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 Events
Seventh Annual CardioStart Charity Fishing Tournament
JUNE 4, 2021
Cardiostart will host its seventh annual fishing tournament leaving from Tarpon Lodge on beautiful Pine Island. The tournament will give Cardiostart an opportunity to promote humanitarian missions that provide free heart surgery and medical services to children and adults in developing countries. Cardiostart volunteers teach local doctors and nurses advanced cardiac care, improving outcomes and saving lives.
Upcoming Missions
POSTPONED
Adult Cardiac & Congenital Heart Surgery Mission
Santo Domingo, DR
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.
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
Mission Report: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Jan. 12th – 24th, 2020
CardioStart’s third mission to The Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute (JKCI) in Dar es Salaam took place January of this year.
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.
Blog
Report of CardioStart International’s 8th Mission to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
In January 2020, twelve CardioStart International volunteers from six different countries participated in an ongoing cardiovascular program-development effort at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ghana.
CardioStart Volunteer Awarded
Dr. Clauden Louis was nominated to the TSRA-STS Global Fellowship Award. Congratulations Dr. Louis!
