Upcoming and Past Events

Upcoming / Current Events

HYPERAMMONEMIA (Urea Cycle Disorders, Plus) (CME/CEU):

Online course spread over 2 weeks with 6 live sessions

Mix of focused, pre-recorded assignments coupled with 30-45 minute live online sessions

Faculty: Mark Korson, MD; Leslie Martell, MS, RD, LDN

Fee: Free for healthcare professionals (registration closes one day before the event)

Feb 27 - Mar 10, 2023; live sessions at 9am or 5pm (ET)

Organic ACIDEMIAS (CME/CEU):

Online course spread over 2 weeks with 6 live sessions

Mix of focused, pre-recorded assignments coupled with 30-45 minute live online sessions

Faculty: Mark Korson, MD; Keiko Ueda, MPH, RD, LD

Fee: Free for healthcare professionals (registration closes one day before the event)

May 1 - 12, 2023; live sessions at 9am or 5pm (ET)

Past Events

Organic ACIDEMIAS (CME/CEU):

VMP online course over 2 weeks with 6 live sessions.

Mix of focused, pre-recorded assignments coupled with 30-45 minute live online sessions.

Faculty: Mark Korson, MD; Keiko Ueda, MPH, RD, LD

January 2023

hOMOCYSTEINEMIAS (CME/CEU):

VMP online course spread over 2 weeks with 6 live sessions.

Mix of focused, pre-recorded assignments coupled with 30-45 minute live online sessions.

Faculty: Mark Korson, MD; Lynne Wolfe, MS, CRNP, BC

November 2022

HYPERAMMONEMIA (Urea Cycle Disorders, Plus) (CME/CEU):

VMP online course spread over 2 weeks with 6 live sessions.

Mix of focused, pre-recorded assignments coupled with 30-45 minute live online sessions.

Faculty: Mark Korson, MD; Leslie Martell, MS, RD, LDN

October 2022

How to talk the talk while you walk the walk: How to explain Fatty acid Oxidation defects to people/professionals who don't know about FAODS:

MitoAction Intl Metabolic Conference - online lecture

Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

July 2022

Anatomy of a Metabolic Crisis: Why the physiology is important to both OA and Patients:

Organic Acidemia Association/HCU Network?Propionic Acidemia Foundation Annual Conference - lecture

Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

June 2022

Genetics for the Nurse Practitioner: Primer & Case Studies:

Weitzman Institute/Community Health Ctr Lecture - online webinar

Presenter - Mark Korson, MD and Leah Burke, MD

May 2022

Interpreting lab results for IEM Medical Nutrition Therapy, Part II:

Genetic-Metabolic Dietitians Intl Biannual Meeting - plenary session

Presenter - Mark Korson, MD and Keiko Ueda, RD

May 2022

Complex Care Management:

The Weitzman Institute Project ECHO clinics - online webinar

Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

April 2022

Medium Chain Acyl Coa Dehydrogenase (MCAD) Deficiency + Glycogen storeage disease Type I :

Boston Univ. School of Medicine, Biochemistry Course

Patient-Teacher presentations

Presenter: Mark Korson, MD

April 2022

A WALK THROUGH THE METABOLISM CLINIC:

Boston Univ. School of Medicine, Biochemistry Course

Patient-Teacher presentations

Presenter: Mark Korson, MD

March 2022

North American Metabolic Academy 2.0:

Society of Inherited Metabolic Disorders - Virtual Academy

Presenter, Co-founder, Co-director - Mark Korson, MD

February 2022

Rare Disease Day Speaker Series 2022:

Rare New England Patient Forums Hosted and Co-presented by Mark Korson, M.D.

