One Person Can Make a Difference.

This episode of the Pediatric Moonshot podcast features Annamarie Saarinen , who shares her journey from a personal family challenge to becoming a global advocate for newborn health. Inspired by her daughter’s battle with a critical congenital heart defects, Saarinen founded the Newborn Foundation and launched pioneering initiatives like the newborn heart screening pilot and the BORN Project. Today she’s focused leading Bloom Standard, a company delivering autonomous, hands-free ultrasound focused on earlier detection of Congenital Heart Disease in babies and children. Listen to how she is is making strides towards reducing preventable newborn mortality and improving pediatric healthcare globally.

The little girl in the front was screened using Bloom’s device. It flagged a hole that required urgent closure which occurred the next day — successfully!