Adult congenital heart disease webinar series

We’re proud to offer a free educational webinars for all adults living with a congenital heart defect and their loved ones. This webinar series is brought to you by the Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Program within the Herma Heart Institute. Our ACHD program is one of only a few programs of its kind in the nation, and the largest program in the state of Wisconsin. 

ACHD webinar: Advancements in ACHD surgical care 

Learn about the latest advancements in surgical care for adults living with congenital heart disease. Register today to attend the live ACHD webinar on Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. CT with Michael Mitchell MD, surgical director at the Herma Heart Institute.

Over the course of a half hour, you will hear Dr. Mitchell cover:

• Advancements in the Ross Procedure
• Advancements and approaches to the dilated aortic root with valve sparing root procedure
• Surgical treatments of simple and complex adult congenital problems
• Live questions from the audience

Registration is free but required. Can't attend live? Make sure to still register - all registrants will receive a recording via email.

View our past webinars: 

You can view recordings of our past webinars here: 

• Heart failure in adults with CHD by Steven Kindel, MD

• Health insurance options by Lenny Orlowski, Lead Financial Counselor

• Mental Health and ACHD by Scott Cohen, MD 

• State-of-the-art options for catheter valve replacement by Susan Foerster, MD

• Over the hill, but not out of the woods: Aging with CHD by James Kimber, DO

• Women’s health and ACHD: Navigating major life milestones by Jennifer Gerardin, MD

• Coming of age: The transition to adult congenital heart care by Emily Reinhardt, RN
  
  
• ACHD 2021 Virtual Education Night
  • Our ACHD Program: Looking to the Future by Scott Cohen, MD, MPH
  • ACHD Care Closer to Home by Matt Buelow, MD
  • COVID-19 and Congenital Heart Disease by James Kimber, DO         
    • (Information regarding COVID-19 is changing daily. Please note the information Dr. Kimber shares is accurate as of February 9, 2021). 

• Antibiotics before procedures: when and why? by Peter Bartz, MD 

• What genetic testing can reveal about ACHD by Gabrielle Geddes, MD

• Echo, CT and MRI: Why do I need all this stuff? by Jennifer Gerardin, MD

• Beyond survival: Improving outcomes after the Fontan procedure by Salil Ginde, MD, MPH

• Find the beat: abnormal heart rhythms in adults with congenital heart disease by Joshua Kovach, MD