Medical Volunteers for HaitiOpportunity

International Cardiac Alliance began in 2013 as Haiti Cardiac Alliance, an organization dedicated to supporting children, young adults, and their families through the complicated process of accessing life-saving heart surgery. By forming strong partnerships around the world and building medical, social-work, and logistical capacity in Haiti, we have made it possible for hundreds of Haitians to access the world-class cardiac care they deserve.

Each year hundreds of Haitian children die from curable heart conditions because pediatric cardiac care is not available in Haiti. We build partnerships to scale up the availability of heart surgery so that every Haitian child with a curable heart condition can access the life-saving treatment they deserve. 
We screen and diagnose hundreds of patients per year with congenital and rheumatic heart disease, and ensure they receive regular long-term clinical follow-up both before and after their surgeries. 
We work with in-country providers to consolidate their separate patient lists into a single, triaged national waiting list of children and young adults in need of cardiac surgery. This data, in turn, supports long-term national planning for permanent, sustainable cardiac care capacity.
We establish referral relationships with high-quality medical centers throughout the world to treat specific children and young adults with surgically repairable heart conditions, and mobilize the funding and logistical support to make these surgeries possible.
We provide hands-on social and practical accompaniment to patients and their families who are facing the prospect of heart surgery, including psycho-social counseling; logistical assistance navigating the health-care system; and support overcoming practical barriers to care such as transportation and medication access.

If you would like to volunteer professional services, please contact us.

We need doctors, nurses, and families able to accommodate a child awaiting and recovering from surgery.