2nd Congress Annoucement
The 12th Global Forum
2nd Congress Annoucement .
Call for abstracts
On-line abstract submission: deadline January 31, 2018, www.gfhm.ch
April 11-15, 2018, Athens, Greece
On-line registration and hotel booking is now open: www.gfhm.ch
The organizing committee welcomes you to this extraordinary joint congress on pediatric cardiology and
cardiac surgery to be held in the beautiful city of Athens, the Olympic city.
Don’t miss out the opportunity to listen to our outstanding guest lecturers (see below) and actively
participate by submitting abstracts within the framework of the meeting
Looking forward to meet you in Athens in April 2018
| Invited keynote speakers | Main topics for the joint meeting |
| Professor ANDERSON, David R. , London, UK | Humanitarian projects on pediatric heart disease in LMC countries |
| Professor BACHA, Emile, New York, NY, USA | Prevention-diagnosis-treatment of congenital heart disease |
| Professor BUTERA, Gianfranco, Milano, Italy. | Neonatal surgery and cardiology |
| Doctor CHRYSOSTOMOU, C. Orlando, FL, USA. | ICU management in newborn and infants |
| Professor DEL NIDO, Petro, Boston, MA, USA | Surgical emergencies |
| Professor FRIGIOLA, Alessandro, Milano, Italy | Impact of nutrition on treatment outcomes |
| Professor JENKINS, Kathy, Boston, MA, USA | GUCH |
| Professor JOVANOVIC, Ida, Serbia | North-south and south-south collaborations |
| Professor KALANGOS, Afksendiyos, Athens, Greece. | Partnership in local capacity building |
| Professor LANGE, Rüdiger, Munich, Germany | Quality improvement |
| Professor McELHINNEY, Doff, Palo Alto, CA, USA | The cardiac team focused on sustainable projects |
| Professor KUMAR, R. Krishna, AIMS, Kochi, India | Supporting care delivery in low and middle income countries |
| Professor NOVICK, William M. Memphis, TN, USA | |
| Professor PYA, Yuriy, Astana, Republic of Khazahkstan | |
| Professor QURESHI, Shakeel, London, UK | |
| Doctor TZIFA, Aphrodite, Athens, Greece | |
| Mrs ZHELEVA, Bistra, Minneapolis, MN, USA |
For participants whom need entry VISA to Greece please note it takes long time to acquire
Please see information on the website: www.gfhm.ch
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