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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CardioStart Thrift Store
The CardioStart Thrift Store is located in downtown Sisters Oregon, a beautiful, upscale cowboy town that lies between three imposing Sister mountains that are part of the gorgeous Oregon Cascades.
Ojiabo Comfort Adaora’s
Lucky Day
A Story of Thanksgiving
Mrs. Ojiabo Comfort Adaora was diagnosed with complete heart block 5-months ago. Her story is one like many.
Introducing New CardioStart Board Members
Nicola Entwistle, MBA
Nicola holds an MBA from IE Business School and a Cyber Security for Business Leaders certification from Oxford University. She is passionate about equality having co-chaired the LGBT Latin America Network for Mastercard and is also an Ambassador for the UK’s Women of the Future programme.
Donato (Dan) Sisto, M.D. FACS, FACCP
Dan is an active cardiothoracic surgeon, living in New Hampshire, working part time in Connecticut and Vermont. He directed the Open Heart Surgery program at Portsmouth Regional Hospital, which he started in 1998, until the end of 2019.
Upcoming Missions
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Mission to Guayaquil, Ecuador
March 5-17, 2023
Those specializing in Pediatric heart care are cordially invited to participate in the third CardioStart mission to the Hospital del Nino Dr. Francisco de Icaza Bustamante in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
POSTPONED
Mission to Macapa, Brazil
Program development in pediatric cardiology and surgery
CardioStart’s primary role will be to develop a pediatric cardiac surgery program and pediatric cardiac intervention. This mission will work to reduce the large existing volume of pediatric case, while providing pediatric training to the local team. Priority will be given to cases with late-presenting congenital heart disease and cases that require valve repair.
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
News Corner
Recent News
In Memory Of Barbara Ray
We are saddened to announce the passing of Barbara (RN) who committed so much of her time and love to the people of Arequipa Peru during and after CardioStart missions.
Tanzania 2022 Mission Report
After a year of COVID restriction, CardioStart was finally able to return to missions and a fourth return mission to The Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute.
Blog
Nigeria 2022 Mission Report
On October 8th, 2022, CardioStart International embarked on one of our most collaborative efforts to date in Nigeria with two of our valued University hospital partners, advancing 3 distinct programs in 2 different states: University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital in Enugu (UNTH) and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in Lagos (LASUTH).
Eighth Annual CardioStart Charity Fishing Tournament
Cardiostart will host its seventh annual fishing tournament on June 3, 2022.