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2024.02.29
Activity report
- #Inherited metabolic diseases
- #Participation report
The 64th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Inherited Metabolic Diseases Report
- ABOUT the 64th meeting
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- Theme：
- Something new & Something exciting!
- Date：
- October 5(Thu) – 7(Sat), 2023
- Venue：
- OSAKA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTER
- President：
- Norio Sakai, MD, PhD (Specially Appointed Professor, Developmental Child Health Science, Department of Children’s and Woman’s Health, Division of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine*1)
- Vice-president：
- Takashi Hamazaki, MD, PhD (Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University*1)
The 64th annual meeting was held over three days, divided into platform presentation venue, poster presentations venue, company booths, and patient advocacy group booths, and then a total of 670 people*2 attended the meeting. Participants included medical specialists, nurses, genetic counselors, patient advocacy groups, and other professionals. Many seminar venues were full-house and there were lively discussions during the question-and-answer period.
- Points
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- Presentations were made mainly about the latest research on inborn errors of metabolism (products under development, diagnostic methods, and treatment methods), the current status and challenges of newborn mass screening and expanded newborn screening, and the current status of the home infusion of enzyme replacement therapy*3.
- The presentation showed that although the expanded newborn screening program is being implemented nationwide, there are differences among municipalities regarding its diffusion. Even among municipalities that have already started the program, improvement of the diffusion rate is still a challenge.
- As the first-time project, past presidents of the Japanese Society for Inherited Metabolic Diseases presented their expectations for this society and messages to young physicians. In addition, the patients and the patient advocacy groups presented messages to this society.
- Disease preparedness for children with medical complexity and provision of special milk for children with inborn error metabolic diseases during a disaster were presented. In disaster countermeasures for children with medical complexity, some issues, such as evacuation sites, securing power sources, and evacuation plans, were raised. In Japan, where disasters occur frequently, countermeasures are urgently needed.
The signboard at the entrance*4 
Seminar venue*4 - Future Meeting Date
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- Date：
- November 7(Thu) to 9(Sat), 2024
- Venue：
- STATION CONFERENCE TOKYO, Chiyoda, Tokyo
- President：
- Mitsuru Kubota, MD, PhD (Chair, Department of General Pediatrics & interdisciplinary Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development)
- Vice-president：
- Kimihiko Oishi, MD (Professor, Department of Pediatrics, The Jikei University School of Medicine)
- *1：
- Title is those of the time of the meeting.
- *2：
- As for the number of meeting participants, they were announced by the Management Office.
- *3：
- Our initiative: Individual home infusion for Enzyme Replacement Therapy.
- *4：
- Photos with permission from the Management Office.