Fabry Disease

Brandeis University, GC (Genetic Counseling) Program, Waltham, MA

Homecystinuria

Yale-New Haven Medical Center, New Haven, CT

X-linked Adrenoleukodystrohy

Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, RI

Huntington disease

Massachusetts General Hospital, GC Program, Boston, MA

Wilson disease

Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

Acute Intermittent Porphyria

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Pompe disease

Bay Path University, GC Program, Springfield, MA

Glycogen storage disease type I

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

Glut-I defect

University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT

VLCAD Deficiency

Boston University School of Medicine, GC Program, Boston, MA

Phenylketonuria

University of New England College of Osteopathy, Biddeford, ME

Sick Day & Emergency Protocols:

MitoAction online lecture

Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

February 2022

Metabolic Disorders with Stroke (CME/CEU):

Focus on organic acidemias, homocysteinemias, Fabry disease

Presenter: Mark Korson, MD

December 2021 - Live online

Referral to Genetics:

The Weitzman Institute - online webinar

Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

December 2021

North American Metabolic Academy 1.0:

Society of Inherited Metabolic Disorders - Virtual Academy

Presenter, Co-founder, Co director - Mark Korson, MD

Nov 2021 - Apr 2022

Metabolic Disorders with Stroke (CME/CEU):

Focus on organic acidemias, homocysteinemias, Fabry disease

Presenter: Mark Korson, MD

October 2021 - Live online

MEDICAL Genetics Career Fairs:

Rare New England - online event

Host - Mark Korson, MD

Oct 2021, Nov 2021, Dec 2021, Jan 2022

Organic ACIDEMIAS (CME):

VMP online course over 2 weeks with 6 live sessions.

Mix of focused, pre-recorded assignments coupled with 30-45 minute live online sessions.

Faculty: Mark Korson, MD; Lynne Wolfe, MS, CRNP, BC

October 2021

A WALK THROUGH THE METABOLISM CLINIC:

Boston Univ. School of Medicine, Biochemistry Course

Presenter: Mark Korson, MD

October 2021 - Boston

Metabolic Disorders with Encephalopathy (CME):

Focus on urea cycle disorder, organic acidemias, hepatic porphyria

Presenter: Mark Korson, MD

October 2021 - Live online

Common Symptoms with Uncommon Causes (CME):

Don't miss a treatable disorder - VMP live in person event

Presenter: Mark Korson, MD

August 2021 - Florida

HOmOCYSTEINEMIAS:

VMP online course over 2 weeks with 6 live sessions.

Mix of focused, pre-recorded assignments coupled with 30-45 minute live online sessions.

Faculty: Mark Korson, MD; Lynne Wolfe, MS, CRNP, BC

July 2021

Organic ACIDEMIAS:

VMP online course over 2 weeks with 6 live sessions.

Mix of focused, pre-recorded assignments coupled with 30-45 minute live online sessions.

Faculty: Mark Korson, MD; Lynne Wolfe, MS, CRNP, BC

June 2021

Medical Cannabis and Mitochondrial Disease:

Historical perspectives, mechanism of action, and other need to knows!

MitoAction Monthly Mito Expert Series

Presenter: Fran Kendall, MD

May 2020 - Podcast

Coronavirus:

United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation Special "Ask the Mito Doc"

Live Online Webinar Co-presenters - Fran Kendall, MD; Bruce Cohen, MD; Amy Goldstein, MD; and Sumit Parikh

March 2020

UNCOVERING ACUTE HEPATIC PORPHYRIA TOGETHER:

Pharmaceutical Company

Live Online Webinar Host and Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

March 2020

Rare Disease Day Speaker Series 2020:

Rare New England Patient Forums Hosted and Co-presented by Mark Korson, M.D.

VLCAD Deficiency

Brandeis University, GC (Genetic Counseling) Program, Waltham, MA

X-linked Adrenoleukodystrohy

Yale-New Haven Medical Center, New Haven, CT

Fabry Disease

Massachusetts General Hospital, GC Program, Boston, MA

Acute Intermittent Porphyria

Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

Nephropathic Cystinosis

Bay Path University, GC Program, Springfield, MA

Moyamoya Disease

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

Carbamyl Phosphate Synthetase Deficiency

University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT

Argininosuccinic Acid Lyase Deficiency

Boston University School of Medicine, GC Program, Boston, MA

Symptoms and signs of Cystinosis Onsite Training:

International Pharmaceutical Company

Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

January 2020 - Boston, MA

Neonatal Presentations of Metabolic DIagnosis (CME):

What the NICU clinican needs to know!

