Title: Overview of Breathing Muscle WeaknessA loss of strength that can affect movement, posture, and sometimes breathing. in Neuromuscular Disease (NMD)
Date: Thursday, September 25, 2025
Time: 1 PM CST / 2 PM EST
Speaker:
Andrea Klein

Webinar Overview:
An introduction to the concepts of breathing and coughing muscle weakness, this presentation highlights the importance of medical self-advocacy to ensure positive outcomes. Topics include the role of muscles in breathing, the relevance of blood gases, the evaluation process, appropriate interventions, and more.

Title: The Role of Genetic Counselors on the Pompe Disease Care Team
Date: Monday, June 9, 2025
Time: 2 PM CT / 3 PM ET
Speaker:
Erin Huggins, MS, CGC
Webinar Overview:
This webinar focuses on a unique type of clinician: the genetic counselor. Genetic counselors are specially trained providers that can have an important role on your care management team. In this webinar, we’ll describe who genetic counselors are, what they do, and how they can help you and your family navigate a diagnosis of Pompe disease. At the end of the webinar, there will be a Q&A session with the speaker, a board-certified genetic counselor with several years of experience in caring for individuals with Pompe disease.

Title: The Pompe Survey: Past Insights and Future Goals
Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Time: 11 AM CT / 12 PM ET
Speakers:
Lauren Dobischok, MSc
Michelle Kruijshaar, PhD
Webinar Overview:
Launched in 2002, the IPA/Erasmus MC Pompe Survey collects information on the impacts of Pompe disease on patient’s lives, and how these impacts may change with treatment. Pompe patients from around the world provide this information through an annual questionnaire. The information collected in the Pompe Survey provides insights on the effect of different treatments and particular issues that Pompe patients may face in daily life. With second-generation ERT entering the market and other novel therapies on the horizon, insights from patients’ perspectives are more relevant than ever. Learn about the history of the Pompe Survey, key findings from the survey, and the continued importance of patient participation in achieving future goals in this webinar.

Title: Evolving our understanding of Pompe Disease – data driven insights
Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Time: 1 PM CT / 2 PM ET
Speaker:
Ryan Colburn
Webinar Overview:
An overview of how NBS enabled significant updates to Pompe epidemiology (Prevalence, etc), and how the strength of this data enables an improved foundation for evolving our understanding of Pompe around the world, and across the full spectrum of disease. We’ll also cover how this foundation relates to other important topics, including some previously covered in this webinar series such as: ABC’s of Pompe, Disease Management in the NBS era, Treatment development, Emerging research, etc.

Title: The ABCs of Pompe Disease
Date: Monday, January 13, 2025
Time: 1 PM CT / 2 PM ET
Speaker:
Erin Huggins, MS, CGC
Webinar Overview:
Are you looking for information on Pompe disease or trying to navigate a new diagnosis? Overwhelmed by the amount of information online and the sea of jargon and terminology? Whether you are dealing with a diagnosis, are a family member or a caregiver, or even a medical provider who just wants a refresher on the basics, this webinar is for you! We will cover the “ABCs” of Pompe disease including its underlying cause, genetics/inheritance, newborn screening, treatment/management, and more. Information will be presented in a thorough, easy-to-follow manner and there will be time for questions at the end. We hope you’ll join us!