Organizing Committee


 SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE
 
 
Professor Maurice BEGHETTI, Geneva, Switzerland
 
Professor Alain CARPENTIER, Paris France
 
Doctor K.M. CHERIAN, Chennai, India
 
Professor Kathy JENKINS, Boston, MA, USA
 
Mrs. Annabel LAVIELLE, San Francisco, CA, USA
 
Professor William M. NOVICK, Memphis, TN, USA
 
Doctor Carlos ROYOS, Lausanne, Switzerland
 
 
 
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chairman

Prof. Afksendiyos KALANGOS, MD, PhD, FECTS, DSc (Hon.)
President and Founder Global Forum on Humanitarian Medicine
in cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Chairman, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Geneva, Switzerland
 
Vice-Chairman
Prof. William M. NOVICK, MS, MD

Paul Nemir endowed Professor
Surgery and International Health Child Health
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
Founder of William Novick Global Cardiac Alliance, Memphis,TN, USA
 
Permanent Secretary General
Dr. Jan T. CHRISTENSON, MA, MD, PhD, FETCS

Secretary General and Founder Global Forum on Humanitarian Medicine
in cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
​Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Geneva, Switzerland​


Members
Dr K.M. CHERIAN, MS, FRACS, DSc (Hon.),
Chairman & CEO, Frontier Lifeline & Cherian Heart Foundation, Chennai, India
 
Professor Kathy JENKINS
Cardiology, Harvard Medical School, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
 
Ms. Annabel LAVIELLE
President, Global Heart Network Foundation, San Francisco, CA, USA
 
Dr. Mustafa CIKIRICIOGLU, MD, PhD
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Geneva, Switzerland
 
Mrs Bistra ZHELEVA
Vice President of International Programs | Children's HeartLink | U.S.A. |
 
 
 
Secretariat:  Registration and hotel reservations
Mr. Gerhard J. SCHNEIDER
GJS Communications Sarl
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SWITZERLAND
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