Additional Info

• Advisory Council Member:

  Dr Dries Dobbelaere
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• National Societies:

  French Society of Inherited Metabolic Diseases
  Societé Française de l'Etude des erreurs Innées du Métabolisme

  Society Website
  http://www.sfeim.org
  
  Annual Meeting
  A 2-day national conference is held twice a year (November and June).

  Journées de la SFEIM de printemps
  24 – 25 November 2025, Paris

  Journées d’Automne de la SFEIM
  30 June – 1 July 2026, Strasbourg
  
  Conference organised along with workshops for pediatricians, adult metabolicians, dietitians and laboratory scientists. Attended by 250 plus participants. 

  Committee Members
  
  Chairman
  Prof Manuel Schiff
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  Secretary
  Dr Diane Dufour
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  Dr Apolline Imbard
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  Treasurer
  Dr Anne-Frédérique Dessein
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  Dr David Cheillan
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• About the Society:

  SFEIM brings together all healthcare professionals working in the diagnosis and treatment of inherited metabolic disorders (IMD). This association was created on April 2,1992. 

  Our main missions: 

  – Train healthcare professionals (doctors, pharmacists, dieticians, biologists etc.)
  – Disseminating scientific and medical knowledge about MHM during scientific conferences
  – Participating in the organization of screening, diagnosis, and care for patients with MHM in close collaboration with the G2M healthcare network
  – Supporting research on MHM
  – Participating in international organizations focused on MHM: SSIEM, ERNDIM, etc.

   Nearly 190 members – Mostly clinicians, but also lab scientists, researcher and metabolic dieticians. 

   Alongside the activities of SFEIM, two thematic subgroups have been formed:

  – SFEIM-A brings together doctors, biologists, and paramedics who treat adult patients.
  – The CETL brings together all those involved in the treatment of lysosomal diseases.

   There are two sub-working groups, one for dietitians and one for psychologists.

  Dietitians Group
  Dieticians are organized into a subgroup of the SFEIM. They organize two face-to-face days that are coupled with the SFEIM days.

  Adults Metabolic Physicians Group
  SFEIM-A is part of the SFEIM group. This group focuses specifically on the management of adult patients. It is composed of clinical physicians from various specialties, biologists, and pharmacists. Its members meet twice a year — once in person and once by videoconference — and also take part in the SFEIM conference days.

  Additional Information
  Creation of a SFEIM subgroup of psychologists. The group meet once a year via video/in person during the June congress.