Dear Colleagues, The 3rd Scientific Meeting of the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery will take place in Istanbul, Turkey next June 23-26, 2011. There will be a comprehensive Postgraduate Course on Functionally Single Ventricle. There will also be several scientific sessions with oral presentations as well as posters. We invite you to attend the World Society Scientific Meeting and to consider submitting material for presentation. The deadline for submission of an abstract has been extended to April 1, 2011. In order to avoid duplication in the submitting process, all submissions will be through the Congress website. Please go to www.wspchs2011.org and follow the appropriate links to make your submission. Detailed instructions can be found of this website. We hope to see you in Istanbul in June 2011.
Sertac Cicek, Chairman, and Local Host, Istanbul, Turkey
Christo I. Tchervenkov, President, Montreal, Canada
Constantine Mavroudis, Chairman Postgraduate Course, Cleveland, OH, USA
Official Journal of the Meeting
The official journal of the meeting will be the World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery and all presentations and papers submitted will be considered for publication in the WJ.
Main Topics
- Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
- Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiology & Interventional Cardiology
- Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care
- Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia and Pediatric Perfusion
- Pediatric Cardiac Nursing
- Training in Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
- Pediatric Cardiac Care in countries with limited resources
Post Graduate Course
- SYMPOSIUM ON FUNCTIONALLY UNIVENTRICULAR HEART: FROM A TO Z
- Dedicated to Francis Fontan & Guillermo Kreutzer
Stella Van Praagh Lecture / James Wilkinson Melbourne, Australia
Aldo R. Castañeda Lecture / Martin Elliot, UK
Important Dates
- Congress Dates: 23-24-25-26 June 2011
- Abstract Submission Deadline: 1 April 2011
- Early Registration Deadline: 30 March 2011
- Early Accomodation Deadline: 30 March 2011