First Annual Cedars-Sinai Fetal Echocardiography Symposium

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, entirely 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. We look forward to welcoming you, or welcoming you back, on Saturday, April 25, 2026!

1. Discuss current guidelines for fetal cardiac screening and fetal echocardiography
2. Improve the basic approach to screening low risk pregnancies for fetal heart disease.
3. Identify new ways to optimize image quality and angle of acquisition.
4. Understand the optimal use of color flow Doppler in the evaluation of the fetal heart.
5. Learn to acquire high quality images clips of the four chamber view, outflow tracts, and three vessel views.
6. Evaluate and diagnose major forms of congenital heart disease, fetal cardiac tumors, and ventricular dysfunction/cardiomyopathy
7. Learn to collaborate across interdisciplinary teams to develop coordinated prenatal to postnatal care plans that optimize outcomes for infants with congenital heart disease.

In-Person
In-Person: All Healthcare Providers (USA Resident) - $200.00
In-Person: All Healthcare Providers (International Resident) - $100.00

Optional In-Person Afternoon Hands-on Workshop - $25.00

Virtual
Virtual: All Healthcare Providers (USA Resident) - $200.00
Virtual: All Healthcare Providers (International Resident) - $100.00

In support of improving patient care, Cedars-Sinai is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

AMA Credit Designation Statement
Cedars-Sinai designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 8.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Non-Physician AMA Attendance
Attendance credit will be provided to other healthcare professionals upon the fulfillment of attendance requirements. Participants should ensure in advance that their credentialing or licensing organization accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  

Interprofessional Continuing Education: This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team and learners will receive 8.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit(s) for learning and change.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ (MD, DO) (8.00 hours), IPCE (8.00 hours), Non-Physician AMA Attendance (8.00 hours)

Cedars-Sinai has negotiated special rates at a variety of hotels at or near the conference venue, offering options at multiple price points to accommodate different preferences and budgets.

To view local hotels and access more details, please click the link below:
Cedars-Sinai Hotel List

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Cedars-Sinai adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Saturday, April 25, 2026