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International Children's Heart Foundation
The ICHF responds to invitations from cardiac surgical programs in developing countries and sends teams to do cardiac surgery and postoperative care, and more importantly increase the skills and knowledge level of the local teams to continue to improve their own results and increase numbers. Intensivists, and PICU nurses are a vital part of these teams, and if you feel you can help us we would love to hear from you.September 21, 2008
Please could you forward and display to any of your Intensivist or Nurse Colleagues who you feel may be interested.Remaining trips planned in 2008 are:
SANTIAGO-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Last minute appeal: The international Children's heart foundation is in need of more PICU nurses for our trip to Santiago, Dominican Republic from October 26-November 8th 2008. The hospital is the Hospital De Ninos Dr. Arturo Gruillon - in Santiago Dominican Rebublic - The ICHF has been assisting this unit since January 2006, and we currently make 4 trips a year there . The surgeons on this trip are Dr's Tom Karl and Joanne Starr who will each do a week. The total trip duration is two weeks ad our preference is for volunteers who can do both weeks, althoug I will look at people who canot make the full two weeks, in case we are not able to recruit for the full period. Useful but not essential is any level of Spanish speaking ability, and prior visits to DR or any ICHF site - please specify is any of these apply to you. we thank you for your interest in the INternational Childrens Heart foundation
BEIJING-CHINA
Last Minute Appeal: The International Children's Heart Foundation is in need of another pediatric cardiac intensivist for our trip to Beijing Children's Hospital from October 19-November 1st 2008. The ICHF has been assisting Beijing Children's hospital for 4 years now and the unit now does over 400 cases a year independently. The surgeon on this trip will be DR Novick. The total trip duration is two weeks ad our preference is for volunteers who can do both weeks, althoug I will look at people who canot make the full two weeks, in case we are not able to recruit for the full period. You will be one of two intensivists. Useful but not essential is any level of Chinese speaking ability, and prior visits to DR or any ICHF site - please specify is any of these apply to you. we thank you for your interest in the International Childrens Heart foundation
The International Children's Heart Foundation (ICHF) is a non-profit 501(c)3 charitable organization based in Memphis, TN , USA. We respond to Invitations from developing cardiac centres to assist them in growing and improving their cardiac services for Children. Training takes place in the format of supervised experiential learning, commitment to several trips a year over 3-5 years, an emphasis on local empowerment and an ultimate goal of programme independence.
September 27-October 11; Minsk, Belarus
October 26-November 8; Santiago, Dominican Republic
December 7-20; Rawalpindi, Pakistan
The 2009 schedule is:
ICHF Trip Schedule 2009
January 3- 17; Rabat , Morocco
January - Dates To be arranged; Tegulcigalpa, Honduras (S)
February 1-13; Bogota, Colombia
February 7-21; Santiago, Dominican Republic (S)
February 28-March 14; Beijing, PR China
March 22-April 4; Rawalpindi, Pakistan
March 22-April 4; Tegulcigalpa, Honduras (S)
April 11-May 2 ; PR China - cities TBC *
May 9-23; Kharkov, Ukraine (S)
May 16-30 ; Minsk, Belarus
May 16-30 ; Santigo, Dominican Republic (S)
June 6-20 ; Rawalpindi, Pakistan
July 11-25 ; Rabat , Morocco
July 18-Aug 1 ; Tegulcigalpa, Honduras (S)
August 1-15 ; Kemerovo, Siberia
August 8-22 ; Santiago, Doiminican Republic (S)
August 15-Sept 5 ; Odessa / Kharkov, Ukraine (S) *
Sept 12-26 ; Beijing, PR China
Oct 3-17 ; Rawalpindi, Pakistan
October 3-17 ; Santiago, Doiminican Republic (S)
Oct 24-Nov 7 ; Kiev, Ukraine (S)
Nov 1 -14 ; Minsk, Belarus
November 1-14 ; Rabat, Morocco (S)
November 21-Dec 5 ; Kemerovo, Siberia (S)
December 5-19 ; Rawalpindi, Pakistan
2 trips to Tegulcigalpa, Honduras (S) will also be scheduled after July
* 3 week trips , likely to be planned either with two overlapping 2 week teams or two 10 day trips
(S) Designates Other Surgeon required apart from Dr Novick - for all or part of trip.
