Published on September 27, 2022 The largest children’s hospital in the United States and a global leader in pediatric cardiology and heart surgery, Texas Children’s Hospital, joins our esteemed list of medical volunteer teams! Using its charity experience mentoring heart centers worldwide, Texas Children’s will work with Children’s HeartLink on improving cardiac care in Brazil. … Continued
Published August 17, 2022 Note: While this page will tell you all about Shaun White’s attendance at our Global Gathering, you can read more about his heart condition here. Children’s HeartLink announces Shaun White, 3-time Olympic Gold Medalist and congenital heart disease survivor, as the 2022 Global Gathering special guest. The Global Gathering event on … Continued
Published on August 2, 2022 Our partners from the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) in India prove that working in a country with limited resources is not a barrier to using new technologies to treat children with heart disease. Dr. Kappanayil Mahesh and his team reproduce the heart of patients with the help of … Continued
Published June 2, 2022 “When I sit back and analyze where I am right now, I can’t believe I learned that much. I learned that it’s very possible, even with limited resources, to improve and build a pediatric cardiac care program,” says Dr. Othin Moses from Uganda upon reflecting on his first year of his Children’s … Continued
Published May 27, 2022 One-third of the Children’s HeartLink medical volunteers are nurses and nurse educators. 40% of the clinicians we train are nurses. In 2022, 17 volunteer nursing experts united their efforts to implement a virtual Nurse Residency Program (NRP) to train nurses in India and Malaysia. This program became an online version of … Continued
The story of Harikrishnan “Hari” AM, a young man from India, shows the impact of donations from individuals like you. Supported by Children’s HeartLink’s work, he is now giving back to others with a similar medical condition. “My heart defect didn’t allow me to enjoy a full childhood. After heart surgery, I feel different not … Continued
Published May 6, 2022 (Updated June 16, 2022) Every year, we celebrate National Nurses Week (May 6-12) to honor nurses and recognize their impact on patient care. This Nurses Week, we’re featuring the Children’s HeartLink Nurse Residency Program (NRP) aimed at empowering cardiac nurses in developing countries and enhancing their skills. In 2022, Children’s HeartLink … Continued
AND SUPPORT PEDIATRIC HEART CARE GLOBALLY Children’s HeartLink is working to improve access to pediatric heart care in underserved parts of the world, and you can help! Children with heart defects continue to suffer because they do not have access to the heart care they need to survive and thrive. We train thousands of health … Continued
Published April 26, 2022 Children’s HeartLink has brought together pediatric cardiac leaders from low- and middle-income countries to share their knowledge with each other and other professionals in underserved communities. The Children’s HeartLink Center of Excellence Collaborative includes four Children’s HeartLink Centers of Excellence in Brazil, China, India and Malaysia. These hospitals have achieved high … Continued
