January 1, 2013
The World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery has accomplished much since its establishment in 2006. We have organized highly successful Scientific Meetings held around the world from Washington, USA in 2007, to Cairns, Australia during the 5th World Congress in 2009 and Istanbul in 2011. Not to mention our World Summit on the status of pediatric cardiac surgery services and education in Montreal, Canada in 2008.
We live in an era of virtual communication, which unquestionably facilitate the development and learning of science. Nevertheless, we cannot replace the critical value of direct human contact between generations, schools, groups and individuals, especially in a science like medicine, which attempts to comprehensively assess human health.