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American Academy of Pediatrics
Section on Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery
October 16-18, 2009
Washington DC
Washington Convention Center, Room 201

Scientific Program Outline

Day 1 - Friday, October 16, 2009 - H6002

8:30 am Abstract Presentations

9:45 am

Break

10:00 am

Symposium # 1:  Genetic Basis of Heart Disease in Children
 
Session 1:   Genetics of Arrhythmias
Faculty: Michael Ackerman, MD, FAAP

Session 2:  Genetics of Cardiomyopathies
Faculty: Jeffrey A. Towbin, MD, FAAP
 
Session 3:  Genetics of Congenital Heart Disease
Faculty: Stephanie M. Ware, MD, PhD
 
Session 4:  Genetics of Genetic Syndromes
Faculty: Bruce D. Gelb, MD
 
Session 5: Genetic Based Therapies
Faculty: Seema Mital, MD, FAAP

12:45 pm

Lunch - Society for Pediatric Cardiology Training Program Directors

1:45 pm

Young Investigator Abstract Presentations

3:00 pm

Break

3:15 pm

Young Investigator Abstract Presentations

5:15 pm

Adjourn

Day 2 – Saturday, October 17, 2009 - H1044

8:15 am Abstract Presentations

10:00 am

Break

10:15 am

Abstract Presentations

12:15 pm

Lunch - Pediatric Cardiology Fellows Workshop
   
1:15 pm Abstract Presentations

2:00 pm

Symposium #2:  New Therapeutic Options in Pediatric Heart Disease
 
Session 1:  Surgical Therapies for Single Ventricles
Faculty: James S. Tweddell, MD, FAAP
 

Session 2: Catheter Intervention for Congenital Heart Disease
Faculty: James E. Lock, MD, FAAP

 
Session 3: Hybrid Procedures: Collaborative Approaches
Faculty: Thomas K. Jones, MD, FAAP

 
Session 4:  Fetal Interventions
Faculty: Wayne Tworetzky, MD  
 

Session 5:  Assist Devices
Faculty: David L. Morales, MD, FAAP

5:15 pm Adjourn

7:00 pm

Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery Banquet (tickets required)
Charlie Palmer Steak
101 Constitution Ave NW (next to the Capital Bldg.)
Washington, DC 20001

Day 3 – Sunday, October 18, 2009 - H2019

8:15 am Presentation of the 2009 Young Investigator Awards and Education Travel Grant Awards
   
8:20 am   Presentation of the 2009-2010 Research Fellowship Award
 
Sponsored by the Helen and Will Webster Foundation
8:25 am Founders Award Presentation
Recipient: Paul Gillette, MD
 
Sponsored by the Inova Health System
8:35 am

Founders Address: Quality Improvement in Pediatric Cardiology:
Where have we been? Where are we going?
Presenter: John Kugler, MD, FAAP

9:15 am  


Break


9:30 am

Late Breaking Trial: A Randomized Controlled Trial of RSV Prophylaxis with Motavizumab vs Palivizumab in Young Children with Hemodynamically Significiant Congenital Heart Disease
Faculty: Timothy Feltes, MD, FAAP


9:45 am
 

Symposium #3  Controversies in Pediatric Heart Disease
 
Session 1:  ADHD Therapy
Faculty: Stuart Berger, MD, FAAP
 
Session 2:  Screenings for HCM Sudden Death
Faculty: Bryan C. Cannon, MD, FAAP
 
Session 3:  Screenings for Long QT Sudden Death
Faculty: Robert M. Campbell, MD, FAAP
 
Session 4:  Obesity and Heart Disease
Faculty: Thomas R. Kimball, MD, FAAP
 
Session 5:  Steroids in Myocarditis
Faculty: John L. Jefferies, MD, FAAP

1:00 pm
 

Adjourn
   




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