Nemour's Hot Topics in Neonatology Conference

Host and Co-presenters - Mark Korson, MD and Georgianne Arnold, MD

December, 2019 - Washington, DC

supported by an educational grant from Recordati Rare Diseases

UNCOVERING ACUTE HEPATIC PORPHYRIA TOGETHER:

Pharmaceutical Company

Live Online Webinar Host and Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

October, 2019

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF PROIONIC ACIDEMIA:

eGNA (Electronic Genetic Nutrition Academy), Emory University

Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

October 2019 - Live Online Webinar

When to Consider a Genetic Metabolic DIagnosis WORKSHOP (CME):

Don't miss a treatable metabolic disease!

Loyola University Conference Center

Host and Co-presenters - Mark Korson, MD and Fran Kendall, MD

September 2019 - Chicago, IL

supported by educational grants from Recordati Rare Diseases & GeneDx

ER Doc as Master Diagnostician (CME):

The patient with recurrent Encephalopathy

VMP Genetics and EXCEL Continuing Education

Live Online Webinar Host and Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

August, 2019

I TEACH BUT YOU TEACH BETTER

United Leukodystrophy Foundation Annual Meeting

Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

June, 2019 - Itasca, IL

BOTH SIDES NOW IS NOT JUST A JONI MITCHELL SONG:

A PKU story

Abbott Metabolic Nutrition Biannual Meeting

Co-presenters - Mark Korson, MD and Brittany Holmes, FNP-BC

June, 2019 - Memphis, TN

METABOLIC CRISIS WORKSHOP (CME):

Recognition, Diagnosis & Management

Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School

Co-presenters - Mark Korson, MD and Fran Kendall, MD

May, 2019 - Boston, MA

supported by an educational grant from Recordati Rare Diseases

ER DOC AS MASTER DIAGNOSTICIAN (CME):

Consider rare disease in repeat ED patients

CAEM (Canadian Association of Emergency Medicine) Annual Meeting

Co-presenters - Mark Korson, MD and Eddy Lang, MD

May, 2019 - Halifax, NS

THE POWER OF EDUCATION:

Lessons learned from teaching about genetic metabolic disease

Association of Biochemistry Educators Biannual Meeting

Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

May, 2019 - Tucson, AZ

PUTTING THE HUMAN BACK INTO BIOCHEMISTRY:

Let patients do the teaching!

Association of Biochemistry Educators Biannual Meeting

Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

May, 2019 - Tucson, AZ

ANATOMY OF A METABOLIC CRISIS (CME):

Identify and Treat

SAEM (Society for Academic Emergency Medicine) Annual Meeting

Host and Present - Mark Korson, MD

May, 2019 - Las Vegas, NV

supported by an educational grant from Recordati Rare Diseases

VLCAD (Very Long Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase) DEFICIENCY:

First year biochemistry course

Boston University School of Medicine

Host and co-presenter - Mark Korson, MD

April, 2019 - Boston MA

EFFECTS OF HYPERAMMONEMIA ON BRAIN FUNCTION (CME):

What you Urea-lly need to know

ACMG (American College of Medical Genetics) Annual Meeting

Co-presenters - Mark Korson, MD, Andrea Gropman, MD, and Matthew Whitehead, MD

April, 2019 - Seattle, WA

NEUROMETABOLIC PHENOTYPES (CME):

Movement Disorders

NAMA ( North American Metabolic Academy at ACMG (American College of Medical Genetics)

Co-moderators and co-presenters - Mark Korson, MD and Amy Goldstein, MD

April, 2019 - Seattle, WA

NEUROMETABOLIC PHENOTYPES (CME):

Dementia/Psychiatric Presentations, Peripheral Neuropathy

NAMA ( North American Metabolic Academy at ACMG (American College of Medical Genetics)

Co-moderators and co-presenters - Mark Korson, MD and Amy Goldstein, MD

April, 2019 - Seattle, WA

UREA CYCLE DISORDERS, ORGANIC ACIDEMIAS, HOMOCYSTEINEMIAS, ACUTE NEUROVISCERAL PORPHYIAS Onsite Training:

International Pharmaceutical Company

Live Online Webinar Host and Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

March, 2019 - Lebanon, NJ

Rare Disease Day Speaker Series 2019:

Rare New England Patient Forums Hosted and Co-presented by Mark Korson, M.D.

