Cardiology 2025--28th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease

Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 7:00 AM - Sunday, February 23, 2025, 1:00 PM, Disney Yacht & Beach Club Resort, Orlando, FL


Our specialty of pediatric & congenital cardiovascular disease is unique in many ways. Within our discipline, we are charged with serving a myriad of conditions with widely varying anatomies and physiologies at different cycles of time ranging from fetal to mature adult life. At each time frame, each condition is its own entity, demanding a unique fund of knowledge and wisdom specific to that stage of life. This can be a challenge. Maintaining the best outcomes for our patients throughout the lifespan can only be achieved through continuous update and education. Our community must strive to avail itself of the educational resources necessary to maintain and advance the skills and knowledge base required to provide the best outcomes possible. Providing such a communal, multi-center and multi-specialty collaborative, premier resource for healthcare providers and scientists interested in pediatric and congenital cardiovascular disease has been the driving mission of our conference for over 25 years! Regularly sharing what we do and what we know with each other, is what keeps our field moving forward. It is with this in mind that we present to you our collaborative gathering the 28th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease at the beautiful Disney Yacht & Beach Club Resort, in Orlando Florida, Wednesday February 19 through Sunday February 23, 2025. Our theme this year is “Hope, Heal, Learn”- 3 principles that make up the essence of our work. The course faculty will provide multiple talks in various plenary sessions, as well as presentations in subspecialty breakout sessions and a series of moderated panel conversations. We will cover all areas and topics related to the comprehensive care of the unborn, neonate, child, teen and young adult with cardiovascular disease. Our conference reflects the multicenter collaboration of institutions across all of North America as well as a community of professional disciplines focused on our work – physicians, nurses, surgeons, administrators, scientists, sonographers, allied health professionals as well as patient and family advocates. Through learning, sharing, networking and professional socializing, the goals of this educational conference are to give our collaborative community the tools necessary to best deliver a normal quality and duration of life to our patients with pediatric and congenital cardiovascular disease and to support their families.

1. Outline the knowns and unknowns within the knowledge base that informs on how best to understand and care for the patient with pediatric and congenital cardiovascular disease.
2. Explain the methods for acquisition and sources of data and knowledge that currently exist and that need to be further developed to provide the means to offer optimal care for patients with pediatric & congenital cardiovascular disease .
3. Describe the science and knowledge base of information that supports current state-of-the art clinical practice for the patient with pediatric and congenital cardiovascular disease.
4. Recall the concepts and new strategies of care and practice for conditions unique to cardiovascular disease ranging from the fetus to the adult with congenital heart disease.
5. Explain the concepts and new strategies of care and practice for systemic conditions outside of the heart which affect the child with cardiovascular disease.
6. Recognize the unique challenges of the single ventricle and Fontan circulation, their origins and management.
7. Review the latest approach to advanced cardiac therapies for the failing circulation in the young.
8. Describe the current tools and methods available for optimal characterization of the cardiovascular system in the young utilizing the latest advanced technologies including echocardiography and MR imaging.
9. Outline the most recent developments in diagnosis and treatment of lymphatic conditions in the young.
10. Discuss the latest updates on challenges and opportunities in understanding organ dysfunction such as liver disease, when there is congenital heart disease.
11. Recall the underlying principles and best practices for postoperative care by nurses and other front-line providers for the newborn and infant with congenital heart disease.
12. Review the strategies of management related to perfusion during open heart surgery in the operating room and during mechanical circulatory support outside of the operating room.
13. Describe the challenges and opportunities in team building amongst varied specialists and providers to optimally deliver care to the young with cardiovascular disease.
14. Recognize the importance of provider well-being and understand the factors influencing provider burn out
15. Discuss strategies for improving team health functionality as well as individual provider mental health during periods of stress and grief
16. Explain the value of administrative team collaboration in offering optimal healthcare to the community of pediatric & congenital cardiovascular disease.
17. Discuss the ideal strategies for provider team integration of outpatient community based ambulatory care into the spectrum of cardiac care.
18. Recognize key controversies and clinical conundrums in pediatric & congenital cardiovascular disease and the elements that contribute to specific decision making by team providers
19. Recognize the global variations in healthcare approach to pediatric & congenital cardiovascular conditions, with strengths, weaknesses and deficiencies around the world
20. Outline the latest methods and techniques of catheter-based interventional cardiology in treatment of congenital heart disease

 Course Fees
The registration fee for the five-day conference is $995 for physicians and $595 for other healthcare professionals and physicians-in-training. The registration fee includes tuition, online presentations, daily continental breakfast, lunch and opening reception.

Full Conference: Wed., Feb. 19, 4 p.m. to Sunday, Feb. 23, noon
Physicians--$995
Nurses, Medical Students, Residents, Fellows and Other Healthcare  Professionals.--$595

Optional Preconference Seminars
You must be registered for the full conference to register for a preconference.

A Primer & Review: Congenital Heart Disease and Postoperative Management: Comprehensive Review for Nurses &  Front-Line Provider--.$150

Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment: Through the Lens of the Heart--$150

 

 

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (35.25 hours), ANCC NCPD Contact Hours (35.25 hours), NCPD Pharmacotherapeutic Hours (3.00 hours), Non-Physician AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Attendance (includes PA, RT, RDMS) (35.25 hours)

Hotel Information
The room block at Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Resort is sold out.

For alternate hotel options, please call Walt Disney World Vacation Line at 407-934-7639.

 

Exhibit space is sold out.