World Society For Pediactric and Congenital Heart Surgery
The Vision of the World Society 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 World Society is to promote the highest quality comprehensive care to all patients with pediatric and/or congenital heart disease, from fetus to the adult, regardless of the patient’s economic means, with emphasis on excellence in education, research and community services.
African Society For Pediactric and Congenital Heart Surgery
The African Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (ASPCHS) is the scientific society of pediatric and congenital heart surgeons and allied specialists of Africa. The inception of ASPCHS followed a town hall meeting with a focus on Africa initiated by the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (WSPCHS) in May 2020. ASPCHS was thus developed through close collaboration with the WSPCHS.
local Host
Drissi Boumzebra, Marrakesh, Morocco
Head of cardiovascular surgery departement. University Teaching Hospital Mohammed VI Of Marrakesh
Caddi Ayad University of Marrakesh
Local committee
Drissi Boumzebra, Marrakesh, Morocco
El Haouati Rachid, Marrakesh, Morocco
Zouizra Zahira, Marrakesh, Morocco
El Hattaoui Mustapha, Marrakesh, Morocco
Karimi Saloua, Marrakesh, Morocco
Laaroussi Mohamed , Rabat, Morocco
Chraibi Said, Casablanca, Morocco
El Mardouli Mouhcine, Marrakesh, Morocco
El Alaoui Mohamed, Marrakesh, Morocco
Benbakh Soukaina, Marrakesh, Morocco
WSPCHS governing Council 2021-2022
Zohair Al-Halees President Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
James Kirklin
First Vice-President
Birmingham, USA
Kirsten Finucane
Second Vice-President
Auckland, New Zealand
Frank Edwin
Secretary
Accra, Ghana
Sertac Cicek
Treasurer
Istanbul, Turkey
Marshall L. Jacobs
Editor
Newtown Square, USA
Christo I. Tchervenkov
Executive Director
Montreal, Canada
Erle Austin
Council Member
Louisville, USA
Abdelmalek Bouzid
Council Member
Algiers, Algeria
Anietimfon Etiuma
Council Member
Calabar, Nigeria
Beatriz H. S. Furlanetto
Council Member
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Claudia Herbst
Council Member
Vienna, Austria
Jurgen Horer
Council Member
Munich, Germany
Vladimir Ilyin
Council Member
Moscow, Russia
Ignacio Juaneda
Council Member
Cordoba, Argentina
Ivan Nino De Guzman
Council Member
Lima, Peru
Michael Oketcho
Council Member
Kampala, Uganda
Yishay Orr
Council Member
Westmead, Australia
Alexis Palacios Macedo
Council Member
Mexico City, Mexico
Darshan Reddy
Council Member
Umhlanga, South Africa
Mohammad Shihata
Council Member
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Sivakumar Sivalingam
Council Member
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
James St.Louis
Council Member
Kansas City, USA
Sachin Talwar
Council Member
New Delhi, India
Juan Velez
Council Member
Cali, Colombia
Vladimiro Vida
Council Member
Padova, Italy
David Winlaw
Council Member
Westmead, Australia
Hao Zhang
Council Member
Shanghai, China
ASPCHS officers
Frank Edwin President
Accra, Ghana.
Drissi Boumzebra First Vice President
Marrakech, Morocco
Darshan Reddy Second Vice President
Durban, South Africa.
Susan Vosloo Secretary
Cape Town, South Africa.
Adel Elgamal Treasurer
Mansoura, Egypt.
Christo Tchervenkov Executive Director
Montreal, Canada.
Past Meetings
| 2007 | Washington DC, USA | Inaugural Scientific Meeting of the WSPCHS |
| 2008 | Montreal, Canada | World’s Summit on Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery Services, Education and Cardiac Care |
| 2009 | Cairns, Australia | WSPCHS 2nd Scientific Meeting at the 5th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (WCPCCS) |
| 2010 | Antigua, Guatemala | Special Multi-Societal Joint Meeting Dedicated to Aldo R. Castañeda |
| 2010 | Shanghai, China | WSPCHS Regional Meeting |
| 2011 | Istanbul, Turkey | WSPCHS 3rd Scientific Meeting |
| 2012 | Lima, Peru | Joint Meeting WSPCHS and Sociedad Latina de Cardiologia Y Cirugia Cardiovascular Pediatrica |
| 2013 | Cape Town, South Africa | WSPCHS Annual Members Meeting at the 6th WCPCCS |
| 2014 | Sao Paulo, Brazil | WSPCHS 4th Scientific Meeting |
| 2015 | Cartagena, Columbia | Joint Meeting WSPCHS, Sociedad Latina de Cardiologia Y Cirugia Cardiovascular Pediatrica, Sociedad Colombiana de Cardiologia |
| 2015 | Kyoto, Japan | WSPCHS Regional Meeting |
| 2016 | Abu Dhabi, UAE | WSPCHS 5th Scientific Meeting |
| 2017 | Barcelona, Spain | WSPCHS Annual Members Meeting at the 7th WCPCCS |
| 2018 | Orlando, USA | WSPCHS 6th Scientific Meeting |
| 2019 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Joint meeting WSPCHS and European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association (ECHSA) |
| 2019 | Bali, Indonesia | Bali symposium |