Just another day of giving back in the DR! Some fantastic photos from our current Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgery Mission at Clinica Corozonas Unidos Hospital in Santo Domingo~ #cardiostartinternational #EdwardsLifesciences

Another awesome match in the books! 😍😍😍🥂 WomenInThoracicSurg Society of Black Academic Surgeons ABCTS #ilooklikeasurgeon #FaceofCTSurgery

Another beautiful photo of our volunteers doing incredible work on the current Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgery Mission at Clinica Corozonas Unidos Hospital in Santo Domingo, DR~ @cardiostartinternational @EdwardsLifesciences @heartcaredominicana

Wow–great to see this! An important and much-needed collaboration to help advance cardiovascular #HealthEquity and access to #GlobalCardiacSurgery 👏 Thank you for your leadership, Harlan Krumholz & richard horton!

#CantStopWontStop😎🔥 MISSION UPDATE! Dominican Republic: Successfully completed; Zambia: NEXT WEEK; Ghana: FOLLOWING WEEK; @edwardslifesciences @CardioStart International

Recent strategic planning meeting for the Thoracic Surgery Foudation in Chicago. Since 1988, TSF has raised over $30m providing more than 750 grants for education, outreach, and patient care. This is only the tip of the iceberg. More to come… The Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF)

We ended the week with a wet lab. Our University of Ghana Medical Centre LTD (UGMC) colleagues from 🇬🇭 have had a great week South Tees Hospitals. Huge thank you to EdwardsFoundation who have supported this amazing opportunity. CardioStart Emily Farkas, MD Arrhythmia Alliance Hearts of Ghana 🇬🇭

Last night we graduated Michelle C. Salazar, MD MHS and I counted 10 current Yale general surgery residents planning to go into thoracic surgery!! I am really proud of this huge number and think it’s the best reflection of our 🫁 program Yale Thoracic Surgery Yale Surgery Yale Surgical Residency TSRA

Listen to the fascinating backstory of IUSM Division of CT Surgery faculty DuyKhanh Pham Ceppa evacuated from Vietnam by the US Embassy, her focus on achievement in Montreal from a young age, and a refined strategy of Marie Kondo ing her professional life to only accept roles that ‘spark joy.’ Host

Contemporary refresh! 🫀🙌🏼🫁

Coming to the end of week 2. The University of Ghana Medical Centre LTD (UGMC) team are heading over to the Liverpool Aortic Symposium to share their experiences of management of acute aortic syndromes with SCTS UK colleagues South Tees Hospitals BISMICS gavin murphy make sure to say hello🙂

Strong work 🫀💪🏼 Edwards Lifesciences The Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF) Arrhythmia Alliance CardioStart

Congrats to 2024 IUSM Division of CT Surgery graduates and incoming trainees! 🥂🥂🥂

This weekend, long-time CardioStart volunteer Kelly Ann Rose, NP will be doing Heart Rhythm Interpretation classes for doctors & nurses in Haiti via #starlink ⭐️ 🔗 🌹..so what are YOUR weekend plans!? #cardiostartinternational

Great job @Dr.BaffourGyan & Gordon Offei-Larbi for highlighting the great work University of Ghana Medical Centre LTD (UGMC) ! 🫀💪🏼 Arrhythmia Alliance CardioStart Edwards Lifesciences

The University of Ghana Medical Centre LTD (UGMC) cardiac surgery team doing their stuff South Tees Hospitals 🤛🏾🤛🏾

This. Is. Awesome. Well-done, friends! 🇬🇭💪🏼 Edwards Lifesciences Arrhythmia Alliance CardioStart #GlobalCTSurgery 🌍

Last day today for the University of Ghana Medical Centre LTD (UGMC) crew. It’s been an amazing 3 wks South Tees Hospitals. Huge thanks to ArrythmiaAlliance Thoracic Surgeon - Joel Dunning CardioStart Emily Farkas, MD and everyone who made this possible #transformative

Excited to share our latest publication on pre-operative medication management for non-emergent adult cardiac surgery! 🫀 Amanda Rea Rawn Salenger Cheryl Rakesh C. Arora Vicki Morton-Bailey Daniel Engelman KWL SubhasisChatterjeeMD Shannon Crotwell Busra Cangut, MD, MS

Starting TODAY - the Emory University Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery will have its first PROFESSOR of Surgery who is a woman! It’s time! #SomeWomanHasToBeFirst