Regularly scheduled conferences provide both a firm foundation in clinical cardiology and the basic science of pediatric cardiology. The basic conference schedule includes:

Inpatient Management Conference
Weekly review of patients in the hospital, as well as patients scheduled for surgery during the coming week.

Echo/ECG/EP Conference
Weekly forum for the review and analysis of selected electrocardiograms, echocardiograms, fetal echocardiograms and EP studies. There is an ECG of the week for review prior to the meeting.

Fellows Conference
Twice monthly meeting focusing on presentations by the fellows, stressing the scientific basis of pediatric cardiology. The fellows with supervision of the faculty develop these presentations. This conference forms the basis for the core curriculum at this level of training.

Weekly Journal Club
Weekly conference dedicated to the broad review of the previous month's articles in all relevant journals. This conference provides a forum for the addition of key references to the core reading list.

Monthly Journal Club
Monthly meeting where selected articles from relevant journals are discussed in detail. This conference includes cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiologists from outside University Hospitals, and other subspecialists within University Hospitals when indicated by the chosen topic.

Research Conference
Monthly conference focusing on the research activities within the division of pediatric cardiology. All fellows and faculty present these sessions during the course of the year. Doctoral candidates working under the auspices of pediatric cardiology also present their work during these forums.

Morbidity and Mortality Conference
Monthly morbidity and mortality conference which includes review of all autopsy specimens.

Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathology
This 5 day teaching program is held on a yearly basis for the second year medical students at Case Western Reserve University. The trainees participate in the teaching and have, over the course of their training, the opportunity to review over 200 heart specimens in our collection.

In addition to regularly scheduled conferences, the Division of Pediatric Cardiology sponsors at least one visiting professor per year. The Liebman Visiting Professorship, a program now in its 20th year, sponsors a prominent practitioner for two days of lectures, presentations and rounds in an intimate setting which encourages a high level of interaction between the Visiting Professor and fellows. Visiting Professors through this program have included pediatric cardiologists with varied specialized areas of expertise, pediatric pathologists, and pediatric cardiothoracic surgeons.

Fellows, and residents and medical students rotating through the division, are also expected to attend Pediatric Grand rounds as well as relevant conferences presented by other pediatric subspecialties and other departments within the hospital.

Fellows attend and present at pediatric cardiology meetings on the local, state and national levels. They are encouraged to attend special seminars at Heart House, the educational institution of the American Congress of Cardiology. If they define a special area of interest that is best addressed by a period of training at another institution, the availability of an off-site elective is offered.