Issam Khneisser studied chemistry at the Lebanese University followed by genetics, community health, epidemiology and biostatistics, and environmental and water sciences. He received his MBA degree from Sorbonne University in Paris. In 2015, he received his IUD-Inborn error of metabolism from the faculty of Medicine-Paris V. Mr. Khneisser has been involved in neonatal screening for over 20 years as manager of the Neonatal Screening Unit at the Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon after his training at the Nord-Pas de Calais Neonatal Screening Regional Center, Lille France. He has (co-)authored several publications on neonatal screening in Lebanon and represented the Middle East North Africa region in a 2015 publication on worldwide newborn screening. Mr. Khneisser has served on the ISNS Executive Council as the Middle East representative for two mandates 2013-2016 and 2016-2019. He was among the pioneers in the Middle East and North Africa region to start newborn screening and has been trained in many newborn screening platforms around the world (CDC-Atlanta,..) contributing to the transfer of know-how for many countries in the MENA region. Since June 2018 till now, he is supporting closely ALL the newborn screening laboratory in the MENA region and beyond when needed regarding LC-MSMS newborn screening applications. He contributes to the quality of the newborn screening laboratory performance sharing his experience acquired during his 29 year career.