Our Mission is to educate and assist local medical teams in providing heart surgery and cardiac services to adults and children in underserved regions of the world.
Our Vision is a world where access to cardiac care can be realized by everyone.
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Upcoming Missions
Adult Cardiac & Congenital Heart Surgery Mission
Santo Domingo, DR • March 29–April 5, 2020
The International Missions Committee representing CardioStart is pleased to announce the mission to Clinica Corazones Unidos Hospital in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This mission will focus on ADULT patients.
Anesthesiologist needed URGENTLY
Celebrating 30 Years of Global Volunteer Heart Care!
1987-2017
World Tour
- 999 Corrective Surgeries
- 57 Containers of medical supplies
- 3757 Field Patients
- 1500+ Volunteers
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Recent News
Mission Report – Pediatric Heart Surgery Mission in Guayaquil, Ecuador
On this occasion, CardioStart’s International mission team made a return visit to the Hospital del Nino Dr. Francisco de Icaza Bustamante in Guayaquil, Ecuador on invitation by the hospital Administration, arranged by the Fundacion El Cielo Para Los Ninos del Ecuador.
CardioStart Remembers Brigid Scanlan Eiynck
Brigid Scanlan Eiynck died recently, and up until her death, was a senior Vice President for the prestigious company Scanlan International, considered to be the finest surgery instrument maker in the world.
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CardioStart Volunteer Awarded
Dr. Claudin Louis was nominated to the TSRA-STS Global Fellowship Award. Congratulations Dr. Louis!
CardioStart Remembers Julie Pierrepont
A resident of Brookings, Oregon, USA, she spent her retirement, knitting – not sweaters, scarves for herself or her family, but for children around the world.
