Programs

  • Cardiac Surgery Mission and Training

    TWO MISSIONS - FIFTH MISSION TO JKCI (THE JAKAYA KIKWETE CARDIAC INSTITUTE), DAR ES SALAAM. EIGHT HOURS OF LECTURES IN CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF CARDIAC SURGERY AND ICU CARE. NINE ADULT OPEN-HEART SURGERIES, MOST BEING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT PROCEDURES. OUTREACH-CARDIOLOGY & ECHOCARDIOLOGY SCREENING CLINICS. ORPHANAGE ASSISTANCE-SEVERAL BUILDING PROJECTS, NEW WATER TANK AND TOWER REFURBISHMENT. KITCHEN RESTORATION & APPLIANCES. REWIRE DORMITORY FOR FAN INSTALLATION. FALL MISSION-A TEAM OF 9 HEALTHCARE SPECIALISTS FROM 5 COUNTRIES JOINED IN THIS SPECIALIZED AORTIC SURGERY FOR ADULTS. INSTEAD OF SENDING AORTIC CASES OUT TO INDIA, THIS MISSION FOCUSED ON THOSE CASES TO TRAIN IN THE IDIOSYNCRASIES AND COMPLEXITY OF THE CASES. DAY 1 WAS A FORMAL CONFERENCE ON REVIEWING EACH PATIENT INCLUDING THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND OPERATIVE PLANS. NINE CASES WERE DONE DURING THE WEEK INCLUDING POSTOPERATIVE STANDARDS OF CARE EXEMPLIFIED IN THE ICU.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $56K

  • Adult Heart Surgery Mission in Zambia

    NATIONAL HEART HOSPITAL IN LUSAKA, ZAMBIA AFRICA. THIS FIRST MISSION TO ZAMBIA WAS FOCUSED ON ADULT HEART SURGERY. THIS MISSION WAS COMPLICATED BY A LACK OF DISPOSABLE SUPPLIES. BEING A FIRST MISSION, WE HAD TO TEST THE SYSTEM SLOWLY TO ENSURE SAFE PROGRESS. TWO CASES WERE DONE, ONE WITH THE USE OF AN INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP (IABP) POSTOPERATIVELY. A FIRST FOR CARDIOSTART INTERNATIONALLY. INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY PERFORMED 3 CATH. LAB PROCEDURES WITH THE LOCAL TEAM WITH DONATED MATERIALS. THREE DAYS OF CLASSES FOR ADVANCED CARDIAC AND BASIC LIFE SUPPORT CLASSES WERE HELD. OUTREACH AT THE KASISI CHILDREN'S HOME ORPHANAGE OF 285 CHILDREN SUPPLIED THE CLINIC WITH BANDAGES, DRESSING SUPPLIES AND MEDICINES.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $54.7K

  • Complex Cardiac Interventions and Education

    ABUJA FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER. THE FOCUS OF THIS MISSION WERE 4 COMPLEX/HIGH RISK CARDIAC INTERVENTIONS. THE TEAM CONTINUED MULTIDISCIPLINARY SKILL TRANSFER AND EDUCATION. THESE CASES NOT ONLY CHALLENGED THE LOCAL TEAMS' SKILLS BUT ALSO DEEPENED THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND STRENGTHENED THEIR EXPERTISE IN MANAGING COMPLEX CARDIAC CASES. (LASUTH-LAGO'S STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL) THE RETURN TO LASUTH ADDED PEDIATRIC CASES TO THEIR SKILLS. THREE CHILDREN AND TWO YOUNG ADULTS RECEIVED HEART SURGERY WHILE ONGOING SKILL TRANSFER AND ASSISTANCE FOR THE LOCAL TEAM. THIS HOST TEAM HAS THRIVED UNDER SUPPORT OF CARDIOSTART AND EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES (GRANT SUPPORT). THEY HAVE EXPANDED TO ASSIST OTHER AFRICAN PROGRAMS THROUGH EDUCATION AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $42.2K