The Fetal Heart Society (FHS) is pleased to share information about select partner meetings that align with our mission to advance fetal cardiovascular care through education, collaboration, and clinical excellence. While these meetings are organized independently of FHS, they offer high-quality educational opportunities relevant to our multidisciplinary community.
5th Toronto Advanced Fetal Cardiology Symposium
Date: October 2-3, 2026
Location: The Hospital for Sick Children’s Patient Support Centre
175 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, ON, Canada
This 2-day hybrid conference (in-person and virtual) will provide a comprehensive overview of fetal cardiovascular medicine. The program will cover the latest advances in fetal cardiac imaging, diagnosis, and management, including:
- Techniques to optimize fetal heart assessment
- Diagnosis of common and rare congenital heart diseases and tumors
- Segmental approach lectures with live scanning and interactive sessions
- Fetal cardiac intervention and arrhythmias
- The fetal brain–heart–placenta axis and evolving role of fetal MRI
- Multidisciplinary panel discussions on complex congenital heart disease
Target Audience: Physicians, sonographers, nurses, midwives, and healthcare professionals in pediatric cardiology, fetal echocardiography, obstetric ultrasound, radiology, obstetrics, and neonatology.
AEPC Fetal Cardiology Teaching Course 2026
Date: October 15-16, 2026
Location: Aachen, Germany
This comprehensive course covers both foundational and advanced topics in fetal cardiology, including the diagnosis of congenital heart defects, intrauterine treatment options, parent counselling, and perinatal management. It is intended for paediatric cardiology trainees, clinicians pursuing specialization in fetal cardiology, and maternal–fetal medicine specialists and gynaecologists with a strong interest in fetal medicine.
The scientific program will also highlight recent developments in fetal cardiac MRI and the expanding role of artificial intelligence in fetal echocardiography.
Never Too Early to Start: Early Fetal Echocardiography Symposium
Date: November 21-22, 2026
Location: Fairmont Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada
Hosted by: The University of Alberta | Department of Pediatrics
This symposium will take place on November 21-22, 2026 at the exquisite Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, nestled in one of most beautiful locations in the Canadian Rockies. The course consists of 1.5 days of lectures and demonstrations of early fetal echocardiography. The sessions are led by the team from The Stollery Fetal and Neonatal Cardiology Program in Edmonton, a program well known for leading the field in early fetal echocardiography (both in clinical and research realms). Guest lecturers will include international experts in the field of early fetal echocardiography (Dr Anita Moon-Grady, UCSF), maternal-fetal medicine (Dr Tim Van Mieghem, University of Toronto) as well as in fetal clinical genetics and maternal-fetal-medicine (Dr Teresa Sparks, UCSF). The content will cover how to perform an early fetal echo, examples of cases, live demonstrations, and information on first trimester screening with tips on how to set up an early fetal echo program. We will focus on performance and accuracy of early fetal echocardiography as well as early fetal cardiac and anatomical screening and genetic screening and testing.