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6th Annual UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh's Da Silva Center for Ebstein's Anomaly Symposium
The Da Silva Center for Ebstein’s Anomaly at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh will host its annual educational symposium focused on the comprehensive, multidisciplinary management of Ebstein’s anomaly. This activity will review the pathophysiology, diagnostic evaluation, timing of intervention, and evolving surgical strategies for this rare and highly variable congenital heart defect. Faculty will highlight the Cone procedure, pioneered by Dr. José Pedro Da Silva, which has become the standard surgical repair for Ebstein’s anomaly, and will discuss technical considerations, management of complex anatomic variants, and outcomes across a wide spectrum of patient presentations. Emphasis will also be placed on the importance of coordinated multidisciplinary care — including advanced imaging, perioperative management, and long-term follow-up — to optimize patient outcomes. Through expert lectures, case discussions, and shared institutional experience, this activity aims to enhance participants’ knowledge, surgical decision-making, and collaborative care strategies for patients with Ebstein’s anomaly.
Target Audience
Nurse
Nurse Practitioner
Physician
Physician Assistant
Learning Objectives
This education is expected to improve clinicians’ ability to strategically plan early interventions with the Cone procedure in mind, enhance multidisciplinary coordination, and standardize long term management pathways for patients with Ebstein’s Anomaly. As a result, providers will make more informed surgical and medical decisions that preserve critical anatomical structures, optimize timing for the Cone procedure, and ultimately improve long-term repair success and patient outcomes.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity have disclosed all financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships for the individuals listed below have been mitigated.
Jacqueline Kreutzer:Grant/Research support with Edwards Life Sciences and Medtronic.
Laura Olivieri: Grant/Research support with GE Healthcare
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh 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.
Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit[s]™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity
Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery’s Maintenance of Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABTS credit.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 5.0 contact hours.
Physician Assistant (AAPA)
The University of Pittsburgh has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 5.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Other Healthcare Professionals: Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 5.00 AAPA Category I CME
- 5.00 ABTS Accredited CME
- 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 5.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 5.00 Attendance