March 15, 2026 - Virtual Event

2026 DGAT1 Deficiency Virtual Conference

We held a 1-day virtual conference focused on DGAT1 deficiency on March 15, 2026, organized by: Elizabeth Berg, MD; Harland Winter, MD; Phuong Huynh, RD; Vivien Nguyen, MD; Simona Lourekas, RD; Asim Maqbool, MD. All participants and panel members were reminded of the option to remain anonymous if they preferred, by not including their name and keeping their camera off.

Patients & Families

Clinicians

Dieticians

Investigators

Funded by

NIH R13 Grant

Produced by

Limelight Communications, Inc.

WhatsApp group created by patients,
families and caregivers:

https://tinyurl.com/DGAT1community

Questions?

info@dgat1.org

OPENING

Introduction and Keynote Talk

Harlend Winter, MD

Sessions

Patient & family panel

Patients, families and caregivers

Essential fatty acids 101

Asim Maqbool, MD

Nutritional approach in infants & children with DGAT1 deficiency

Perri Millman, MD & Simona Lourekas, RD

Optimizing motor development in chronic intestinal disorders

Stephanie So, MSc. PT

Structural mechanism & regulation of DGAT1 in triacylglycerol biosynthesis

Xuewu Sui, PhD

Towards precision medicine: patient-derived organoids in rare disease

James Bayrer, MD, PhD

Unlocking GI disease mechanisms through patient-derived organoids

Kathryn E. Hamilton, PhD

DGAT1 registries: doing great acquisitions together

John Putzke, MD, MSPHs and caregivers

New developments in CODE disorders: diagnosing, treatment & mechanism

Dr. Martin G. Martin

Breakout room readouts

Clinicians · Dietitians · Researchers · Patients & Families

Closing talk

Elizabeth Berg, MD