Acute Intermittent Porphyria

Brandeis University, GC (Genetic Counseling) Program, Waltham, MA

Pompe Disease

Yale-New Haven Medical Center, New Haven, CT

Fabry Disease

Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

TANGO II Metabolic Encephalopathy

Bay Path University, GC Program, Springfield, MA

VLCAD Deficiency

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

Barth Syndrome

University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT

Barth Syndrome

Boston University School of Medicine, GC Program, Boston, MA

Acute Intermittent Porphyria

Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI

GENETICS:

It's not just about the patients!

New England Regional Genetics Group Annual Meeting

Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

December, 2018 - Portsmouth, NH

METABOLIC CRISIS (CME):

Meeting the Challenge and Winning!

Nemour's Hot Topics in Neonatology Conference

Host Co-presenters - Mark Korson, MD and Georgianne Arnold, MD

December, 2018 - Washington, DC

supported by an educational grant from Recordati Rare Diseases, Alexion, Horizon Pharma, Solace Nutrition, Cambrooke Theraputics

UREA CYCLE DISORDER, ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA:

North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Live Online Webinar Host and Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

October, 2018

METABOLIC CRISIS (CME):

Meeting the Challenge and Winning!

ACEP (American College of Emergency Physicians) Annual Symposium

Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

October, 2018 - San Diego, CA

supported by an educational grant from Recordati Rare Diseases, Horizon Pharma

PHENYLKETONURIA, GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE I, VLCAD, ARGININOSUCCINIC ACID LYASE DEFICIENCY:

First year biochemistry course

Tufts University School of Medicine
Host and Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

September, 2018 - Boston, MA

THE ROLE OF MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION IN THE ORGANIC ACIDEMIAS:

Fatty Acid Oxidation Support Group - Organic Acidemia Association Annual Conference

Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

July, 2018 - Bloomington, MN

PATIENTS AS TEACHERS:

Keynote Phyllis Acosta Lecture - If you listen, they teach you everything!

GMDI (Genetic Metabolic Dietitians International) Annual Meeting
Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

April, 2018 - Orlando, FL

INTERPRETING LAB RESULTS FOR IEM MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY:

GMDI (Genetic Metabolic Dietitians International) Annual Meeting
Co-presenters - Mark Korson, MD and Keiko Ueda, MPH, RD

April, 2018 - Orlando, FL

NUTRITIONAL IEM MANAGEMENT IN LOWER/MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES:

Let's brainstorm together

GMDI (Genetic Metabolic Dietitians International) Annual Meeting

Co-presenters - Mark Korson, MD and Barbara Marriage, PhD, RD

April, 2018 - Orlando, FL

INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM:

NeoPREP: Review Course in Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine

American Academy of Pediatrics

Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

January, 2018 - Atlanta, GA

Rare Disease Day Speaker Series 2018:

Rare New England Patient Forums Hosted and Co-presented by Mark Korson, M.D.

Barth Syndrome

Brandeis University, GC (Genetic Counseling) Program, Waltham, MA

Erythropoietic Protoporphyria

Yale-New Haven Medical Center, New Haven, CT

Hurler Syndrome

Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA

Barth Syndrome

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

Acute Intermittent Porphyria

University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT

Fabry Disease

Boston University School of Medicine, GC Program, Boston, MA

METABOLIC CRISIS:

Grand Rounds

Driscoll Children's Hospital

Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

December, 2017 - Corpus Christi, TX

METABOLIC MEDICINE:

Beyond the ivory towers of North America

NIH (National Institutes of Health - International Summit on Genetics and Genomics

Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

September, 2017 - Bethesda, MD

MANAGING a COMPLEX DISEASE in a COMPLEX HEALTHCARE SYSTEM:

