2023 International Fontan Symposium
June 3, 2023
2023 International Fontan Symposium
Living With a Fontan Circulation: Celebrating Success and Timing for Intervention
Saturday, June 3, 2023
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Venue: University Club, Ballroom B
123 University Pl, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Overview
The 2023 International Fontan Symposium will feature presentations from experts at UPMC Children’s Heart Institute, the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, and invited faculty regarding outcomes for the Fontan procedure and clinical management. Topics of the symposium will focus on celebrating success in Fontan, screening and interventions during the lifespan of a Fontan patient, managing heart failure in Fontan and timing for invasive therapy, and medical and surgical considerations for a heart and heart-liver transplantation.
Throughout this symposium, attendees will:
- Review the Fontan operation’s current long-term outcomes.
- Identify practices to improve the long-term outcomes including exercise, screening for end-organ disease, improving neurodevelopment practices, resilience, and family planning.
- Identify strategies for the management of Fontan circulatory failure and timing of more invasive therapies.
- Discuss end-of-life issues and managing tough decisions post-Fontan.
Course Directors
Anita Saraf, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Tarek Alsaied, MD, FACC, MSc
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Arvind Hoskoppal, MD, MBA
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Peter and Ada Rossin Endowed Professor and Chair in Pediatric Cardiology
Division Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
Co-Director, Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Victor O. Morell, MD
Eugene S. Wiener Endowed Professor and Chair of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Surgeon-In-Chief, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Co-Director, Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Executive Director, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute
Registration Information
- Registration information coming soon.
