North America International Conference

Our North America SADS International Conference – hosted by SADS Foundation and the Canadian SADS Foundation – will occur virtually on Saturday, July 8.  We’ll have medical experts sharing insight into the latest research as well as education about personalized medicine,  ICDs, gene therapy, access to genetic testing and an opportunity to ask questions of the experts!

Saturday, July 8th – North America
Hosts: SADS Foundation and Canadian SADS Foundation

All times are in Mountain Time:

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM
Welcome

9:15 AM-10:00 AM
Personalized Medicine in the Treatment of SADS Conditions: From Drugs to Denervation to Devices
Andrew Landstrom, MD, PhD, Duke University School of Medicine

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
How to Get the Best Care for You and Your Family
Brynn Dechert, RN, MSN, CPNP, CCDS, FHRS, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Electrophysiology, Mott Children’s Hospital Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI

10:30 AM-11:00 AM
ICDs and S-ICDs
Taylor Howard, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital

11:00 AM-11:30 AM
Gene Therapy – What’s on the Horizon? 
Mario Delmar, MD, PhD, Martinsen Endowed Chair, Professor of Cardiology, NYU Langone

11:30 PM-12:15 PM
Research & Pediatric Registries for Brugada Syndrome and CPVT

-Cecilia Gonzalez Corcia, MD, Montreal, Canada
-Shubhayan Sanatani, MD, BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada

12:15 PM-12:35 PM
Genetic Testing and You
Allison Cirino, MS, CGC, Genetic Counselor, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Cardiovascular Genetics Center, Boston 

12:35 PM Pregnancy
Danna Spears, MSc, MD, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario

1:00 PM-2:30 PM
Ask the Experts –

-Michael Ackerman, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic
-Shubhayan Sanatani, MD, BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
-Harikrishna Tandri, MBBS, Professor of Medicine, Director of Cardiac Arrhythmia program,  Vanderbilt University

2:30 PM
Wrap-up!