PROGRAM

Day 1: Friday, October 2, 2026

Lectures will be recorded and made available to registrants only once the conference has concluded

7:45 – 8:00

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

Lindsay Freud

8:00 – 10:20

FUNDAMENTALS OF FETAL CARDIAC IMAGING

Moderators: Koyelle Papneja, Jane Lougheed

SESSION OBJECTIVES

At the end of this session the participant will:

Learn how to optimize fetal cardiac imaging
Evaluate normal fetal cardiac anatomy and physiology

8:00 – 8:20

Why Diagnose Fetal Cardiac Disease Prenatally?

Swati Agarwal

8:25 – 8:45

How Do I Optimize Fetal Cardiac Imaging?

Nick Arbic

8:50 – 9:10

What is a 'Normal' Fetal Echocardiogram?

Koyelle Papneja

9:15 – 9:35

How Do I Use Doppler to Assess the Fetal Heart?

Lindsay Freud

9:35 – 10:05

LIVE SESSION I: Basic Assessment of the Fetal Heart

Elsie Wen

10:05 – 10:15

Q&A

Session Speakers and Moderators

10:15 – 10:35

BREAK

10:35 – 12:30

FETAL CARDIAC IMAGING I: Putting the Fetal Heart Together

Moderators: Mike Seed, Lisa Hornberger

SESSION OBJECTIVES

At the end of this session the participant will:

Understand how to assess situs and laterality
Appreciate imaging and diagnosis of venous return to the heart and atrioventricular connections

10:35 – 11:00

Situs and Laterality: When Things Go Sideways

Shi-Joon Yoo

11:05 – 11:30

Pulmonary and Systemic Venous Return: Weird and Wonderful

Shabnam Peyvandi

11:35 – 12:00

Atrioventricular Connections: Discordance and Defects

Mike Seed

12:05 – 12:20

Quiz I/Poll

Mario Panebianco

12:25 – 12:30

Q&A

Session Speakers and Moderators

12:30 – 1:30

LUNCH

1:30 – 3:10

FETAL CARDIAC IMAGING II: Putting the Fetal Heart Together

Moderators: Lindsay Freud, Wayne Tworetzky

SESSION OBJECTIVES

At the end of this session the participant will:

Be familiar with different forms of ventriculoarterial connections (i.e., transposition of the great arteries)
Assess outflow tract obstructive lesions and understand their ability to progress in utero

1:30 – 1:55

Ventriculoarterial Connections: To Cross of Not to Cross

Lisa Hornberger

2:00 – 2:25

Left and Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction: Dynamic or Fixed?

Wayne Tworetzky

2:30 – 3:00

LIVE SESSION II: Assessment of the Abnormal Fetal Heart

Nick Arbic

3:00 – 3:10

Q&A

Session Speakers and Moderators

3:10 – 3:30

BREAK

3:30 – 5:30

FETAL CARDIAC IMAGING III: Putting the Fetal Heart Together

Moderators: Vitor Guerra, Shabnam Peyvandi

SESSION OBJECTIVES

At the end of this session the participant will:

Appreciate types of aortic arch obstruction and vascular rings
Understand how to evaluate masses and tumors in the fetal heart

3:30 – 3:55

Aortic Arch Abnormalities: Where's AAA When You Need Them?

Jane Lougheed

4:00 – 4:25

Arch Sidedness and Vascular Anomalies: Should I Put a Ring on It?

Koyelle Papneja

4:30 – 4:55

Masses and Tumors: This is Not Supposed to be in the Heart!

Vitor Guerra

5:00 – 5:15

Quiz 2/Poll

Marco Masci

5:20 – 5:30

Q&A

Session Speakers and Moderators

Day 2: Saturday, October 3, 2026

Lectures will be recorded and made available to registrants only once the conference has concluded

8:00 – 8:45

MICHAEL BRAUDO KEYNOTE LECTURE

Moderator: Lindsay Freud

8:00 – 8:45

Fetal Cardiac Intervention for Aortic Stenosis: What Have We Learned and Where We Are Going?

Wayne Tworetzky

8:45 – 9:00

Q&A

9:00 – 10:30

FETAL ARRHYTHMIAS

Moderators: Koyelle Papneja, Shabnam Peyvandi

SESSION OBJECTIVES

At the end of this session the participant will:

Be familiar with how to assess fast fetal heart rates (tachyarrhythmias)
Learn how to differentiate between benign and pathologic slow fetal heart rates (bradyarrhythmias)

9:00 – 9:25

Tachyarrhythmias: Too FAST!

Lisa Hornberger

9:30 – 9:55

Bradyarrhythmias: Too s l o w . . .

Jane Lougheed

10:00 – 10:15

Quiz 3/Poll

Mario Panebianco

10:20 – 10:30

Q&A

Session Speakers and Moderators

10:30 – 10:50

BREAK

10:50 – 12:30

FETAL BRAIN & NEURODEVELOPMENT IN CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

Moderators: Jane Lougheed, Lisa Hornberger

SESSION OBJECTIVES

At the end of this session the participant will:

Realize how the development brain is affected by congenital heart disease
Recognize the utility of MRI to understand fetal brain-placenta axis
Learn strategies to mitigate maternal stress & improve neurodevelopmental outcome

10:50 – 11:15

Fetal Brain in Congenital Heart Disease: What Have We Learned?

Shabnam Peyvandi

11:20 – 11:45

Fetal MRI of the Brain-Heart Placenta Axis: How Does MRI Advance Our Understanding?

Mike Seed

11:50 – 12:15

Maternal Stress and Neurodevelopment: What Can We Do?

Dragana Ostojic-Aitkens

12:20 – 12:30

Q&A

Session Speakers and Moderators

12:30 – 1:30

LUNCH

1:30 – 5:00

MULTIDISCIPLINARY PRACTICE: FROM IMAGING TO GENETICS AND NEURODEVELOPMENT,

FROM COUNSELING TO PERINATAL CARE

Moderators: Lindsay Freud, Nathalie Dutil

SESSION OBJECTIVES

At the end of this session the participant will:

Appreciate a multi-disciplinary approach to fetal cardiac counseling
Gain insight into strategies to optimize perinatal care

1:30 – 3:00

HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME

Fetal Imaging and Case Presentations

Marco Masci

PANELISTS:

Wayne Tworetzky – Cardiology

Jane Lougheed – Cardiology

Mike Seed – Cardiology

Laura Zahavich – Genetics

Renee Sananes – Neurodevelopment

Sarah Lord – Palliative Care

Marina Vainder – Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Faiza Khurshid – Neonatology

3:00 – 3:20

BREAK

3:20 – 4:50

TETRALOGY OF FALLOT

Fetal Imaging and Case Presentations

Lindsay Freud

PANELISTS:

Shabnam Peyvandi – Cardiology

Lisa Hornberger – Cardiology

Koyelle Papneja – Cardiology

Laura Zahavich – Genetics

Renee Sananes – Neurodevelopment

Sarah Lord – Palliative Care

Marina Vainder – Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Faiza Khurshid – Neonatology

4:50 – 5:00

CLOSING REMARKS AND WRAP-UP