Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko Meets with Children’s Cardio Surgeon William Novick
21 February 2008 16:43
February 20, 2008, Head of the Supervisory Board of the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Fund Kateryna Yushchenko met with Prof. William Novick, renowned American children’s cardio surgeon, head of the International Children’s Heart Foundation. Among other participants of the meeting were Deputy Minister of Healthcare of Ukraine Vasyl Lazoryshynets and Head of the Board of Directors of the Children's Hospital of the Future Charitable Fund Vira Pavliuk.
Mrs. Kateryna and Prof. Novick discussed the further development of the Ukrainian Initiative project, within whose framework American children’s cardio surgeons perform complicated surgeries in Ukraine and conduct educational programs for Ukrainian doctors.
William Novick is medical director and founder of the International Children’s Heart Foundation. This organization’s major goal is helping to improve healthcare systems of the developing countries. Due to the Fund’s activities, surgeries were performed on around 2,000 children with congenital heart diseases in 17 countries. The Chornobyl Heart film was produced in Belarus dedicated to Prof. Novick’s activities.
Recall that the previous meeting between Ukraine 3000 Fund members and Prof. Novick took place in February 2007.
The Ukraine 3000 Fund representatives, headed by Head of the Supervisory Board of the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Fund Kateryna Yushchenko, are staying in the United States for a working visit. February 19 they met with President and CEO of the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions Lawrence McAndrews and US Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt. Mrs. Yushchenko also attended the memorial service for Lev Dobriansky, met with Georgetown University President Dr. John DeGioia and the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America leaders and Ukrainian community representatives. Also February 19, Head of the Board of Directors of the Children's Hospital of the Future Charitable Fund Vira Pavliuk visited the Emory University of Atlanta School of Medicine.
February 20, Mrs. Yushchenko met with National Geographic Society representatives and took part in a meeting between representatives of the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Fund, Ministry for Healthcare of Ukraine, and the Emory University of Atlanta School of Medicine.
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