For more information, please contact:
Frank Molloy, RN, MSc
ICU Clinical Educator and Coordinator
International Children's Heart Foundation
1750 Madison #500
Memphis, TN 38104
USA
1 901 869 4243 (Tel)
1 901 432 4243 (Fax)
frankmolloy@babyheart.org
Rush/Cook County - Cairo Children's Collaboration
Bill Hayden at Rush/Cook County Children's in Chicago, has been involved in
the formation of an association between his ICU and the Pediatric ICU at the
Cairo Children's Hospital. The goals are to facilitate as much communication
as we can with their PICU and hospital as is possible.
In the first few months, they have focused on a number of things: monthly
mailings of copies of aritcles reviewed in journal club; sponsoring
memberships for the Egyptian attendings in the SCCM; visit by Rush faculty
to Cairo as visiting attending. Future plans include facilitating their
joining the PICUnet, continued SCCM sponsorship, sending textbooks and
articles regularly, visits to Cairo by physicians (attendings, fellows,
residents), and hosting visits by their medical staff (attendings, fellows,
residents).
Therefore, opportunities exist for US physicians to visit Cairo tax free, be
hosted by some great people, see very interesting medicine, learn the
problems of medical care in Egyptian perspective and have a lot of time to
see the wonderful sights. The only requirement is that the visitor should
have an open mind and be willing to round and conferences. I guarantee a
memorable experience.
Also, when their staff visits, Bill may be contacting some of the USA PICU
programs to arrange visits for them.
Interested parties may learn more by contacting Greg Stidham
(fishley@aol.com) or Bill Hayden directly (WHayden@rush.edu).
APF---The American Physicians Fellowship for Medicine in Israel-- maintains a registry of American physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals who have agreed to volunteer their services in Israel in case of a major medical emergency. Those who are called upon will be flown to Israel and housed at the expense of the State.The APF Emergency Medical Volunteers for Israel Registry is dedicated to providing coverage for Israeli medical personnel called into the reserves, thereby ensuring the continuity of health care to civilians during a major emergency. Of course, we hope that we never again will need to mobilize our volunteers for this purpose. But, we have nonetheless been requested to keep our database updated and ready for any contingency.
Details about this opportunity, as well as complete information about other programs of APF, are available at http://www.apfmed.org, by email to apf@apfmed.org, or the address and telephone numbers below.
Don Perlstein, Executive Director
2001 Beacon Street - Suite 211
Brookline, MA 02146
TEL 617-232-5382 FAX 617-739-2616
Greetings from Operation Smile!
Chief Medical Officer Needed!
posted to the PICU list June 22, 2000; reposted here with permissionOperation Smile, an international medical missionary group, has created a new position in their leadership team. They are seeking a physician with pediatric intensive care or anesthesia background, acumen in matters of quality assurance and improvement and exemplary communication skills for this new role of Chief Medical Officer. Interested parties should email CV's to JjohnstSJ@chkd.com or mail them to:
Santa J. Johnston, MD
Chair, Search Committee
Operation Smile
Division of Critical Care
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters
601 Children's Lane
Norfolk, VA 23507
We are looking for volunteers for an unprecedented event! We are in the planning stages of "Smiles of Hope", a project that will involve 18 countries and 31 sites visited during a 9 week period. At those sites, we will operate on more than 5,000 children. We will transfer 250,000 lbs. of medical supplies and the project will involve over 3,000 volunteers worldwide. We will be leaving telemedicine capability in every country with computer linkups to universities and educators in the United States and around the world. This "university without walls" will create educational programs leading mission countries toward self-sufficiency. At the same time, we will furnish each country with a full set of operating room equipment and instruments. This equipment will be left behind with the promise that each country will do the equivalent of one free case a day when we're gone.If you are interested in volunteering your medical skills and talent for this project and need more details contact: Matthew Bruce at mbruce@operationsmile.org and visit our website at www.operationsmile.org
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