Collaboration
We work with governments, health ministries, healthcare professionals and humanitarian organizations to provide total cardiac care to children in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC, as defined by the World Bank).
The children we serve have limited access to quality care and their families lack the financial resources to seek care elsewhere. This collaboration will enable local healthcare authorities to build pediatric cardiac care services in-country and in time eliminate the need to send these children abroad for surgery.
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
Publications and Academic Activity
To support world-class care worldwide, Global Cardiac Alliance has published peer-reviewed research papers, participated in pediatric cardiology conferences worldwide, provided authored content to the media and more. Download the PDF below for a detailed list.
OUR VALUES
At The Heart Of All Our Work
Collaboration
We work with governments, health ministries, healthcare professionals and humanitarian organizations to provide total cardiac care to children in low- and middle-Income countries (LMIC, as defined by the World Bank).
The children we serve have limited access to quality care and their families lack the financial resources to seek care elsewhere. This collaboration will enable local healthcare authorities to build pediatric cardiac care services in-country and in time eliminate the need to send these children abroad for surgery.
Innovation
We facilitate practical and affordable solutions to a variety of clinical, technical and patient problems, which are unique to the sites we work in.
First-world approaches are often unaffordable or inappropriate to the needs of our partner sites. Surgical, Interventional Catheter and ICU techniques are tailored and modified to address the needs of the population we serve. Many of the children we see are much older than would typically be seen in developed countries and consequently the medical and surgical options for these children are very different. Many of these innovations emerge from professionals at our partner sites themselves, and we encourage presentation and publication of such in conferences and journals.
Education
We educate local healthcare professionals and work with their educational institutions to improve the standard of training, leading to better care for children with heart disease.
Our open and flexible education model is delivered in many ways. We work with each site individually to find the best template for education and development of clinical judgment. We provide clinical bedside teaching, didactic lectures and ad hoc teaching sessions on site. We also encourage access to web resources and international academic journals. We are currently building a virtual learning environment using “Moodle” ™.
Sustainability
Our shared goal with our partners in LMICs is to develop full independence over time to operate on and care for the children with a homegrown team of experts.
We monitor the quality and effect of our assistance, and tailor our team’s size and skill set accordingly. We commit to maintaining ongoing professional relationships with those hospitals and personnel with a focus on academic work, conference attendance and occasional short visits. We have seen a significant numbers of volunteers and core staff enthusiastically emerge from previously assisted sites.
OUR VALUES
At The Heart Of All Our Work
Collaboration
We work with governments, health ministries, healthcare professionals and humanitarian organizations to provide total cardiac care to children in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC, as defined by the World Bank).
The children we serve have limited access to quality care and their families lack the financial resources to seek care elsewhere. This collaboration will enable local healthcare authorities to build pediatric cardiac care services in-country and in time eliminate the need to send these children abroad for surgery.
Innovation
We facilitate practical and affordable solutions to a variety of clinical, technical and patient problems, which are unique to the sites we work in.
First-world approaches are often unaffordable or inappropriate to the needs of our partner sites. Surgical, Interventional Catheter and ICU techniques are tailored and modified to address the needs of the population we serve. Many of the children we see are much older than would typically be seen in developed countries and consequently the medical and surgical options for these children are very different. Many of these innovations emerge from professionals at our partner sites themselves, and we encourage presentation and publication of such in conferences and journals.
Education
We educate local healthcare professionals and work with their educational institutions to improve the standard of training, leading to better care for children with heart disease.
Our open and flexible education model is delivered in many ways. We work with each site individually to find the best template for education and development of clinical judgment. We provide clinical bedside teaching, didactic lectures and ad hoc teaching sessions on site. We also encourage access to web resources and international academic journals. We are currently building a virtual learning environment using “Moodle” ™.
Sustainability
Our shared goal with our partners in LMICs is to develop full independence over time to operate on and care for the children with a homegrown team of experts.
We monitor the quality and effect of our assistance, and tailor our team’s size and skill set accordingly. We commit to maintaining ongoing professional relationships with those hospitals and personnel with a focus on academic work, conference attendance and occasional short visits. We have seen a significant number of volunteers and core staff enthusiastically emerge from previously assisted sites.
Innovation
We facilitate practical and affordable solutions to a variety of clinical, technical and patient problems, which are unique to the sites we work in.
First-world approaches are often unaffordable or inappropriate to the needs of our partner sites. Surgical, Interventional Catheter and ICU techniques are tailored and modified to address the needs of the population we serve. Many of the children we see are much older than would typically be seen in developed countries and consequently the medical and surgical options for these children are very different. Many of these innovations emerge from professionals at our partner sites themselves, and we encourage presentation and publication of such in conferences and journals.
OUR VALUES
At The Heart of All Our Work
We work with governments, health ministries, healthcare professionals and humanitarian organizations to provide total cardiac care to children in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC, as defined by the World Bank).
The children we serve have limited access to quality care and their families lack the financial resources to seek care elsewhere. This collaboration will enable local healthcare authorities to build pediatric cardiac care services in-country and in time eliminate the need to send these children abroad for surgery.
We facilitate practical and affordable solutions to a variety of clinical, technical and patient problems, which are unique to the sites we work in.
First-world approaches are often unaffordable or inappropriate to the needs of our partner sites. Surgical, Interventional Catheter and ICU techniques are tailored and modified to address the needs of the population we serve. Many of the children we see are much older than would typically be seen in developed countries and consequently the medical and surgical options for these children are very different. Many of these innovations emerge from professionals at our partner sites themselves, and we encourage presentation and publication of such in conferences and journals.
We educate local healthcare professionals and work with their educational institutions to improve the standard of training, leading to better care for children with heart disease.
Our open and flexible education model is delivered in many ways. We work with each site individually to find the best template for education and development of clinical judgment. We provide clinical bedside teaching, didactic lectures and ad hoc teaching sessions on site. We also encourage access to web resources and international academic journals. We are currently building a virtual learning environment using “Moodle” ™.
Our shared goal with our partners in LMICs is to develop full independence over time to operate on and care for the children with a homegrown team of experts.
We monitor the quality and effect of our assistance, and tailor our team’s size and skill set accordingly. We commit to maintaining ongoing professional relationships with those hospitals and personnel with a focus on academic work, conference attendance and occasional short visits. We have seen a significant number of volunteers and core staff enthusiastically emerge from previously assisted sites.
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