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Friday, September 23rd, 2011
Leading Cardiologist Dr.K R Balakrishnan,Director-Cardiac Sciences, Dr.Nandkishore Kapadia, Senior Cardio Thoracic Surgeon & Dr.Suresh Rao
As Rabindranath Tagore said, “Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of humanity” and Baby Afifa stands as a testimony to just that. Baby Afifa, a 20 old baby had a very large tumour in one of the chambers of the heart and Fortis Malar hospital today announced the successful removal of the tumour in this new born.Leading Cardiologist Dr.K R Balakrishnan,Director-Cardiac Sciences, Dr. Nandkishore Kapadia, Senior Cardio Thoracic Surgeon & Dr.Suresh Rao,HOD – Cardiac Anesthesia & Cardiac Critical Care performed this rare surgery.
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Friday, February 18th, 2011
Pierantonio Russo, MD has been invited to help Wharton and the Indian School of Business of Mohali develop a curriculum in Health Care Management in developing countries. Read More
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Friday, February 18th, 2011
GOLI SUPPORT MAKES POSSIBLE NEW LIFE SAVING PROGRAM IN CHENNAIRecently GOLI has donated two pumps to our colleagues in Chennai so as to facilitate the establishment of a program of mechanical support of the circulation or ECLS (extracorporeal life support) in children and adult patients. Two children have benefited already from the new program. The new program relies on GOLI’s continuous mentorship in order to thrive and mature.
Dr Russo’s team was among the first in Philadelphia to establish such program at St Christopher’s Hospital for Children and Dr Kapadia, now in Chennai, received formal training in the technique while working with Dr Russo in the 90’. In the next section, weprovide a brief description of this lifesaving therapy.
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Saturday, October 16th, 2010
Introduction (Pierantonio Russo, MD)
Lately, the problem of global health has been attracting significant attention in academic centers across the United States. Soon, Duke University and the University of California at San Francisco will launch a Master of Science in Global Health degree program, and the University of California will establish a School of Global Health. Such new interest in global health has been triggered by the high profile activities of celebrities like Bono, George Clooney, Oprah Winfrey, and Angelina Jolie; the work of private foundations, like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; and by the US government grants in support academic initiatives dedicated to global health. (more…)
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Thursday, July 29th, 2010
India is the seventh largest and second most populated Country in the world (population,one billion) and enjoys a history dating back 7,000 years. Currently, India is an emerging economic power, where contrast between old and new is evident at every corner.
India still faces formidable challenges, especially poverty, educational and health care issues. Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, malaria and cardiovascular disease are now the primary causes of death thought India. The health care system is based on government hospitals and clinics and a rapidly growing private sector. Ayurveda, the traditional medicine and science based on religious beliefs is still practiced in some areas.
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Thursday, July 29th, 2010
“What India lacks and the West has is expertise in local clinics to help patients recover”
Simply operating on children with holes in their hearts in India is not enough for Dr. Pierantonio Russo. Ensuring successful surgery means raising standards of healthcare across the board. Dr. Russo, who has 20 years of experience in adult and paediatric cardiac surgery, talks to Sarah Hiddleston about how developing countries can avoid the healthcare learning curve and about the future of heart treatment.
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
The greatest gift of all…
Milena peeks shyly around her mother as the doctors pore over her medical history and test results. She is only three years old, but Milena is living on borrowed time. The tiny girl was born with two holes in her heart: each day, her heart and circulatory system have to work a little harder to overcome the deficiency. She needs a gift few can give her- the gift of life.
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
- A Heart Lung Bypass Machine
Perfusion as related to cardiac surgery can be defined as the movement of oxygenated blood through blood vessels to vital organs of the body. Under normal circumstances the heart is the pump which propels the blood to the lungs, where oxygen and CO2 are exchanged. Blood enriched of oxygen and depleted of CO2 is then pumped to the body’s organs in order to keep them functioning properly. In cases where the heart has a defect and cannot perform the function of pumping blood, cardiac surgery must be performed to correct the congenital defect. In order to perform this type of surgery the heart must be stopped so that the cardiovascular surgeon can open the heart and repair the defect. Therefore the perfusionist is responsible for providing mechanical perfusion for the patient while the heart is stopped. Utilizing a complex piece of equipment, the heart and lung machine (HLM), the perfusionist can pump oxygenated blood to the patient’s organs temporarily taking place of both the heart and lungs. This is called placing a patient on cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
The “Flight For Life” pediatric heart team went to Romania to help children with highly-complicated cardiac birth defects. By Donald R. Winslow a photojournalist’s portfolio. Click here to view pictures.
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
On behalf of our son, we will always be grateful for what you did as you have given him his life back when you and your team performed surgery on him two years ago.
Dragos now has a bright future ahead of him and this is what our son is today and it is all thanks to you.
God bless you for what you are doing, and always realize that you bring smiles on other people’s faces and tears of joy in other grateful eyes.
Eternal gratitude,
Dragos, Marcel and Geta Tuluc, from Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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