Scientific Programme
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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