Children’s Heartbeat
Children’s Heartbeat
Children’s Heartbeat is a free international webinar series which centers on a case presentation, allowing for a discussion with experts about a difficult case and treatment options. Children’s Heartbeat was created by Dr. Seshadri Balaji of Oregon Health & Science University, and was founded as a way to connect with international doctors who may not always have another specialist to consult with on cardiac-related cases. This program is open to participants across the globe.
Experts are brought on each month to address each particular case. This is an informal discussion that allows physicians and health care providers to get input on cases, ask questions, and learn from the experts. Past experts include Dr. Susan Etheridge, Dr. Prince Kannankeril, Dr. Bryan Cannon, Dr. Shubhayan Sanatani, and cases are moderated by Dr. Seshadri Balaji.
Clinic Medical Director: Seshadri Balaji MD, PhD
Duration and Frequency: Last Friday of the month from 10 AM – 11:15 EST.
Format: Case-presentation and discussion with audience participation followed by a summary with didactic learning points in a live webinar format.
Target Audience:General cardiologists, pediatric cardiologists, general physicians, cardiac nurses, physicians’ assistants
Clinical Objectives: Children’s Heartbeat (CHB) ECHO is an educational program to disseminate knowledge about pediatric arrhythmia management from pediatric electrophysiologists to clinicians in medically under-resourced regions worldwide. The goal is to increase clinician understanding and their comfort level treating these patients and ultimately to improve patient outcomes.
How to join: Registration is mandatory and free.
Questions: Please contact Dr Seshadri Balaji ([email protected]) or Hannah Holiman ([email protected]) for questions.
HIPAA: All patient information will be de-identified during the session.
Please note: All pagers and cell phones must be muted during the session. Please leave the room to answer a call/page and mute when you return.
Register for the next meeting here
Catch up with the past sessions here.

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Oregon Health and Sciences University and Project ECHO. Project ECHO® 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 Designation Statement
Project ECHO® designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure Statement
Project ECHO®, in compliance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, requires that anyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity disclose all relevant financial relationships they have had within the last 24 months with an ineligible company.
None of the planners and presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Lindsey Gakenheimer-Smith, MD
Hannah Holiman
The following planner / presenter listed below has disclosed that he has a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible company.
Nature of Relationship | Name of Ineligible Company | |
Seshadri Balaji MD, PhD | Consultant | Milestone Pharmaceutical |
Consultant | Alta Thera Pharmaceutical | |
Reviewer | Up to Date |
All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual has been mitigated.
Testimonials
“CHB seeks to bridge a significant chasm that exists in the understanding of rhythm disorders in children across the globe, particularly in low and middle income countries (LMICs). The overwhelming majority of children with heart ailments live in LMICs where there is a serious shortfall of learning opportunities in diagnosis and management of heart rhythm disorders. CHB uses a unique case-based approach together with a dialogue among the most learned experts in the field to teach essential principles using an accessible virtual platform. As a result the sessions are highly engaging and educative. The opportunity for trainees to present cases has incalculable value because it enables direct access to the best in the business.”
R Krishna Kumar, MD DM FAHA
Clinical Professor and Head, Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kerala, India
“As a budding fetal and pediatric cardiologist, I found this program as a great platform for me to grow my pedigree of pediatric arrhythmia knowledge. Thank you for giving me many opportunities to present in this platform. I am able to manage difficult pediatric rhythm problems in a small town in India with great inputs from the program. Many thanks.”
Dr. Balaganesh Karmegaraj MD, DM
Fetal and Pediatric Interventional Cardiologist
Sowmi Fetal and Pediatric Heart Centre, Tirunelve
“Although there are only 2 designated experts for each case discussion, at least 6 or 7 electrophysiologists have been present during each program and have actively contributed to the discussion around the case. I have often felt that I am in the middle of a Joint Cardiac Conference discussing my patient and not in a teaching session. Even accomplished electrophysiologists have commented that they have learnt new things from some of the sessions. It is a model that can be replicated across the many facets of pediatric cardiac training.”
Dr. Mani Ram Krishna
Consultant Pediatric and Fetal Cardiologist
Tiny Hearts Fetal and Pediatric Cardiac Clinic, Thanjavur
Register for the next meeting here
Catch up with the past sessions here.