In April 2018, Heart to Heart Founder & Medical Director, Dr. Nilas Young, and Executive Director, Josie Everett, traveled to Asunción to discuss our self-sustainability program model with Paraguayan cardiac thought leaders.

One of our longtime supporters, Mrs. Kay Parker, has been connected to Heart to Heart from the very beginning in a way that is uniquely close to her own heart.

Liliana Flor Alvarado Parraga, RN, serves as the head of the pediatric cardiac intensive care nursing department at the Instituto Nacional Cardiovascular (INCOR) in Lima, Peru.

This April, Heart to Heart has returned to the Kaliningrad Federal Center for Advanced Medical Technologies with a full pediatric team for our fourth surgical-educational mission since we began our collaboration in 2013. 

We have returned to INCOR (National Cardiovascular Institute) in Lima, Peru with a full pediatric cardiac team for our third congenital heart disease training mission since we began our collaboration in early 2016.

Comprehensive cardiac care — measurably expanding access to timely, life-saving treatment for babies, children, and adults worldwide — inspired our training mission to Lima, Peru.