Past Meetings

2026 Annual Meeting:

The 43rd annual meeting of the Southeastern Regional Genetics Group (SERGG) was held July 16-18, 2026 at the Renaissance Downtown Marriott Hotel in Asheville, North Carolina. 242 healthcare professionals attended the meeting.  The invited speakers and their presentations included:  Dwight Koeberl, MD, PhD, from Duke University, who presented “mRNA Therapies for Inherited Disorders of Metabolism”; Curtis Coughlin, PhD, MBE, MS from the University of Colorado Anschutz who presented “ The Cost of a Delayed Diagnosis:  Prioritizing Neonatal Treatment for Pyridoxine-dependent Epilepsy”; Kelsi Hagerty, MMSc, CGC, from Emory University who presented “It Takes a Village:  A Glimpse Into the World of Pediatric Cancer Predisposition”; Scott Shone, PhD, HCLD(ABB) from the NC State Laboratory of Public Health who presented “Baby’s First Emergency – Preparedness for the Newborn Screening Program”; Kristen Wigby, MD from Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, who presented “Advances in Genomic Medicine in the NICU and Beyond”; and Nikhil Sahajpal, PhD from the Greenwood Genetic Center, who presented “Next Generation Cytogenomics with Optical Genome Mapping”.

In addition, twenty-one 15-minute presentations were made from abstracts submitted. Thirty-eight posters were presented during the Poster Session.   

Trainee travel awards were provided to 19 trainees.  The awards for Best Platform Presentation and Best Poster Presentation by a trainee both went to Yutaka Furuta, MD from Emory University.  The “Visit to Exhibits” gift card was won by Adrian Parker, BS from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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Future SERGG Annual Meetings

  • 2027 44th Annual Meeting – July 15-17, 2027
  • Renaissance Asheville Downtown Hotel
  • Asheville, North Carolina
  • 2028 45th Annual Meeting – July 13-15, 2028
  • Renaissance Asheville Downtown Hotel
  • Asheville, North Carolina

Past Meeting Agendas:

2026 43rd Annual Meeting 2026 Agenda

2025 42nd Annual Meeting 2025Agenda

2024 41st Annual Meeting 2024 Agenda

2023 40th Annual Meeting 2023 Agenda

2022 39th Annual Meeting 2022 Agenda

2021 38th Annual (Virtual) Meeting 2021 Agenda

2020 37th Annual Meeting – Cancelled due to COVID

2019 36th Annual Meeting 2019 Agenda

2018 35th Annual Meeting 2018 Agenda

2017 34th Annual Meeting 2017 Agenda