Over 1,000 Hearts Healed in Iraq
In December 2017, we celebrated performing our 1,000th pediatric heart surgery in Iraq.
News
The World Loses Another Giant in Pediatric Heart Surgery
When receiving the news that Dr. Francis Fontan passed away earlier this week, Dr. Novick’s initial response was “Another giant in pediatric heart surgery passed from our midst.” Dr. Fontan is the individual who pioneered the development of the “Fontan” operation. The Fontan operation made it possible for those children born with one ventricle to …
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Perspective From a Perfusion Student
Brooke Tracy, a perfusion student from the US, recently joined our team on a trip to Kharkiv, Ukraine. She describes her experience as a student on her first medical mission trip. “There are no words to describe how amazing and influential my first mission trip with the Novick Cardiac Alliance was, but I can say …
From West Africa to Lebanon – In Search of a Fix for a Broken Heart
There are thousands of children with undiagnosed heart defects waiting for someone to find them to save their lives. On our inaugural trip to Lebanon, Cardiac Alliance met a child who traveled from West Africa to southern Lebanon in search of a definite diagnosis and hopefully life-saving surgery. How was is that four-year-old Emmanuel, or …
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Artur from Ukraine: Fighting for His Life
Artur is was born a fighter. Artur was born on the 1st of September in Luhansk, the easternmost city of Ukraine. Luhansk has been under the control of the separatist rebel group since 2014, and is known as “Luhansk People’s Republic.” This city was nearly destroyed by the war in 2014 and many public services are …
Perfusion Without Borders Scholarship Winner
Each year, the American Society of Extracorporeal Technology offers a scholarship to one Perfusion student to travel on a medical mission trip with an organization of their choice. This year’s winner is perfusion student Kim Morris and she will be traveling with Novick Cardiac Alliance to Ukraine early next year. Kim moved across the United …
Novick Cardiac Alliance Featured on ShareAmerica
Cardiac Alliance has been featured on ShareAmerica, a platform produced by the US Department of State. Our story has been shared to all the US Embassies worldwide. This particular story can be translated into seven different languages. Read the article on ShareAmerica to learn more about our life-saving work in war-torn areas.
Witnessing Sustainability in Libya
Two brothers, Four heart defects. In 2012, we met Abdul, a Libyan boy who was born with four heart defects, called Tetralogy of Fallot. Dr Kathleen Fenton operated on Abdul alongside Libyan pediatric cardiac surgeon Dr Wejdan Abou Amer. Because his heart defects were diagnosed late, Abdul was very sick following his surgery and remained …
Volunteer Story – Natalie Constantin
By Natalie Constantin, PICU Nurse Volunteer, Melbourne Australia Volunteering had been on my mind for about a year before I heard about Novick Cardiac Alliance. Friends of mine were planning on going on a trip to Tehran with NCA, and I picked their brains about what they were expecting and what NCA’s priorities were. On …
Cardiac Alliance’s Collaboration In War-Torn Benghazi Brings Sustainable Healthcare To Children
Reuters journalist Ayman al-Warfalli recently interviewed our team in Libya, where there are “more than 300 kids waiting for open heart surgery, maybe 400.” Cardiac Alliance strives to maintain our collaboration with the hospital in Benghazi to care for these children in need. Read the Reuters article to learn about the desperate need for sustainable healthcare in …