STS in San Diego – January 30 – February 1, 2011

Booth Number 408

The WSPCHS will be exhibiting at the STS conference in January and will be promoting the January 2011 issue of the World Journal on Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. Come by booth 408 to say hello and pick a complimentary copy of the journal – Volume 2, Number 1 will be hot off the presses.

Also take the opportunity to update your membership, meet our managment and ask any questions.Looking forward to seeing there!

For more information on the STS annual meeting, please visit their website at http://www.sts.org/education-meetings/sts-annual-meeting 

Invitation Message

Dear colleagues and friends,

We invite you to attend a truly special meeting which will honor one of the most remarkable surgeons of the last 50 years, Aldo R. Castañeda, on his 80th Birthday. This Special Joint Meeting, a great collaboration between the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery and multiple societies from around the world, will take place in Antigua, Guatemala on July 15-17, 2010.

Hotel Casa Santo Domingo
July 15-17, 2010
Antigua, Guatemala

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Fifth World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery June 22-25, 2009, Cairns, Australia

The World Society Meeting will be during the 5th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery. There will be a comprehensive Postgraduate Course on Common Atrioventricular Junction. There will also be several scientific sessions with oral presentations as well as posters. Some of these sessions will be jointly chaired by the World Society as well as the World Congress. A Joint World Society/World Congress Surgical Program Committee will review the abstract submissions in January 2009 and notifications of acceptance will be sent out in early February 2009.

Final Programme 2009

The Objectives of World Summit are:

To present to the attendees:

1. The history and development of the study, research, investigation(diagnostics) and treatment for pediatric and congenital heart disease
   1. The current status of the study, research, investigation(diagnostics), treatment and optimal care for pediatric and congenital heart disease
   2. The optimal training, education and maintenance of competence of health care professionals dealing with pediatric and congenital heart disease
   3. The optimal processes for quality of care assessment for pediatric and congenital heart disease
   4. The current status of the care for pediatric and congenital heart disease across the entire world with emphasis on under-serviced areas in each continent
   5. The current status of training, education and maintenance of competence across the world with emphasis on regional differences
   6. The current status of humanitarian projects and surgical missionsTo elaborate a global plan for the improvement of care for pediatric and congenital heart disease across the world
   7. To define the requirements for the setting up a pediatric and congenital heart program/centerTo explore different models for international collaboration
2. To elaborate a global plan for the improvement of care for pediatric and congenital heart disease across the world
3. To define the requirements for the setting up a pediatric and congenital heart program/center 
4. To explore different models for international collaboration
5. To elaborate a global plan for the training, education and maintenance of competence of health care professionals for health care professionals dealing with pediatric and congenital heart disease
6. To identify the necessary partners in the global coalition for improvement of care for pediatric and congenital heart disease
7. To define the optimal role of humanitarian projects and surgical missions
8. To define the role of the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery and the proposed World Federation for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease in the improvement of care for children and adults with congenital heart disease across the world.

Target Audience

Cardiothoracic surgeons, pediatric cardiologists, adult congenital cardiologists, cardiac intensivists, cardiac anesthetists, cardiac nurses, perfusionists, administrators, government officials, parents and family members, patients, industry representatives, humanitarian organizations, international organizations and all those interested in the improvement of care for children and adults with congenital heart disease.