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The 12th GHFM

Scientific Programme .

THURSDAY APRIL 12, 2018

07:30 - 17:30 Registration
09:00 - 09:30 Opening Ceremony

12th Global Forum on Humanitarian Medicine in Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (GF) and the 3rd Euro-Asian Symposium of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (EA)

Welcome address Professor Afksendiyos KALANGOS
Director Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
MITERA Hospital, Athens, Greece
President GFHM
In Memory of  
Christos LOLAS Doctor Sotirios PRAPAS, MD, FECTS
Director Cardiac Surgery Henry Dunant
Hospital, Athens, Greece
President of Hellenic Society of Cardio-
Vascular & Thoracic Surgeons

 

09:30 – 12:00 Session 1 (GF + EA)
  Chair: Novick W. USA and Kalangos A., Greece
09:30 – 10:00 The Evolving Role of Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement in the Management of Patients with Congenital Heart Disease Involving the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract.
McElhinney, Doff, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA
10:00 – 10:30 The Global Burden of Pediatric Heart Disease
Zheleva Bistra, Minneapolis, Children’s HeartLink, MN, USA
10:30 – 11:00 International Surgical Missions: Do They Make a Difference?
Anderson, David R. Evelina Children’s Hospital, London, UK
11:00 – 11:30 Impact of 25 Years of Humanitarian Assistance.
Novick William, M., The William Novick Global Alliance, Memphis,TN, USA
11:30 – 12:00 The International Quality Improvement Collaborative for Congenital Heart Disease Improving Care in Low- and Middle Income Countries
Jenkins, Kathy, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
12:00 – 13:30 Luncheon – non-organized
13:30 – 17:30 Session 2 (GF)
  Chair: Jenkins K, USA and Christenson J.T., Switzerland
13:30 – 14:00 Financing Congenital Heart Disease Services in the UK NHS
Thomson, John, Leeds, UK
14:00 – 14:30 Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society (PCICS) Statement: Caring for Children with Critical Cardiac Disease Across the Globe.
Malloy F. Co-chair PCICS
14:30 – 15:00 Training Pediatric Professionals in Low-and Middle Income Countries: Challenges and Potential Solutions
Kumar, R. Krishna, Amrita Institute of Medical Science, AIMS, Kochi, India
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:00 The Impact of Humanitarian Missions in Serbia
Jovanovic, Ida, Chief Pediatric Cardiologist, Belgrade, Serbia
16:00 – 16:30 The Burden of Congenital Heart Disease in China: How to Deal with That?
Petropoulos, Andreas, Merezi Klinika, Baku, Azerbaijan
16:30 – 17:00 Nutritional Status and Challenges in International Pediatric Cardiac Assistance
Malloy Frank, Novick Cardiac Alliance, Memphis, TN, USA
  Free papers
17:00 – 17:15 O1 Rahman S., IQIC steering committee, Boston, MA, USA
Congenital Heart Disease Survival in Low and Middle Income Countries: Linking Investment and Outcomes
17:15 – 17:30 O2 Tefera E., Nega B.,Yadeta, Chanie Y. Pediatrics & Child Health, University of Botswana, Faculty of Medicine, Gaborone, Botswana and School of Medicine Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
Humanitarian Cardiology and cardiac surgery in sub-Saharan Africa: Can we reshape the model.
  Invited Guest speakers dinner (by invitation only)
  Evening free activities

FRIDAY APRIL 13, 2018

07:30 – 17:30 Registration
07:30 – 17:30 Session 3 (EA)
  Chair: McElhinney D., USA and Tzifa A., Greece
08:30 – 09:00 Surgical Management of ALCAPA in Newborns and Long Term Results
Lange, Rüdiger, German Heart Center, Munich Germany
09:00 – 09:30 Aortic Valve Repair in Congenital Heart Disease
Kalangos Afksendiyos, Mitera Hospital, Athens, Greece
09:30 – 10:00 Surgical Management of Complex TGA
Baird Christopher, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:00 Single Stage Unifocalization and Repair for Tetralogy of Fallot with Pulmonary Atresia and MAPCAs: the Standford Approach and Experience.
McELHINNEY Doff, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alta, CA, USA
11:00 – 11:30 Modified Ross-Kono Operation for Congenital Aortic Stenosis
Photiades J. Berlin Heart Center, Berlin, Germany
11:30 – 12:00 Current ECLS; Is Sustained Survival of More Than 50% Reachable ?
Chrysostomou, Constantinos, Nemours Children’s Hospital, Orlando, FL, USA
12:00- - 13:00 Luncheon - non-organized
13:00 – 14:30 Panel Discussion, Humanitarian Journal
Kalangos Afksendiyos, Athens, Greece D. Anderson - K. Jenkins – I. Jovanovic - J. Photiades – J. Thomson – D. Mc Elhinney – C. Baird – W. Novick - G. Butera – A.Tzifa – N. Shatelen – A. Petropoulos and J.T. Christenson
14:30 – 17:45 Session 4 (GF)
  Chair: Novick W., USA , Kumar R.K., India
14:30 – 15:00 Cutting Costs without Cutting Corners: Catheter Interventions in Low Resources Environments.
Kumar, R. Krishna, Amrita Institute of Medical Science, AIMS, Kochi, India
  Free papers
15:00 – 15:15 O3 Babar H., Ladak L., Pearson D., Jenkins K., et al. Aga Khan University Hospital , Karachi, Pakistan, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia and Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Adult Congenital Cardiac Life-Long Needs Evaluation in a Low-Middle Income Country, Pakistan: Perspective From Patients and Healthcare Professionals – ACCESS Study
15:15 – 15:30 O4 Ali F., Mehdi M.Q.,Akhtar S., Aslam N. Abbas R., Shah I., Goodman A., Bergersen L., Babar H. Aga Kahn University, Karachi, Pakistan and Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Impact of the Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Project on Outcomes – Quality Improvement (C3PO-QI) in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs): A Single Center Experience in Pakistan
15:30 - 15:45 O5 Ladak L.A., Babar H. Gullick J., Awais K., Abdullah A.,Gallagher R. University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia and Aga Kahn University, Karachi, Pakistan
Health Related OfLife in Post-Operative Congenital Heart Disease Adults: a Mixed Methods Study from a Low-Middle Income Country Pakistan
15:45 – 16:00 O6 Bina N. La Chaine de l’espoir, Paris, France
First Cardiac Surgery Experiences in Afghanistan
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 16:45 07 Sharau G.G., Majani N., Kubhoja S., Mhewa O.Mlawi V.Mongella S. Jakwete Cardiac Institute, Dar eL Salaam, Tanzania
Sustainable Paediatric Cardiac Services In a Developing Country: Wishful Thinking or Reality in the Making?
16:45 - 17:00 O8 Sreemanthi S., Hearts for Hearts, Chennai, India
Sustainable project for Underprivileged Children with cardiac Disease in India
17:00 – 17:15 O9 Zhakipbayev D. Dept. of Pavlodar Regional Cardiological Center, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
Five Years Experience of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
17:15 – 17:30 O10 Bhag G., Bipin H., Mohanty S., Rao S. Children’s Heart Center, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai, India
Thriving Neonatal Surgical Unit: Has Children’s Heart Centre, Mumbai, solved the Problem
17:30 – 17:45 O11 Javed L., Mansoor R., Amanullah M. Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
Outcomes of Fontan Surgery in Developing Country
  Evening free activities

