Ebstein's Anomaly Symposium

Da Silva Center for Ebstein’s Anomaly Symposium

Since 2021, the Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh has hosted the annual Da Silva Center for Ebstein’s Anomaly Symposium. Each year, attendees from nearly every continent on the globe come together to learn from our leading specialists, including José Pedro da Silva, MD, pioneer of the Cone procedure, and Luciana da Fonseca da Silva, MD.

UPMC Children’s will host the Sixth Annual Da Silva Center for Ebstein’s Anomaly Symposium in 2026. Stay tuned for the official date and registration information.

Throughout the 2025 conference, our team of experts presented comprehensive lectures on Ebstein’s anomaly, the utilization of advanced diagnostic imaging, the Cone repair after Starnes procedure surgical technique, and our program’s approach to patient care for both children and adults.

Watch the full 2025 symposium below:

Session I: Morphology & Anomaly Review

Moderator: Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD

Morphology

Professor Bob Anderson, MD

Session II: Starnes to Cone Repair

Moderator: Tarek Alsaied, MD

Fetal Echocardiogram in Ebstein's Anomaly: Critical Signs and Delivering Planning

Jacqueline Weinberg, MD

AATS Expert Consensus on Management of Neonatal Ebstein's

Professor Igor Konstantinov, MD

Imaging after Starnes Procedure Preparing for the Cone

Tarek Alsaied, MD

Contribution of the Heart Catheterization in the Decision Making after Starnes

Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD

Case Presentation and Discussion

Carley Bright, DO

Staged Treatment of Ebstein's Anomaly – Our Cone after Starnes Results

Ashraf Faaz, MD

Patient Video

Session III: Case Discussion and Surgical Technique Session

Moderator: Tarek Alsaied, MD

Cone After Starnes

Luciana Da Fonseca Da Silva, MD

Cone After Fontan

José Pedro Da Silva, MD

Case Discussion

Patient Video

Session IV: Children and Adults: Our Ebstein's Anomaly Program Approach

Moderator: Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD

Our Program at UPMC: National and International Patient Management

Katie Scollon, PA-C & Erin Colvin, CRNP

Anesthesia for Ebstein's Anomaly Patients in the Intervention Lab, MRI, and OR

Khoa Nguyen, MD

Adult Patients Management

Arvind Hoskoppal, MD

Our Global Results with the Da Silva Cone Repair

Luciana Da Fonseca Da Silva, MD

Closing Remarks and Patient Video

About Ebstein’s Anomaly

Ebstein’s anomaly is a rare congenital heart defect. Few institutions have experience regarding a significant number of patients. The clinical presentation of Ebstein’s anomaly is variable, as well the timing for surgical intervention. Many patients still postpone the surgical repair of Ebstein’s anomaly due to the fear of having a tricuspid valve replaced by a prosthesis instead of repaired.

Introduced in 1993 by Dr. Jose Pedro Da Silva, founding director of the Da Silva Center for Ebstein’s Anomaly at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, the cone procedure became the standard surgical repair for this disease. The cone technique is applicable for almost all situations, however, only a few surgeons are familiar with this operation, considering the variability of anatomical presentation of this congenital heart disease.