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

Mission to Federal Medical Centre in Abuja, Nigeria

December 8–14, 2024

The CardioStart International Board & International Missions Committee is pleased to announce a return Adult Cardiac Mission to the Federal Medical Centre in Abuja, Nigeria.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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“Check back soon for more upcoming mission announcements!”