Practical Fetal Heart Screening: The Five Essential Views

Schedule

Sat Mar 28 2026 at 07:00 am to 05:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Ochsner Baptist - A Campus of Ochsner Medical Center | New Orleans, LA

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Scan the fetal heart with confidence! You'll learn proven techniques for fetal cardiac screening through lectures and hands-on practice.
About this Event

Tiny Hearts Project and Ochsner Health are teaming up to increase the prenatal detection rate of congenital heart disease by providing this training in the use of evidence-based techniques for fetal cardiac screening.

Accreditation
The Ochsner Clinic Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Mindful Sonography, dba Tiny Hearts Project, is accredited by the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) to provide continuing medical education for sonographers.

CMEs Designation

The Ochsner Clinic Foundation designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Creditsβ„’. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Tiny Hearts Project designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.25 SDMS credits (5.75 SDMS credits for Part 1: Lectures, and 1.5 SDMS credits for Part 2: Scanning Practice).

Course Objectives

  • Utilize strategies and tools to improve scanning techniques.
  • Detect more congenital abnormalities in utero, improving outcomes and prenatal care through better screening.

FACULTY

Tracy Anton, BS, RDMS, RDCS, FAIUM
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Reproductive Medicine Ultrasound Practitioner, Maternal Fetal Care and Genetics, University of California, San Diego

Elena Sinkovskaya, MD, PhD
Board Member, Tiny Hearts Project
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of Ultrasound Research and Education, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Easter Virginia Medical School

Celeste Sheppard, MD

Founder, Tiny Hearts Project
Assistant Professor, Department of Women’s Health, University of Texas Dell Medical School

James Drew Toppin, MD

Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellow, Ochsner Health


Part 1: Lectures

πŸ•‘: 07:00 AM - 07:45 AM
Registration & Breakfast
πŸ•‘: 07:45 AM - 08:00 AM
Welcome & Introduction
πŸ•‘: 08:00 AM - 08:40 AM
Getting Off to a Good Start: 2D, M-Mode Image & Doppler Imaging Optimization
πŸ•‘: 08:40 AM - 09:00 AM
Congenital Heart Disease in Perspective & Mustn't Miss Diagnoses
πŸ•‘: 09:00 AM - 09:20 AM
Screening for Congenital Heart Disease: What Do the Guidelines Say?
πŸ•‘: 09:20 AM - 09:40 AM
Essential View #1: Fetal Laterality, Visceral Situs and Cardiac Position
πŸ•‘: 09:40 AM - 09:50 AM
Break
πŸ•‘: 09:50 AM - 10:20 AM
Essential View #2: The Four Chamber View
πŸ•‘: 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
Live Demonstration of Optimization, Laterality and Four Chamber View
πŸ•‘: 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Essential Views #3 and #4: Outflow Tracts
πŸ•‘: 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Essential View #5: Three Vessel Trachea View
πŸ•‘: 11:20 AM - 11:45 AM
Live Demonstration of Outflow Tracts and Three Vessel Trachea Views
πŸ•‘: 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Q & A
πŸ•‘: 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Lunch
Part 2: Scanning Practice

πŸ•‘: 12:45 PM - 02:15 PM
Part 1: Hands-On Scanning Practice, Using Your Checklists & Case Presentations
πŸ•‘: 02:15 PM - 02:30 PM
Break
πŸ•‘: 02:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Part 2: Hands-On Scanning Practice, Using Your Checklists & Case Presentations
πŸ•‘: 04:15 PM - 04:45 PM
Putting It All Together and Q & A
πŸ•‘: 04:45 PM - 05:00 PM
Q & A
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Ochsner Baptist - A Campus of Ochsner Medical Center, 2700 Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans, United States

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