Rare New England Annual Conference

Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

September, 2017 - Burlington, VT

METABOLIC MEDICINE:

Beyond the ivory towers of North America

Canadian PKU Society

Keynote Address - Mark Korson, MD

July, 2017 - Toronto, ON

REALITIES FACING PARENTS and the RARE DISEASE POPULATION:

The Oley Foundation Annual Consumer/Clinician Conference

Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

July, 2017 - Old Greenwich, CT

MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE: (CME)

A dietary and nutritional perspective

The Garrod Association Annual Symposium

Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

May, 2017 - Bethesda, MD

Advances in Management of Inherited Metabolic Disorders:

Metabolic Medicine in the Developing World

Abbott Metabolic Nutrition Biannual Meeting

Moderator and Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

March, 2017 - Charleston, SC

Interactive Workshop on Hypoglycemia (CME)

North American Metabolic Academy (NAMA) at ACMG

Moderator and Presenter - Mark Korson, MD

March, 2017 - Phoenix, AZ

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TESTIMONIALS:

"I have to admit after the first day - the biochemical pathways were soooo confusing and I figured I would never catch on - BUTTT you are an amazing teacher!! Thank you so much!"

"I love the model that you use with patient-teachers in your VMP courses. I am so grateful to learn from you not only in the clinical care of patients but also through the VMP courses you offer. "

"I just learned about your two on-ling electives for metabolic encephalopathy and strokes and finished watching today. I found them a nice review and having the patient component was very interesting and engaging. Geneticists have to think about the whole story and keep rare disorders in mind. Thanks for setting up these online educational sessions. I look forward to seeing more. "

"Thank you for a wonderful educational course"

"Terrific course. Thank you very much."

"Best presentation of conference loved the "what would you do" examples"

"One of the most realistic talks, this is exactly how our access to lab results are significantly delayed 5-7 days and it is a guessing game as wait and/or treat. Really enjoyed it."

"This session was also super helpful, a talk like this at every GMDI would be wonderful. I am one of those who do not have access to labs that process amino acids or carnitine. So thank you!!"

"This was an awesome presentation! I appreciated the interactive nature of this talk- it helped hit your points home."

"The whole program was great... I would get up at 2 am to listen to this... It was presented in a manner that gave logic to a very complex, confusing topic... all the lectures were top notch."

"Loved the setup of this course, I thought it was just right! Very informative, and I will be able to better care for my patient population because of this course!"

"I thoroughly enjoyed the presentation by Dr. Korson and the porphyria patient. She told a compelling story about her diagnostic odyssey and life after her diagnosis. This was a worthy prelude to Rare Disease Day."

Lisa Louise Brailey, MD, Technical Director, Clinical Geneticist,

New Haven, CT

"Thank you so much, this course has been very helpful in addressing some questions/clarifying biochemistry and will help to improve patient care."

Physician Assistant, Topeka, IN

"Hearing from people who are directly affected by genetic disease, of the day-in and day-out situations they face, the hurdles they've overcome or how they've gone about managing symptoms gives us an important perspective that makes us more effective health care professionals."

Kathleen Berentsen Swenson, MS, MPH, CGC. Director, Master's Program in Genetic Counseling, Boston, MA

“It has been a great pleasure to have Dr. Korson present patients to our first-year medical school class. All of the patients present with a deficiency to digest certain nutrients or store them properly in the body. Years later, students report to me that while they remember only a general outline of specific molecular pathway, they have a vivid recall of the patient’s story. They describe Dr. Korson’s advocacy for the best care that the patient can receive, the patient’s and patient caregiver’s struggle with coping with the medical system to deal with their rare disease, and the importance of a physician to listen carefully and compassionately to the patient’s signs and symptoms to arrive at a correct diagnosis and treatment plan. Dr. Korson has a wonderful rapport with both students and patients alike! I am thrilled that Dr. Korson is a national leader in the treatment and education for rare, metabolic diseases.”

James Baleja,

Associate Professor of Medical Education, Boston, MA