Adolescent & Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patient Education Series

The Adolescent & Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patient Education Series at Nationwide Children's Hospital focuses on issues that face adolescent and adults with congenital heart disease and provides valuable information from the country's leading experts.

Where: Nationwide Children's Hospital, Education Building, Room ED025B (lower level)
Time: 6:30 - 8 p.m.
Refreshments Provided
Please RSVP by calling (614) 722-5622 or e-mailing ACHD@NationwideChildrens.org

If you are interested in signing up for additional information including upcoming meetings, please e-mail us and we will be happy to contact you.

2012 Patient Education Series Schedule

Meetings will take place on Thursdays - save the date!

February 23, 2012
Topic: Pregnancy and Congenital Heart Disease
Speaker: Chris Learn, MD

April 26, 2012
Topic: Social Work Resources Available to the ACHD Patient
Speaker: Kelli White, LSW and Deb Fournier, LSW

June 28, 2012
Topic: Transposition of the Great Arteries
Speaker: Jenne Hickey, RN, CNP

August 23, 2012
Topic: Living with Congenital Heart Disease: Patient Stories
Speaker: Patient Panel

October 25, 2012
Topic: Ten Things You Should Know about Congenital Heart Disease
Speaker: Steve Crumb, RN, CNP

*Meeting topics and speakers are subject to change.

Past Presentations

• Acquired Heart Disease: Prevention and Treatment

• Coarctation of the Aorta

• Disease of the Aorta

• Emotional Health Concerns in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease

• Emotional Health of Adults with Chronic Cardiac Conditions (February 2011)

• Exercise and Your Heart: How to be Active Safely

• Exercise for a Healthy Heart

• Heart Healthy Living

• Life with a Single Ventricle

• Pregnancy & Adoption for the Congenital Heart Disease Patient

• Pregnancy and Heart Disease

• Preparing for Cardiac Care As An Adult: Moving Toward ACHD Management

• Staying Healthy through Dietary and Lifestyle Choices

• Tetralogy of Fallot: Past, Present, Future