Pedro del Nido, MD

During the procedure, Pedro J. del Nido, MD, chairman of the Department of Cardiac Surgery and William E. Ladd Professor of Child Surgery at Harvard Medical School, and Emile A. Bacha, MD, cardiac surgeon and associate professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, will walk viewers through the live operation and also discuss compound operations, such as the:

Emile Bacha, MD

This is second of two Webcasts featured as part of this year's "Frontiers in Diagnosis & Management of Congenital Heart Disease," taking place at Children's Hospital Boston. The first Webcast, on Thursday, Oct. 4, at 9 a.m. ET, will highlight a rare interventional catheterization by Children's cardiovascular specialists.

The Conference will focus on review of catheter-based and surgical treatment options for congenital heart disease, as well as current developments in intensive care management and cardiac surgery research. For more information on "Frontiers," visit www.childrenshospital.org/cvpfrontiers2007.

For information about the Webcast or to sign up for a reminder, visit http://www.or-live.com/childrenshospitalboston/2037. All viewers, including those attending "Frontiers," are invited to email questions to be answered by the clinical team during the live, 60-minute Webcast. For those unable to view the Webcasts live, an archived version will be available within 24 hours of the original broadcast.

Children's Hospital Boston is home to the world's largest research enterprise based at a pediatric medical center, where its discoveries have benefited both children and adults since 1869. More than 500 scientists, including eight members of the National Academy of Sciences, 11 members of the Institute of Medicine and 10 members of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute comprise Children's research community. Founded as a 20-bed hospital for children, Children's Hospital Boston today is a 377-bed comprehensive center for pediatric and adolescent health care grounded in the values of excellence in patient care and sensitivity to the complex needs and diversity of children and families. Children's also is the primary pediatric teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School. For more information about the hospital and its research visit: www.childrenshospital.org/newsroom.