The Center for Individualized Medicine Grand Rounds lecture series is designed to highlight the latest in scientific discovery and innovation in translating Individualized Medicine to meet current and future patient needs.  The audience will consist of staff physicians and researchers, residents and fellows, genetic counselors, and allied health staff. Grand Rounds is scheduled the second Thursday of every month and is webcast to locations throughout the Mayo Clinic enterprise, reaching hundreds of individuals in Rochester, Minnesota; Jacksonville, Florida and Scottsdale, Arizona.

After the presentation, attendees will be able to:

1. „Identify the importance of making a diagnosis when caring for patients with rare disorders.
2. „Describe how SNP and Exome analysis are performed.
3. „Discuss the value of family studies in the use of Next Generation Sequencing.
4. „Summarize the importance of understanding the mechanism of rare diseases for providing insight into common disorders.

'The NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program: Expansion to a National and International Consortium'

William A. Gahl, MD, PhD
Clinical Director, National Human Genome Research Institute
Head, Section on Human Biochemical Genetics, Medical Genetics Branch, NHGRI
Director, NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Porgram

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.