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Project Open Hearts, a non-profit organization based in Denver, Colorado, works with foreign medical staff to provide first-hand surgical training, assistance with diagnostic procedures and consultations, support for orphaned children and needy families, and on-going exchange of knowledge to continue the education process. The goal is self sufficiency for all medical programs initiated.
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POH volunteer cardiac surgery medical teams returned to Tanzania Heart Institute in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 2006
The Tanzania Heart Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated for the treatment of heart, blood vessels, chest and related diseases through innovative and progressive programs in research, education and patient care in Tanzania. The institute provides valuable services to improve the health care and education to Tanzania and to the East African people at large. The Project Open Hearts overseas medical volunteer teams during 2006 will include a cardiac surgeon, cardiologist, anesthesiologists, perfusionist, OR scrub nurses, ICU nurses and biomedical equipment technicians. |
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Rita Lenz and Dr. Tom Pezzella appointed to serve as a Members of the Board of Directors of the Tanzania Heart Institute in Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaRita Lenz and Dr. Tom Pezzella have been appointed to serve as a Members of the Board of Directors of the Tanzania Heart Institute for three years effective from June 1, 2004 to May 31, 2007.
Rita Lenz is the Founder and Director of Project Open Hearts. Dr. Thomas Pezzella is the President and CEO of the World Heart Foundation and the International Children's Heart Fund, and also has served as a Project Open Hearts volunteer. In February 2006, Project Open Hearts returned to the Tanzania Heart Institute to continue the cardiac training program started in 2004. |
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Help others in need!!!Project Open Hearts is looking for volunteers for our future missions to fill out specialized teams in adult and pediatric cardiac surgery. Anesthesiologists, perfusionists, cardiologists, and OB-GYN doctors and nurses are always needed.
To contact Project Open Hearts about donations or volunteering your medical
expertise,
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Last updated April 12, 2007 |