Cedars Sinai 1st Annual Cedars-Sinai Fetal Echocardiography Symposium 2026

1. Overview
The Cedars Sinai 1st Annual Cedars-Sinai Fetal Echocardiography Symposium provides a comprehensive update on the latest clinical guidelines and practices in prenatal cardiac imaging. The program focuses on advanced diagnostic techniques, the early detection of complex congenital heart defects, and multidisciplinary strategies to optimize perinatal outcomes and maternal counseling.
Course Date: Saturday, April 25, 2026, 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM PT, SLS Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Beverly Hills, 465 La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, Los Angeles, CA
The First Annual Cedars Sinai Fetal Echocardiography Symposium will take place on Saturday, April 25, 2026– live in-person, live-streamed around the world, and recorded for future review, at the spectacular SLS Hotel in Los Angeles just minutes from Cedars-Sinai and Beverly Hills.
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.
2. Learning 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.

3. Target Audience

Best for pediatric cardiologists, sonographers, and obstetricians who want advanced updates on fetal echocardiography and congenital heart disease.

4. Topics

2026 Guidelines for Fetal Cardiac Imaging- Screening vs Fetal Echocardiography

Fetal Cardiomyopathy and Cardiac Tumors- Importance and Challenge of Early Detection

Fetal Detection-Evaluation of Tricuspid Valve Disease- Lessons Learned

First Trimester Fetal Cardiac Imaging- From Standard of Care to State-of-the-Art

Impact of Delayed Detection of Congenital Heart Disease- The Adult Congenital Cardiologist’s Perspective

Introduction and Welcome- Dr. Sklansky

Making the Diagnosis of TGA-TOF-DORV- Keys to Prenatal Detection-Evaluation

Pioneer Lecture- The Future of Fetal Cardiac Imaging

Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction (PS and PA-IVS)- Prenatal Detection-Evaluation

Round Table Discussion- How to Train Your Office for Fetal Cardiac Imaging

Secrets to Optimizing 2D Image Quality and Angle of Acquisition

Spectral and Color Doppler in the Fetal Cardiac Evaluation- Clinical Pearls

TAPVR and Coarctation of the Aorta- Challenge and Secrets of Prenatal Detection

The Three-Vessel View- From Basic to Advanced Evaluation

Why It Matters- Prenatal Consultation with a Congenital Heart Surgeon