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Third Joint Meeting of the Congenital Heart Surgeons Society and the European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association
The Third Joint Meeting of the CHSS and the ECHSA was held on September 13-15 in Chicago, Illinois. It follows two previous joint meetings. The first one took place in Montreal in 2004, hosted by Dr. Tchervenkov. The second one was in Warsaw and was hosted by Dr. Maruszewski. The bar was left very high by both of these meetings.
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17th International Congress of the Peruvian Society of Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
We live in an era of virtual communication, which unquestionably facilitate the development and learning of science. Nevertheless, we cannot replace the critical value of direct human contact between generations, schools, groups and individuals, especially in a science like medicine, which attempts to comprehensively assess human health.
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Joint Spring Meeting 2012
Joint Meeting of the Sociedad Latina de Cardiología y Cirurgía Cardiovascular Pediátrica and the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
Topics:
Symposium on Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connections and Other Pulmonary Vein Anomalies
Summit on Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery in Latin America: Current Status and Future Directions
March 19, 20, 2012 — Lima, Peru
Sheraton Hotel, Lima, Peru
Honorary Founding Members
- Robert H. Anderson
UK - Eugene H. Blackstone
USA - Aldo R. Castaneda
Guatemala - Denton A. Cooley
USA - George R. Daicoff
USA - Gordon K. Danielson
USA - Marc R. DeLeval
UK - Wen X. Ding
China - Anthony R. Dobell
Canada - Francis M. Fontan
France - Yasunaru Kawashima
Japan - Guielermo Kreutzer
Argentina - Yves Lecompte
France - Christopher R. Lincoln
UK - Roger B. B. Mee
Australia - William I. Norwood Jr.
USA - Lucio Parenzan
Italy - Claude Planchè
France - Donald N. Ross
UK - Jaroslav F. Stark
UK - George A. Trusler
Canada - Andreas E. Urban
Germany - Richard Van Praagh
USA - John A. Waldhausen
USA - Bill Williams
Canada - Magdi Yacoub
UK
Research Committee
As part of the mission of the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, a Research Committee has been created with the goals of encouraging, developing and overseeing clinical research in pediatric and congenital heart surgery across the world. There will be an emphasis on regional and long-term outcomes involving lesions or pathologies in different geographical areas. In addition, the Research Committee will work to define the resources available for these types of outcomes research in all regions of the world.
Chairs
James D St.Louis MD
Kansas City, USA
George Sarris MD
Athens Greece
Fundraising Committee
The Fundraising Committee of the World Society shall be responsible for planning fundraising activities in order to support the work of the World Society to achieve its goals and fulfill its mission. The Fundraising Committee shall be composed of one to three members per continent in addition to the President, First Vice-President, Second Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary and Executive Director. The Chair of the Fundraising Committee shall be designated by the President and approved by the Governing Council.
Co-Chair
Christo I. Tchervenkov, Montreal, Canada
Co-Chair
Giovanni Stellin, Padova, Italy
Publications Committee
The Publications Committee of the World Society shall oversee the development and maintenance of a website for the World Society, shall also oversee the establishment of a scientific journal, shall find a publisher for the journal, and shall oversee the business relationships between the World Society and a publisher. The Publications Committee shall have advisory oversight for all official publications of the World Society and shall make recommendation to the Editor and the Governing Council. The Publications Committee shall be composed of one or two members per continent in addition to the President, First Vice-President and Secretary of the World Society. The President shall designate a Chair to the Publications Committee, to be approved by the Governing Council. The Publications Committee shall seek and recommend an Editor of the scientific journal of the World Society when such a journal becomes established. The Editor shall then selected by a vote of the Governing Council.
Chair
Richard A. Jonas, Washington, D.C., USA
Database Committee Working Group
The Database Committee of the World Society is to work towards the creation of a Global Database for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. This goal shall be achieved in cooperation with existing continental databases and other societies. The Database Committee shall be composed by one to three members per continent in addition to the President, First Vice-President and Secretary of the World Society. The Chair of the Database Committee shall be designated by the President and approved by the Governing Council.
Chair
James K. Kirklin Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Secretary
James St. Louis Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Jorge L. Cervantes-Salazar Mexico City, Mexico
Sertac M. Cicek Istanbul, Turkey Craig
Collum Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Frank Edwin Accra, Ghana
Kirsten Finucane Auckland, New Zealand
Jose Fragata Lisbon, Portugal
Rodney Franklin Middlesex, United Kingdom
Krishna S. Iyer New Delhi, India
Jeffrey P. Jacobs St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Marshall L. Jacobs Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Hani Najm Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Kisaburo Sakamoto Shizuoka, Japan
Nestor F. Sandoval Bogota, Colombia
Christo I. Tchervenkov Montreal, Canada
Henry L. Walters Detroit, Michigan, USA