INFER is an initiative of Children’s Tumor Foundation Europe, supported by an educational grant from AstraZeneca.
INFER: Masterclasses in NF
INFER (International NF Educational Resources) is a series of online educational lectures for medical professionals by leading neurofibromatosis and schwannomatosis experts.
View upcoming topics/speakers, register, or watch recordings of past events below.
Upcoming Events
Live classes will only be held in English. Recordings of sessions translated to additional languages will be published when available.
The Patients' Perspective: A Masterclass on NF Care Held by NF Patients
May 23, 2024
6:00 pm CET
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Treatment Strategies for Vestibular Schwannomas: When to Treat? How to Treat?
September 12, 2024
5:00 pm CET (Brussels time)
Lecturer: Michel Kalamarides, MD, PhD Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital; Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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Recordings of Past Events
Plexiform Neurofibromas in NF1 - General Course and Neuroradiology
Jan 24, 2023
Dr. Hector Salvador, MD
Sant Joan de Deu Barcelona Children’s Hospital
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gregor Kasprian
Medical University of Vienna
Ophthalmologic Findings and Orthopic Eye Examination in NF1 and NF2-Related Schwannomatosis
Dec 12, 2023
OT Sabine Koinig
Medical University of Vienna
Prof. Dr. Berthold Pemp
Medical University of Vienna
Constitutional Mismatch Repair Deficiency Syndrome as Differential Diagnosis to NF1/Legius Syndrome
Nov 9, 2023
Prof. Dr. Katharina Wimmer
Medical University of Innsbruck
Rare NF1-Associated Tumors in Adults
Oct 23, 2023
Eric Legius, MD, PHD
University Hospital of Leuven, Belgium
Prof. Ellen Denayer
University Hospital Leuven
Optimising Hearing Outcomes in NF2-Related Schwannomatosis
Oct 2, 2023
Simon Freeman, MPhil FRCS
Manchester Royal Infirmary and Salford Royal Hospital
NF1 Dermatological Manifestations
May 23, 2023
Pierre Wolkenstein, MD, PhD
Hopital Henri-Mondor, Paris, France
Laura Fertitta, MD
Hôpital Universitaire Henri Mondor
Sirkku Peltonen, MD, PhD
University of Gothenberg, Sweden
Breast Cancer in NF1
Mar 23, 2022
Gareth Evans, MD
University of Manchester, UK
NF1 Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis
Apr 20, 2022
Eric Legius, MD, PHD
University Hospital of Leuven, Belgium
Prof. Ellen Denayer
University Hospital Leuven
Pain in Non-NF2-Related Schwannomatosis
Oct 28, 2022
David Pang, MD, ChB.
Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Trust, London
Distinguishing Non-NF2-Related from NF2-Related Schwannomatosis - Clinical and Genetic Approaches
Oct 28, 2022
Said Farschtschi, MD
University Medical Center
Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
Surgery in NF2
Apr 15, 2022
Michel Kalamarides, MD, PhD
Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière , Paris, France
Andrew King, MBBS FRCS FRCS(SN)
Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
Cognition and Behaviour in NF1: Phenotype and Treatment Approaches
Mar 17, 2022
Shruti Garg, MBBS, MRCPsych, MMedSci, PhD
Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, United Kingdom
Andre Rietman, PhD
Erasmus University Medical Center
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Emotional Challenges in NF1, NF2 and Schwannomatosis
Feb 17, 2022
Susie Henley, DClinPsy, PhD
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London UK
Thomas Pletschko, PhD
Medical University of Vienna, Austria
NF1 Pediatric Management
Jan 28, 2022
Rianne Oostenbrink, MD, PhD
Erasmus University Medical Center
Rotterdam, Netherlands
NF1 Associated Glioma in Children - the Optic Pathway and Beyond
Dec 10, 2021
Amedeo Azizi, MD, PhD
Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Head of the Paediatric Neurofibromatosis Program and Paediatric Neuro-Oncology Program
NF1 Orthopedic Manifestations
Nov 9, 2021
Eric Legius, MD, PhD
University Hospital of Leuven, Belgium
Head of Clinical Genetics Department of the University Hospital Leuven
Christophe Glorion, MD, PhD
Hopital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
Department of Paediatric Orthopedic and Traumatologic Surgery
NF1 Cutaneous Neurofibromas
Oct 6, 2021
Pierre Wolkenstein, MD, PhD
Hopital Henri-Mondor, Paris, France
Head of the Department of Dermatology
Sirkku Peltonen, MD, PhD
University of Gothenberg, Sweden
Professor of Dermatology
NF1 Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors
Oct 25, 2021
Rosalie Ferner, MD
King’s College, London, UK
Neurologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Viktor-Felix Mautner, MD, PhD
University Medical Center in Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
Head of NF Outpatient Department
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