Our vision is for all children and adults worldwide to have access to life-saving heart care.

Thousands of specialists trained

More than 35,000 children saved

172 million people with access

“Heart to Heart is the model that all other organizations emulate for delivering sustainable cardiac surgery to children in need in the world. Heart to Heart’s approach and accomplishments are to be admired and applauded by the global community.”

James L. Cox, MD President Emeritus, AATS

Treating Adults in Costa Rica

In September 2023, Heart to Heart launched our first adult cardiac training mission to the San Juan de Dios Hospital in San Jose, Costa Rica. This mission marked our first opportunity to treat adult heart patients alongside our Costa Rican colleagues while providing advanced cardiac education and training. Our focus during the week was on minimally invasive valve surgery. In our trip report, you can find more information about our most recent work in Costa Rica, our patients, and the education we provided to the local team. Your support extends our reach to more families in need, today and for generations to come—we look forward to sharing more updates with you soon.

Read about our work in Costa Rica here!

¡Pura Vida!

Click below to read about Heart to Heart's work in Costa Rica, teaching and training local specialists to treat children and adults with heart disease. Together, we can expand access to life-saving cardiac care for all!

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Program Progress: Optimizing patient selection for Costa Rican children with CHD
Program Progress: Optimizing patient selection for Costa Rican children with CHD

In July 2024, Heart to Heart conducted a highly focused training mission at the National Children’s Hospital (HNN), specifically to re-evaluate the patients on HNN’s cardiac surgical waiting list, which had ballooned to more than 100 children. Optimizing patient selection is the second of our Four Pathways framework for developing HNN’s children’s heart program.

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Treating Adults with Heart Disease in Costa Rica!
Treating Adults with Heart Disease in Costa Rica!

In September 2023, Heart to Heart conducted our first-ever adult cardiac training mission to San Jose, Costa Rica. This momentous occasion came as a result of an initial invitation to San Juan de Dios Hospital (HSJD) in 2019 from chief of cardiac surgery, Klaus Kuhn, MD. HSJD is one of three public cardiac centers which serve Costa Rican adults with heart disease.

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Celebrating Doctor's Day 2023
Celebrating Doctor's Day 2023

We are so excited to shine a spotlight this Doctor’s Day on all of the dedicated physicians who make Heart to Heart’s work possible! For more than 30 years, we have had the great privilege of working with doctors who hail from a variety of renowned cardiac centers across the United States and hold a wealth of knowledge in their respective subspecialties.

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Did you know that $258 can save the life of a child?

Heart to Heart develops self-sustaining medical programs in areas of need, measurably expanding access to life-saving cardiac care. Teams of specialists trained by Heart to Heart help to reduce the global burden of heart disease today and for generations to come.

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