First Annual Cedars-Sinai Fetal Echocardiography Symposium

First Annual Cedars-Sinai Fetal Echocardiography Symposium is organized by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and will be held on Apr 25, 2026 at SLS Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.

Description:
Our entirely refreshed 2026 fetal echocardiography symposium remains true to the mission of providing a single day full of clinical tips and pearls for everyone involved with fetal cardiac imaging in low-risk or high-risk pregnancies. This year's course, revamped with an expanded faculty of expert clinicians and teachers, includes didactic lectures by world-class sonographers, maternal fetal medicine and pediatric cardiology faculty, two round-table multidisciplinary discussions, impromptu testimonials from young patients with major forms of congenital heart disease, question and answer sessions with participation from the live and live-streamed audiences, and a hands-on workshop for participants to scan actual patients towards the end of the afternoon. If you are looking mainly for esoterica, statistics or reviews of the literature, this course is not for you. But, if you are looking to improve your ability to scan or to interpret scans of the fetal heart, either for fetal cardiac screening or for fetal echocardiography, and to leave with invaluable clinical pearls and insights into the importance and challenges of both fetal cardiac screening and fetal echocardiography, this 1st Annual Cedars Sinai Fetal Echocardiography Symposium has been designed specifically for you. The live and on-demand aspects of the program will enable registrants from the USA and from around the world to watch live and participate in the question and answer component of the course, or to watch a recorded version sometime thereafter. We encourage those of you who are able to attend in person to make the effort, as this inaugural symposium promises to be one of the most memorable and rewarding conferences you have ever attended.

Objectives:

• Discuss current guidelines for fetal cardiac screening and fetal echocardiography
• Improve the basic approach to screening low risk pregnancies for fetal heart disease.
• Identify new ways to optimize image quality and angle of acquisition.
• Understand the optimal use of color flow Doppler in the evaluation of the fetal heart.
• Learn to acquire high quality images clips of the four chamber view, outflow tracts, and three vessel views.
• Evaluate and diagnose major forms of congenital heart disease, fetal cardiac tumors, and ventricular dysfunction/cardiomyopathy
• Learn to collaborate across interdisciplinary teams to develop coordinated prenatal to postnatal care plans that optimize outcomes for infants with congenital heart disease.

Highlights of the Symposium:

• Learn from world-class sonographers, MFM specialists, and pediatric cardiologists.
• Participate in hands-on workshops.
• Gain practical tips and pearls for fetal cardiac screening and echocardiography.
• Engage in round-table discussions and Q&A sessions with diverse faculty.
• Listen to moving testimonials from young patients with CHD, and learn from a father about how to deliver bad news