WORLD SUMMIT ON PEDIATRIC AND CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY SERVICES, EDUCATION AND CARDIAC CARE IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

June 19-21, 2008
Sheraton Centre, Montreal, Canada

The World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery is organizing a World Summit on Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery Services, Education and Cardiac Care for Children and Adults with Congenital Heart Disease in Montreal on June 19-21, 2008. The World Society is inviting all health care professionals involved in the care of children and adults with congenital heart disease and all those interested in improving care across the world to attend this summit. The program committee is working to organize an exciting program that will encourage maximum participation and sharing of ideas on how to globally organize, improve education and training, and improve care across the world in a sustainable fashion.

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The Primary Objectives of the World Summit are:

To build a global coalition to improve cardiac care foir children and adults with pediatric and congenital heart disease across the world!

To establish a multi-societal World Federation for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease!

The Detailed Objectives of the World Summit are:

1. To present to the attendees:
   1. The history and development of the study, research, investigation(diagnostics) and treatment for pediatric and congenital heart disease
   2. The current status of the study, research, investigation(diagnostics), treatment and optimal care for pediatric and congenital heart disease
   3. The optimal training, education and maintenance of competence of health care professionals dealing with pediatric and congenital heart disease
   4. The optimal processes for quality of care assessment for pediatric and congenital heart disease
   5. The current status of the care for pediatric and congenital heart disease across the entire world with emphasis on under-serviced areas in each continent
   6. The current status of training, education and maintenance of competence across the world with emphasis on regional differences
   7. The current status of humanitarian projects and surgical missions
2. To elaborate a global plan for the improvement of care for pediatric and congenital heart disease across the world
3. To define the requirements for the setting up of a pediatric and congenital heart program/center
4. To explore different models for international collaboration
5. To elaborate a global plan for the training, education and maintenance of competence of health care professionals dealing with pediatric and congenital heart disease
6. To identify the necessary partners in the global coalition for improvement of care for pediatric and congenital heart disease.
7. To define the optimal role of humanitarian projects and surgical missions
8. To define the role of the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery and the proposed World Federation for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease in the improvement of care for children and adults with congenital heart disease across the world.

Target Audience

Cardiothoracic surgeons, pediatric cardiologists, adult congenital cardiologists, cardiac intensivists, cardiac anesthetists, cardiac nurses, perfusionists, administrators, government officials, parents and family members, patients, industry representatives, humanitarian organizations, international organizations and all those interested in the improvement of care for children and adults with congenital heart disease.

CME Credits

This event is approved for up to 22 credits by the Centre for Continuing Medical Education (“CME”). The Centre for CME, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools and through the (CACMS) is accredited to award AMA PRA category 1 credits.

This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

The Centre for CME, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University designates this activity for Category 1 credit towards the AMA Physicians Recognition Award up to the maximum number of credit hours noted above. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent at the educational activity.”

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DAY I THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2008

8:00 – 9:45 SESSION 1

• HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF STUDY, RESEARCH, INVESTIGATION AND TREATMENT FOR PEDIATRIC AND CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

Moderators: Christo I. Tchervenkov, Montreal, Canada

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, USA

André Bozio, Lyon, France

8:00 Welcome & Objectives of World Summit

Christo I. Tchervenkov, Montreal, Canada

8:15 Anatomy and Pathology of Congenital Heart Disease: From Maude Abbott to the 21st Century

Paul Weinberg, Philadelphia, USA,

8:30 Epidemiology and Natural History of Congenital heart Disease

Ariane Marelli, Montreal, Canada

8:45 History and Development of Pediatric Cardiology

André Bozio, Lyon, France

9:00 History and Development of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

Marshall L. Jacobs, Philadelphia, USA

9:15 The Impact of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease

Amy Verstappen, Philadelphia, USA

9:30 Natural History of Repaired Congenital Heart Disease: The Importance of Long-Term Follow-up

J. William Gaynor, Philadelphia, USA

9:45 – 10:15 BREAK

10:15– 12:30 SESSION II

• NEW ADVANCES IN RESEARCH, INVESTIGATION, TREATMENT AND OPTIMAL CARE FOR PEDIATRIC AND CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

