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The 13th GHFM

Scientific Programme .

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

 

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2021
  10:30 - 11:00  

Opening Ceremony - Welcome address
Professor Afksendiyos KALANGOS
President GFHM, Kalangos Foundation and Hearts for All Hellas, Greece

  11:00 - 13:30  

Session 1
Chair: Kalangos A., Greece

  11:00 - 11:30  

RAGINI, Pandey, India
An overview on activities regarding free of charge humanitarian cardiac surgeries

  11:30 - 12:00  

ZHELEVA, Bistra, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Global burden of Congenital heart disease - an update

  12:00 - 12:30  

KUMAR, Krishna, Kochi, India
Threats to sustainability of paediatric heart care in LMICs: What are they and how can they be mitigated?

  12:30 - 13:00  

NOVICK, William, Memphis, TN, USA
Ethical considerations in cardiac surgery initiatives in LMIC

  13:00 - 13:30  

JENKINS, Kathy Boston, MA, USA
Improving care for congenital heart disease.

13:30 - 14:30

 

Session 2
Chair: jenkins K., USA and Lange R Germany

13:30 - 14:00

 

THANOPOULOS, Vassilis, Athens, Greece
Current status of pulmonary valve implantation after congenital heart surgery

14:00 - 14:30

 

PHOTIADIS Joachim, Berlin, Germany
Fast tracking infant heart surgery - what is possible today

14:30 - 15:00  

Session 3
Journal of Humanitarian Cardiovascular Medicine JHCVM
Chair: Kalangos, A. Greece

14:30 - 15:00  

TURINA, Marco, Zürich, Switzerland
Gap regarding accepted scientific articles between high and low income countries

 

 

 

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 12, 2021
  10:30 - 13:00  

Session 4
Chair: Novick W. Memphis .TN, USA and RAGINI P., India

  10:30 - 11:00  

LANGE, Ruediger, Munich, Germany
The surgical management of neonatal Ebstein’s disease

  11:00 - 11:30  

JOVANOVIC, Ida, Belgrade, Serbia
Screening program of congenital heart defects in Serbia

  11:30 - 12:00  

KUMAR, Krishna, Kochi, India
Practical guidelines on decision making for CHD with pulmonary hypertension

  12:00 - 12:30  

MROCZEK, Tomasz, Krakow, Poland
Norwood operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome

  12:30 - 13:00  

KALANGOS, Afksendiyos, Athens, Greece
The use of transcatheter valves for mitral and tricuspid valve replacement in children

13:00 - 13:30

 

Break

13:30 - 18:00

  Session 5
Chair: Kumar R.K., India and Photiadis J., Berlin, Germany

13:30 - 14:00

 

ZHELEVA, Bistra, Minneapolis, TN, USA
Sustaining our training efforts through advocacy for policy changes

14:00 - 14:30

 

NOVICK William, Memphis, TN, USA
Medical diplomacy; The humanitarian side of positive statecraft

14:30 - 15:00

 

PHOTIADIS, Joachim, Berlin, Germany
Humanitarian cardiac surgery activities promoting paediatric heart surgery in low income countries

15:00 - 15:30  

DROZDOVSKI, Konstantin, Minsk, Belarus
Experience of paediatric cardiac surgery in Belarus

15:30 - 16:00  

DRAKOPOULOU, Maria, Athens, Greece
Special considerations in ACHD

16:00 - 16:30  

KOSMIDIS, Diamantis, Thessaloniki, Greece
CUCH activities in Greece. How we started to create a sustainable program

16:30 - 17:00  

LANGE, Ruediger, Munich, Germany
Ross surgery in children: the Munich experience with long term results

17:00 - 17:30  

TEDY, Georges, Beirut, Lebanon
Paediatric heart surgery activities in Lebanon

17:30 - 18:00  

MBAROUK M, Abdulmajid, Tanzania
The current situation in the treatment of congenital heart defects in Tanzania and neighbouring countries. Project to set up a sustainable program of paediatric heart surgery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2021
  09:30 - 11:30  

Session 6
Chair: STOICA S., UK and TEDY G, Lebanon

  09:30 - 10:00  

PETROPOULOS, Andrea, London, UK
Organisation and functioning of a neonatal and paediatric intensive care unit

  10:00 - 10:30   STOICA, Serban, Bristol, UK
Generating new knowledge via research - Can humanitarian surgery play a part ?
  10:30 - 11:00  

SHATELEN, Nataliya, Kiev, Ukraine
The rheumatic fever and rheumatic mitral valve repair

  11:00 - 11:30  

TEDY, Georges, Beirut, Lebanon
Cardiac Surgery in Lebanon - A country in multiple crisis

11:30 - 13:00

 

