Resources for Professionals

Scanning Planes Poster

An 18”x24” poster to place in Ultrasound and Radiology clinics, featuring side-by-side scanning plane ultrasound images, with helpful tips for CHD detection.

Sonographer Pamphlet

A pamphlet (8.5”x11”) describing five fetal cardiac scanning planes and detailing their importance in finding
Congenital Heart Defects (CHDs).

Parent Pamphlet

A pamphlet (8.5”x11”) for General Practitioners and OB-GYNs to help educate expecting parents about the importance of the 20-week anatomy scan for finding CHDs.

These FREE physical resources are available for professional use.
FREE shipping available within Canada.

Our Volunteer Educators

  • Dr. Luke Eckersley

    Dr. Luke Eckersley (Edmonton)

    Co-Founder, Director of Analytics

    Dr. Eckersley is the Director of Pediatric Cardiology Inpatient Services at the Stollery and Co-Chair of the Connect Care Pediatric Cardiology Subcommittee. Dr. Eckersley’s career has included international appointments in Cardiology at institutions in Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

    Dr. Eckersley has participated in invitational fetal cardiology teachings at St. Pauls, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2018), and the Advanced Fetal Cardiac Symposium for bedside fetal cardiology teaching and research collaborative in Sao Paulo, Brazil (2020).

  • Dr. Deborah Fruitman

    Dr. Deborah Fruitman (Calgary)

    Volunteer Educator

    Dr. Deborah Fruitman is a Pediatric and Fetal Cardiologist, and Interim Divisional Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. She is also a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine.

    She has received numerous awards for her teaching efforts and has served as the Co-Program Director for the University’s Post Graduate Medical Education Program. In addition to her clinical and educational interests, her research interests include fetal cardiology and early detection of congenital heart disease.

  • Dr. Lisa Hornberger

    Dr. Lisa Hornberger (Edmonton)

    Co-Founder, Director of Education

    Dr. Lisa Hornberger is a Cardiologist and the Divisional Director of Cardiology at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton. She was the founder and primary Director of the University of Alberta’s Fetal & Neonatal Cardiology Program (2008-2020) and is the current Section Head of the Stollery Pediatric Echocardiography Program.

    As a researcher, Dr. Hornberger’s focus is on prenatal diagnosis, natural evolution, management, and outcome of structural, functional, and rhythm-related cardiovascular disorders detected in utero.

  • Dr. Angela McBrien

    Dr. Angela McBrien (Edmonton)

    Volunteer Educator

    Dr. Angela McBrien is the current Director of the Stollery Fetal and Neonatal Cardiology Program, and previously worked as a Consultant Fetal and Pediatric Cardiologist and Clinical Lead for Fetal Cardiology at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, England.

    Dr. McBrien also works as an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, where she helps students prepare for future careers in medicine. She is involved with numerous national and international professional associations, including the Canadian Pediatric Cardiology Association, the Canadian Cardiovascular Society and the Fetal Heart Society.

  • Allison Rose

    Allison Rose: CRGS, CRCS, BA (Edmonton)

    Secretary

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2024 Updated
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3D PrintHeart!

Many thanks to The Hospital for Sick Children for donating silicone heart models of dTGA for our educational outreach initiatives.

To learn about 3D PrintHeart’s educational courses and to purchase your own models, please visit their website. Link below.

CHD Toolkit Resources

Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the most common birth defects and require lifelong cardiology care. Despite this need, many individuals with CHDs often fall out of care, and about 61% do not see a cardiology specialist after age 18 years old.

The following resources are intended to support physicians (pediatricians, obstetrician-gynecologists, internal medicine, emergency medicine and family medicine physicians), and help improve the continuity of care between primary care and specialty cardiac care physicians. These resources will help physicians identify opportunities to help ensure that people with CHDs get the specialized care they need to stay healthy across the lifespan.

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Resources created by the American Academy of Pediatrics