50% of children born with heart defects will need heart surgery at sometime in their life. Of the 50%, 35% need surgery in the first month or they die.
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Babyheart Mission Macedonia
A photographer’s first voyage on ICHF’s first Babyheart medical mission to Skopje, Macedonia Humanitarian missions are a labor of love, with equal parts of each. They’re also full of hows… How are things going to go, how will the kids do, how is the culture different to what I’m used to? There’s an excitement to not knowing any of these things and a similar excitement as the answer to each question is found through experience.
Read moreMemphis Commercial Appeal: Heart Doctor Feted in DC
Rep Steve Cohen, Save the Children COO Carlos Carrazan, and Dr. Novick Novick’s work abroad recognized WASHINGTON — Memphis pediatric heart surgeon Dr. William M. Novick was honored Thursday on Capitol Hill by Save the Children and the Frontline Health Workers Coalition with The Real Award for his international work with children. “What it means to me is that the largest children’s charity in the world has realized and has recognized the
Read moreCharles Tillman Supports ICHF’s Mission
All Pro Cornerback for the Chicago Bears, Charles Tillman, has recently offered his support for congenital heart defect awareness by appearing with Dr. William Novick in a PSA. Shot in March of 2013 the PSA is due to be released later in 2013. ICHF is thankful for such great supporters as Charles Tillman! Read the full story here! http://charlestillman.org/news_events.php?nID=96
Read moreThe Eyes
ICHF sends teams of medical volunteers around the globe to perform free heart surgery on children with congenital heart defects in underdeveloped countries. In February, we had a Babyheart Mission to Santiago, Dominican Republic. One of our non-medical volunteers, Janie Odgers, accounts for the experience with the team, the local staff and the many lives that ICHF touches everyday. I didn’t know what to expect as a non-medical volunteer traveling
Read moreA Flat World, Full Hearts….Facebook, Globalization and Technology come together to Mend Baby’s Hearts
ICHF receives thousands of requests for assistance from parents of children with congenital heart defects all over the world. Babyheart Volunteer OR Nurse, Becca Davenport, had the opportunity to sit with one of these parents and hear her inspirational story of how a group of people from different parts of the world came together to save her child. Last October, we received a request from Corazones Guerreros Unidos (Heart Warriors United), a Facebook
Read moreStretched Care – Memphis Daily News
Click the link below to read about ICHF’s struggle to raise funds and maintain its global fight against congenital heart defects. Stretched Care – Nonprofit healthcare organizations face funding challenges
Read moreTake Two Weeks!
Take 3 minutes then if you have the skills and the heart to help children in need around the world, Take Two Weeks. Please watch ICHF’s latest medical volunteer recruitment video linked below then share with friends, family and colleagues! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhfLPc700BY&feature=youtu.be&a
Read moreDr. Novick Interviewed on Memphis’ Live at 9!
Dr. Novick had a chance to come into the WREG Channel 3 studios to sit down with Alex Coleman and Marybeth Conley to chat about ICHF’s upcoming 2013 Babyheart Missions and his recent Real Award announcement as an honoree. Please click the link below. http://wreg.com/2013/01/16/international-childrens-heart-foundation/
Read moreWilliam Novick, MD, of the International Children’s Heart Foundation is a Real Award Honoree!
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (January 15, 2013) Dr. William Novick has won 2013’s Real Award as an honoree in the Pediatric Care category. Dr. Novick and ICHF wish to thank ALL those who voted everyday online and we especially thank Kristine Brite McCormick who nominated Dr. Novick for this award. ICHF extends gratitude to the Real Awards, Save the Children, and all the Presenting Sponsors. In recognition of this award ICHF must honor the Babyheart
Read morePress Release: International Children’s Heart Foundation Dedicates Two 2013 Medical Missions to Newtown, CT
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (January, 2013) The International Children’s Heart Foundation wishes to dedicate two upcoming medical missions to the victims of this tragedy and the people of Newtown, CT. This is a dedication to the victims, the families, the first responders, and the people of Newtown. The proposed upcoming Babyheart Mission dedications in 2013 are located in Minsk, Belarus and Nasiriyah, Iraq. A typical medical mission operates on
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