Abstracts' Session and Closure
Chair: Kalangos A., Greece, Shatelen, N., Greece
 

OP1    CARDIAC CARE IN BELIZE: BUILDING A LOCAL, SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM FROM “SQUARE ONE”
Eric R. Skipper, Theresa R. Johnson, Francis Robicsek
Atrium Health, Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
OP2   RURAL CARDIAC SCREEING: LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY FROM A PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC NETWORK
Theresa R. Johnson, Eric R. Skipper, Francis Robicsek
Atrium Health and Heineman Medical Outreach, Inc., International Medical Outreach, Charlotte, NC, USA
OP3   CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE IN HONDURAS, A PUBLIC-PRIVATE-INTERINSTITUTIONAL INITIATIVE TO DEVELOP CARE IN A LOW-INCOME ECONOMY COUNTRY
Victor A. Paz Flores
Hospital Maria Especialidades Pediatricas, Francisco Morazan, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
OP4   CEA SMALL COUNTRY PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
William Novick
The William Novick Global Cardiac Alliance
OP5   AN INTEGRAL HEALTHCARE MODEL TO REDUCE DISPARITIES ON HEALTH ACCESS TO TREAT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASES
Ronderos M., Cabrera S., Herrera C., et all
Cardioinfantil Foundation (Fundación Cardioinfantil - Instituto de Cardiología), Pediatric Cardiology and Social Responsibility, Bogota, Colombia
OP6   PREVALENCE OF CRITICAL CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE DURING HUMANITARIAN MISSIONS - PROGRAM SCREENING BY SENTINEL CASES
Marcelo Cardarelli, MPH, Frank Molloy, William Novick
Inova Children Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, The William Novick Global Cardiac Alliance
OP7   POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS IN A PEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGERY PROGRAM WITH LIMITED SYSTEMIC RESOURCES
Polivenok I.V.1,2, Pyetkov O.V.3, Cardarelli M.2, Novick W.2
1. Zaitcev V.T. Institute of General and Urgent Surgery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2. William Novick Global Cardiac Alliance, Memphis, TN, USA
3. Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Kharkiv, Ukraine
OP8   MORBI-MORTALITY IN PAEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGERY IN COMPARISON WITH INTERNATIONAL DATABASE RESULTS. HOW FAR DO WE HAVE TO CLIMB?
Francis Emperador1, Luis Zerpa2, Alanoud Alzahahrani3, Turki Almohammadi4, Yara Mickael5, Raghad Essam4, Bassim Alsaywial2 Marcelo Cardarelli6, Sean Bennett2, Douglas Angulo6.
1. Great Ormond Street Hospital, Paediatric cardiac intensive care unit Department, London, United Kingdom
2. National Guard Health Affairs, Cardiac surgery and anesthesia Department, Jeddha, Saudi Arabia.
3. King Abdullah Medical Complex, Internal Medicine Department, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
4. Sina National College for Medical Studies
5. International Medical center, Obstetrics Department, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
6. Innova Children Hospital , Surgery Department, Fairfax Virginia, USA
7. Universidad Central de Venezuela, Statistics Department, Caracas, Venezuela
OP9   REVIEW OF A SUSTAINABLE PEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGERY PROGRAM BASED ON HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES AT GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE, GOA
Jagannath P Kolwalkar, Ravi Agarwal, Shirish Borkar, Manjunath Desai, M Sunil Chandra Vidyasagar, Vijay Madhan
Goa Medical College & Hospitals, Dept. of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Bambolim, Tiswadi, North, Goa, India
OP10   SHOULD MALNUTRITION PRECLUDE EARLY EXTUBATION AFTER COMPLETE AV CANAL REPAIR?
Marcelo Cardarelli, Frank Molloy, William Novick
Inova Children Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital, University of Tennessee
OP11   ULTRA FAST TRACK EXTUBATION CAN BE A VALID CHOICE IN MALNOURISHED, ANEMIC, HYPOPROTEINEMIC PEDIATRIC POPULATION UNDERGOING CARDIAC SURGERY - A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS
Muthu Vijayasankar, Gopal Karunanithi Jaikaran, Sreemathi Seshadrinathan
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Public Health Centre, Chennai, India
OP12   ROLE OF MALNOURISHMENT, ANAEMIA & HYPOPROTEINEMIA IN CHILDREN AS RISK FACTORS IN INTRACARDIAC REPAIR FOR TETRALOGY OF FALLOT
Gopal Karunanidhi Jaikaran, Muthu Vijayasankar, Sreemathi Seshadrinathan
Department of Cardio-Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Public Health Centre, Chennai, India
OP13   DO MALNOURISHMENT, ANAEMIA AND HYPO-PROTEINEMIA IMPACT MYOCARDIAL PROTECTION IN PAEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGERY? A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF 5653 SURGERIES
Sreemathi Seshadrinathan, Gopal Karunanithi Jaikaran, Muthu Vijayasankar
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Public Health Centre, Chennai, India

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