Speed Mentoring Sessions

Dr. Ana Maria Rodriguez Barreto is a pediatric geneticist with the Division of Genetics and Metabolism at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami, focusing on clinical genetics and cancer genetics. As an advocate of rare diseases, she’s a member of the “Framework to assess impacts associated with diagnosis, treatment, support, and community integration” Task Force by the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium (IRDiRC). Dr. Rodiguez collaborates with the Beckwith-Wiedemann Children’s Foundation International working with families and individuals with Beckwith Wiedemann Syndrome from around the world and she also runs the Prader Willy Syndrome Clinic at Nicklaus Children Hospital. Her research is mainly focused on rare diseases and monogenic cancer predisposition syndromes.