“Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.”
-Nelson Mandela
Podcasts
Sandra Sanchez Fahrlender, Founder of Hole in the Heart
Dr. Melissa Mason, Journey Pediatrics & NM Pediatric Society, and Sandra Sanchez Fahrlender, Founder of the nonprofit Hole in the Heart, discuss different ways that holes in the heart can present. Learn more about earlier diagnosis and how to support your patients with CHD.
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/melissaemason/episodes/2022-02-09T14_58_58-08_00
Dr. Bill Stein, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Dr. Melissa Mason, Journey Pediatrics & NM Pediatric Society, and Dr. Bill Stein, a Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon, sit down to talk shop about those sometimes sneaky congenital heart defects. Learn more about how to diagnose CHD and those outstanding subspecialists and surgeons to whom you will refer your patients.
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/melissaemason/episodes/2022-02-09T13_23_24-08_00
Sandra Sanchez Fahrlender, Founder of Hole in the Heart
Heart2Hearts is an international podcast program focused on sharing stories of congenital heart defect (CHD) warriors. This episode features Sandra Sanchez Fahrlender, Founder of Hole in the Heart. Sandra joins me to talk about her son who was diagnosed with a CHD in his teenage years and her goal to help others gain knowledge of early detection of CHDs with her nonprofit.
“Large percentage of our patients, by the time they get to surgery, the ones who tend to have ASDs (atrial septal defect) or VSDs (ventricular septal detect), who can make it through infancy without being picked up, a very large number will have a diagnosis of asthma and recurrent respiratory infections.”
Dr. Bill Stein, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Articles
Solving a Medical Mystery: Repairing This Common Birth Defect Transformed a Boy’s Life – GE HealthCare Insights Article
Screening is key to learning more about congenital heart defects – Albuquerque Journal
Hole In The Heart 