Bridging Exercise Science and Clinical Practice: Emerging Importance in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology

Wilmington, DE US
October 24, 2025

Welcome to the Bridging Exercise Science and Clinical Practice: Emerging Importance in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology Event Website


This one day, hybrid symposia explores the latest in exercise physiology and cardiology. Key topics include overcoming challenges in interpreting pediatric CPET, applying stress imaging to guide treatment, and developing safe, effective exercise recommendations. Attendees will gain practical tools to support heart health while avoiding unnecessary activity restrictions. This event is ideal for clinicians, researchers, and allied health professionals dedicated to pediatric cardiovascular care. Registration opens June 1st!

Why is this important?

Exercise has emerged as an important new diagnostic and therapeutic modality in managing children with heart disease. However, there is a gap between the study of exercise science and the use of exercise in clinical practice, particularly in pediatric and congenital cardiology. In this symposium, we will address the existing challenges and discuss promising new applications of exercise in clinical practice.

Exercise provides us with essential values in both diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is a standard diagnostic test used in assessing the nature of exercise-induced physiological impacts (including symptoms), quantifying the cardiopulmonary reserve capacity, and risk-stratifying the effects of exercise in daily life. Although exercise is a very important application in unmasking latent cardiovascular abnormalities, standard strategies have not been established in pediatric cardiology.    

Expected Learner Change:

After the symposium, learners will be able to actively incorporate exercise as an important diagnostic and therapeutic strategy when managing children and adolescents with heart diseases.

Outcome evidence:

  1. Utilize CPET and stress imaging studies to better understand underlying cardiovascular physiology and to identify subclinical stages of cardiac pathology
  2. Encourage safe exercise programs as a treatment in patients with heart disease for improved daily functionality, health resilience, and quality of life.
Registration Rates
Student, Resident, Fellow $50
All Other Attendees$150

Target Audience

Physicians, exercise physiologists, nursing, physician assistants, athletic trainers

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity participants will be able to:

  • Explain existing challenges in interpreting pediatric cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and demonstrate how to best interpret the data.
  • Discuss the clinical application of stress imaging studies for decision-making for optimum management of children and adolescents with heart disease.
  • provide safe and beneficial exercise recommendations for children and adolescents with heart disease and avoid unnecessary exercise restrictions.

Contact Information: If you have any questions regarding this course please contact the Course Coordinator, Allie Goetaski at [email protected]. 

Featured Speakers:

David White, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Missouri Kansas City, School of Medicine
Exercise Physiologist, Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Ward Family Heart Center

Lecture Title: “Cardiovascular Clinical Exercise Physiology: It's Time to Look Beyond Stress Testing”

Lecture Summary: In clinical environments, exercise physiologists are often only associated with exercise stress testing. Although exercise stress testing is a component within the field of exercise physiology, the scope of the field is much broader. Exercise physiology includes the study of both basic and applied sciences that describes the body’s response to both acute and chronic exposure to physical exertion that leads to physiological adaptation. The exercise physiology field spans from clinical and frail populations and obesity to highly trained professional athletes. This presentation will discuss the great and unseen potential for translating exercise physiology concepts, such as advanced physical activity and exercise intervention approaches from the obesity space, physical function and fitness assessment methodology from the athletic performance space, and the vast application of wearable technology from the physical activity epidemiology space into pediatric clinical exercise medicine.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 5.00 MOC ABS – Surgery
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
  • 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    In support of improving patient care, Nemours Children’s Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

    Nemours Children’s Health designates this activity for a maximum of 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 5.00 Continuing Education
    This activity is designated for 5.00 continuing education credits.
Course opens: 
06/01/2025
Course expires: 
12/31/2025
Event starts: 
10/24/2025 - 8:00am EDT
Event ends: 
10/24/2025 - 4:00pm EDT
Cost:
$150.00
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Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
1600 Rockland Road
Wilmington, DE 19803
United States

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Travel

Hotel Recommendations

Homewood Suites
350 Rocky Run Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19803
302-479-2000

Marriott Courtyard Brandywine
320 Rocky Run Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19803
302-477-9500

Doubletree Hotel
4727 Concord Pike
Wilmington, DE 19803
302-478-6000

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Moderator(s)

Takeshi Tsuda, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Planner(s)

Bahram Kakavand, MD, FACC, FHRS, CEPS-P

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Bradley Robinson, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Shubhika Srivastava, MD

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Takeshi Tsuda, MD

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Speaker(s)

Mark Cartoski, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Barbara Cifra, MD, Associate Professor of Paediatrics University of Toronto

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Aaron Eckhauser, MD MS

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Naomi Gauthier

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Bahram Kakavand, MD, FACC, FHRS, CEPS-P

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Riya Kulkarni, DO

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Bradley Robinson, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Shubhika Srivastava, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Matthew Theoharakis, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Takeshi Tsuda, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

David White, PhD, FACSM

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
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In support of improving patient care, Nemours Children’s Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians

Nemours Children’s Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.00 AMA PRA Category1 Credit(s)TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other Professions

A certificate of participation will be provided to other health care professionals requesting credits. Please check with your accreditation board to make sure they accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. 

Below are the credit types available to you per your professional designation.

Available Credit

  • 5.00 MOC ABS – Surgery
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
  • 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    In support of improving patient care, Nemours Children’s Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

    Nemours Children’s Health designates this activity for a maximum of 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 5.00 Continuing Education
    This activity is designated for 5.00 continuing education credits.

Price

Cost:
$150.00
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Registration Rates
Student, Resident, Fellow $50
All Other Attendees$150

Cancellation Policy

Please notify Allie Goetaski by September 26, 2025. Refunds will not be processed after this date. Nemours Children's is not responsible for any cancellation or change fees assessed by hotels, airlines or travel agencies. 

For more information, contact Allie Goetaski at [email protected].

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