 

SATURDAY APRIL 14, 2018

07:30 – 17:30 Registration
08:30 – 12:00 Session 5 (EA/ GF)
  Chair: Anderson D.R., UK and Christenson J.T., Switzerland
08:30 – 09:00 Transcatheter Closure of Complex Arterial Ducts
Butera Gianfranco, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy
09:00 – 09:30 Pros and Cons of Transcatheter ASD Closure
Thomson John, Leeds Hospital, Leeds, UK
09:30 – 10:00 Transcatheter Cardiac Interventions During Humanitarian Missions: Benefits and Obstacles
Butera, Gianfranco, Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30 Pediatric (CHD) Catheter Database and QI including IMPACT and C3PO
Bergersen, Lisa, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA
11:00 – 12:30 IQIC’s Catheterization Registry
Jenkins Kathy, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA
12:30 – 13:00 Increasing Access to Quality Pediatric Cardiac Care in LMIC’s, a Macro Impact Approach
Zheleva, Bistra, Children’s HeartLink, Minneapolis, MN, USA
12:30 - 13:00 Past, Present and the Future of Congenital Heart Surgery
Anderson David, Evelina Children’s Hospital, London, UK
13:00 – 14:00 Luncheon – non-organized
14:00 – 16:00 Session 6 (GF)
  Chair : Jovanovic I., Serbia and Thomson J, UK
14:00 – 14:30 The Future Role of the Global Heart Network: Long-Term Tactical Plan
Petropoulos, Myrtho, Global Heart Network, Baku, Azerbaijan
14:30 – 14:45 Ethics of Operating on Complex Cases at the End of a Trip
Novick, William M., The William Novick Global Alliance, Memphis, TN, USA
14:45 – 15:00 Update on Quality Measurements
Jenkins, Kathy, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA
  Free papers
15:00 – 15:15 O12 Verstappen A., Ross S., De Stoutz N., Zheleva B. Global Heart Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, USA
The Global Heart Alliance for Rheumatic and Congenital Hearts: Improving Outcomes through Empowering Patients and Family Organizations
15:15 – 15:30 O13 Johnson T.D., Draper A., Dos Santos J., Davis K., Francis J.R. Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Australia
Community Consultations, engagement and Implementation of the First Large Scale Rheumatic Heart Disease Screening Program in Timor-Leste
15:30 – 15:45 O14 Aziz S. Hashmi S., Amanullah M. Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
Endocardial Cushion Defects in Down Syndrome and Non-Down Syndrome: Outcomes from a Teaching University Hospital
15:45 – 16:30 Poster discussions
P1 – P11
  Evening free activities

SUNDAY APRIL 15, 2018

08:30 – 09:30 Registration
09:00 – 11:00 Session 7 (EA+GF)
  Chair: Petroploulos A., Azerbaijan and Tzifa A. , Greece
09:00 – 09:15 Fetal Detection of Univentricuar Physiology Hearts: Councelling and Outcomes
Vlahos A. University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
09:15 – 09:30 The Impact of Epigenetics in CHD
Bonou Pipina, Mitera Hospital, Athens, Greece
09:30 – 09:45 Adult Congenital Heart Disease Networks in Greece
Giannakoulas G., University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
09:45 – 10:15 Pregnancy Dilemmas in Women with Congenital Heart Disease
Jovanovic Ida, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
10:15 – 10:30 Coronary Artery Disease in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
Mitropoulos F., Mitera Hospital, Athens, Greece
10:30 – 11:00 Recent Changes in Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery in Greece
Tzifa Aphrodite, Mitera Hospital, Athens, Greece
11:00 – 11:30 Conclusion and Closure

12th Global Forum on Humanitarian Medicine in Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (GF) and the 3rd Euro-Asian Symposium of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery

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