Iowa Regional Seminar

Location: University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, Iowa City, IA
Date: Saturday, October 28, 2023
Time: 9:00 am

Join us for our free whole-day Family Seminar in Iowa City in partnership with University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital to ask local medical experts questions and get to know other families with inherited heart conditions!

Here are a few benefits to joining us in-person in Iowa City at 9:00 AM on October 28 (complimentary lunch included):

• Our educational family seminars are free to attend for your whole family – special programming included for kids and teens
• You can ask local experts your questions and learn the latest about your cardiac condition
• Meet other families from your region – and make lifelong friends in the SADS community
• Kids 8-17 are welcome to join our developing youth program

SADS Iowa Regional Family Seminar
Saturday, October 28, 2023
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

9:00 AM  Registration and informal networking

• Coffee & light food & vendors available

10:00 AM Opening remarks and SADS mission & services

• Dr. Ian Law, University of Iowa
• Genevie Echols, SADS Foundation

10:15 AM SADS as a Family Venture

• KellyAnn Light-McGroary, MD
• Marianne Ricart and Nathan Morand
  

11:00 AM Finding and Treating Families with Inherited Forms of Sudden Death

• Barry London, MD, PhD
  

12:00 Lunch to enjoy in auditorium and meet with vendor exhibitors

1:00 PM Afternoon sessions begin (20 min session with Q & A)

• • Heart of the Family: What is Genetic Testing and When is it Beneficial?
    • Hannah Bombei, MS, LGC and Taylor Warner, MS, LGC
  • Energy Drinks and your Heart: Can you have Too Much “Energy”?
    • Ian Law, MD
  • Safety Nets & Shock Plans
    • Mark Olson, PA-C
  • Latest and Greatest in Devices
    • Benjamin Hale, MD, MS, CEPS-P, CCDS
  • Research & Registry Opportunities
    • Genevie Echols

    3:30 PM Informal meet-ups by community/condition

    • LQTS
    • Brugada
    • ARVC
    • HCM
    • CPVT

    4:00 PM Adjournment

Hotel Information

Hyatt Regency Coralville Hotel & Conference Center
300 East 9th Street, Coralville, Iowa, United States, 52241
Rate: $119/night
Friday, Oct 27 and Sat, Oct 28 nights
Discounted rate use code University of Iowa Pediatric Conference

Our Sponsors

These generous supporters have made these seminars possible…On behalf of the SADS Foundation, thank you!