Trip recap: Santiago, Dominican Republic

In its second medical mission trip of 2015, the ICHF team traveled to Santiago, Dominican Republic to serve both Dominican and Haitian children from March 14-22. Seven days, seven lives forever changed Throughout the week, Dr. Soto led our team of 11 volunteers from Canada, Ukraine, Chile and the United States. Through a combined effort […]

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Guayaquil, Ecuador, Medical Mission Trip Update

The Babyheart team has performed 13 surgeries in Guayaquil, Ecuador, so far. All but two of those surgeries have been performed by local surgeon Dr. Montero with the assistance of ICHF surgeon Dr. Soto. All of the patients are doing well, and six of them are already home! Eight more surgeries planned The team has […]

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Dr. Soto Visits Hutchison School for Sheep Heart Dissection

Dr. Rodrigo Soto, CEO of clinical operations at ICHF, joined the junior kindergarten class at Hutchinson School earlier this month to assist with sheep heart dissections that the girls were doing in honor of American Heart Month. Heart Background Dr. Soto visited the class to give background on the heart, helped the students understand the dissection process and […]

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ICHF biomedical engineer Roy Morris helps local team prepare for Guyana mission

Our biomedical engineer, Roy Morris, CBET, recently spent 10 days in Georgetown, Guyana preparing for ICHF’s inaugural trip to the South American country. Educating Guyana Medical Professionals As part of our dedication to training and equipping health care professionals to care for children with heart defects in their home countries. Roy connected the local Guyana […]