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Current Status of Training and Certification for Congenital Heart Surgery Around the World: Proceedings of the Meetings of the Global Council on Education for Congenital Heart Surgery of the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
Tchervenkov, Christo I., Herbst, Claudia , Jacobs, Jeffrey P. , Al‐Halees, Zohair , Edwin, Frank , Finucane, Kirsten , Sandoval, Néstor , Sarris, George E. , Abdulgani, Hafil Budianto, Arboleda, Miguel, Bacha, Emile , Becker, Pedro, Boumzebra, Drissi, Cervantes, Jorge , Elgamal, Adel, Helvind, Morten, Jatene, Marcelo Biscegli , Lee, Cheul , Lotto, A , Najm, Hani K. , Overman, David M. , Rahmat, Budi , Reddy, Darshan , Sakamoto, Kisaburo , Sivalingam, Sivakumar , Stephens, Elizabeth H. , Tretter, Justin T. , Tweddell, James S., Vida, Vladimiro L. , Vosloo, S., Jonas, Richard A. , Sandoval, Nestor F , Sarris, George E , Manuel, Valdano , Samankatiwat, Piya , Tretter, Justin T , Truong, Nguyen Ly Thinh , Jacobs, Jeffery P , Dearani, Joseph A. , Fragata, José , Barron, David J , Cervantes, Jorge, Elgamal, Adel, Iyer, Krishna Subramony , Jun, Tae-Gook , Kirklin, James K. , Kreutzer, Christián , Maruszewski, Bohdan , Louis, James D. St. , Stellin, Giovanni , Zhang, Hao , Zheleva, Bistra
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery | May 4, 2021 | Volume: 12 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 394-405
The optimal training of the highly specialized congenital heart surgeon is a long and complex process, which is a significant challenge in most parts of the world. The World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (WSPCHS) has established the Global Council on Education for Congenital Heart Surgery as a nonprofit organization with the goal of assessing current training and certification and ultimately establishing standardized criteria for the training, evaluation, and certification of congenital heart surgeons around the world. The Global Council and the WSPCHS have reviewed the present status of training and certification for congenital cardiac surgery around the world. There is currently lack of consensus and standardized criteria for training in congenital heart surgery, with significant disparity between continents and countries. This represents significant obstacles to international job mobility of competent congenital heart surgeons and to the efforts to improve the quality of care for patients with Congenital Heart Disease worldwide. The purpose of this article is to summarize and document the present state of training and certification in congenital heart surgery around the world.
History of the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery: The First Decade
Tchervenkov, Christo I., Kurosawa, Hiromi, Mavroudis, Constantine , Jatene, Marcelo Biscegli , Al‐Halees, Zohair , Çïçek, Sertaç , Sandoval, Néstor , Backer, Carl L., Cervantes, Jorge , Edwin, Frank , Finucane, Kirsten , Iyer, Krishna, Kinsley, Robin H. , Kreutzer, Christián , Liu, Jinfen , Maruszewski, Bohdan , Sarris, George E. , Jonas, Richard A. , Çiçek, Sertaç M, Jacobs, Jeffrey P. , Stellin, Giovanni , Dearani, Joseph A. , Ebels, Tjark , Fragata, José , Kirklin, James K. , Louis, James D. St.
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery | June 26, 2018 | Volume: 9 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 392-406
The World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (WSPCHS) is the largest professional organization in the world dedicated to pediatric and congenital heart surgery. The purpose of this article is to document the first decade of the history of WSPCHS from its formation in 2006, to summarize the current status of WSPCHS, and to consider the future of WSPCHS. The WSPCHS was incorporated in Canada on April 7, 2011, with a head office in Montreal, Canada. The vision of the WSPCHS is that every child born anywhere in the world with a congenital heart defect should have access to appropriate medical and surgical care. The mission of the WSPCHS is to promote the highest quality comprehensive cardiac care to all patients with congenital heart disease, from the fetus to the adult, regardless of the patient’s economic means, with an emphasis on excellence in teaching, research, and community service.