Moderators: Giovanni Stellin, Padova, Italy

Hiromi Kurosawa, Tokyo, Japan

Brian McCrindle, Toronto, Canada

10:15 The Importance of Basic Science Research in Congenital Heart Disease

Emile A. Bacha, Boston, USA

10:30 The Importance of Clinical Outcomes Research in Congenital Heart Disease

Brian McCrindle, Toronto, Canada

10:45 News Advances in Cardiac Morphology and Education

Amy Juraszek, Boston, USA

11:00 New Advances in Echocardiography

Gerald Marx, Boston, USA

11:15 New Advances in MRI and Image Integration

Luc Jutras, Montreal, Canada

11:30 New Advances in Interventional Catheterization

Giuseppe Martucci, Montreal, Canada

11:45 New Advances in Pediatric Cardiac Anaesthesia

Dean Andropoulos, Houston, USA

12:00 News Advances in Pediatric Perfusion

Lynn Harness, Little Rock, USA

12:15 New Advances in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care

Nancy Ghanayem, Milwaukee, USA

12:30 LUNCH

13:30 – 15:30 SESSION III

OPTIMAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS

Moderators: Ross Ungerleider, Portland, USA

Juan Comas, Madrid, Spain

Judith Therrien, Montreal, Canada

13:30 Training in Congenital Heart Surgery in North America

Ross M. Ungerleider, Portland, USA

13:45 Training in Congenital Heart Surgery in Europe

Juan Comas, Madrid, Spain

14:00 Training in Pediatric Cardiology

Gerard Martin, Washington, USA

14:15 Training in Adult Congenital Cardiology

Michael Landzberg, Boston, USA

14:30 Training in Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia

Victor Baum, Charlottsville, USA

14:45 Training in Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

David Nelson, Houston, USA

15:00 Training in Pediatric Cardiac Nursing

Nancy Rudd, Milwaukee, USA

15:15 Training in Pediatric Perfusion

Christos Calaritis, Montreal, Canada

15:30- 16:00 BREAK

16:00 – 18:00 SESSION IV

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN PEDIATRIC AND CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

Moderators: Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, USA

Bohdan Maruszewski, Warsaw, Poland

Gerard Martin, Washington, USA

16:00 Overview

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, USA

16:15 Nomenclature for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease:
International Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code

Christo I. Tchervenkov, Montreal, Canada

16:30 World Database for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Bohdan Maruszewski, Warsaw, Poland

16:45 Complexity Stratification for Congenital Heart Surgery

François Lacour-Gayet, Denver, USA

17:00 Data Validation and Verification

David Clarke, Denver, USA

17:15 Quality Assessment in Pediatric Cardiology

Gerard Martin, Washington, USA

17:30 Databases for Developing Nations

William Novick, Memphis, USA

17:45 Panel Discussion

DAY II FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2008

• Current status of care for pediatric and congenital heart disease across the world
• Current status of education and training across the world

8:00 – 10:00 SESSION V

• Current status in Africa
• Current status in Asia

10:00 – 10:30 BREAK

10:30 – 12:30 SESSION VI

• Current status in Europe
• Current status in Oceania

12:30 LUNCH

13:30 – 15:30 SESSION VII

• Current status in North America
• Current status in South America

15:30- 16:00 BREAK

16:00 – 18:00 SESSION VIII

• Humanitarian medicine, surgical missions, and different models for international collaboration

19:00 RECEPTION

DAY III SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2008

8:00 – 10:00 SESSION IX

• Global plan for the improvement of care or pediatric and congenital heart disease
• Requirements for heart program/center

10:00 – 10:30 BREAK

10:30 – 12:30 SESSION X

• Global education, training and maintenance of competence

12:30 LUNCH

13:30 – 15:30 SESSION XI

• Global coalition for improvement of care, optimal role of humanitarian projects and surgical missions
• Define role for the world society for Pediatric and Congenital heart surgery and the proposed world federation for Pediatric and Congenital heart disease

15:30- 16:00 BREAK

16:00 – 18:00 World Society annual business meeting (members only)

June 19-21, 2008
Sheraton Centre, Montreal, Canada