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The Program

Co-Chairs

Jorge Cervantes, Mexico City, Mexico
Ericka Perez Albrecht, La Paz, Bolivia
Nestor Sandoval, Bogota, Colombia

Welcome Remarks

Moderate and High Altitude: Definitions, Physiology and Adaptation

Lorna Grindlay Moore
Denver, USA

Neonatal Cardiorespiratory Transition at High Altitude

Colleen Julian
Denver, USA

Gestational Hypoxia and Prenatal Origins of Pulmonary Hypertension

Dino A. Giussani
Cambridge, UK

Prevalence, Distribution, Characteristics and Natural History of Congenital Heart Disease at High Altitude

Alexandra Heath
La Paz, Bolivia

Diagnostic and Interventional Catheterization at High Altitude

Juan Pablo Sandoval
Mexico City, Mexico

Cardiac Surgery at High Altitude

Nestor Sandoval
Bogota, Colombia

Cardiac Surgery in Patients from High Altitude: A Perspective from India

A. Sampath Kumar
New Delhi, India

Challenges for the Univentricular Pathway at High Altitude

Jorge Cervantes
Mexico City, Mexico

Pre and Postoperative Management in the Pediatric ICU at High Altitude

Eduardo da Cruz
Boston, USA

The Speakers

A Sampath Kumar
New Delhi, India

Jorge Cervantes
Mexico City, Mexico

CME Credits

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Alabama School of Medicine (UASOM) and the World University for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. The UASOM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.The University of Alabama School of Medicine designates this Regularly Scheduled Series for a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

UAB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institute.