active participation in this important
annual event for the service of society, to achieve with us our
eternal motto
"Let's work together for better future for people with special needs
all over the world"
A
Lot Of Little Steps Lead To One
Giant Step.
Dr. Samira
Al-Saad, PhD
Founder & Director
Kuwait Center for Autism
Kuwait
www.q8autism.com
We enjoyed reading the last issue of The
Ambassadors Magazine.
Prof. Mahmoud and Mrs. Salma AlBooz
Egypt and UK
mkbooz@hotmail.com
It
is my pleasure to send you the new issue of The Egyptian Journal of Medical
Human Genetics (EJMHG). We will be pleased to receive your articles to be
published in our Journal.