Welcome to the Congenital Heart Surgeons’ Society

S A V E   T H E   D A T E

Third Joint Meeting of the
Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society &
European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association

September 13 - 15, 2012
The Drake Hotel
Chicago, Illinois

John W. Kirklin/David Ashburn Fellowship Endowment Fund

The Kirklin/Ashburn Fellowship Fund was established to support the CHSS Data Center Research Fellow. In 2008, CHSS changed the name of the John W. Kirklin Fellowship Endowment Fund to the John W Kirklin/David A. Ashburn Fellowship Endowment Fund. This change was made in recognition of Dr. David Ashburn, the very first Kirklin Fellow, who was tragically killed when his flight crashed on June 4, 2007 after procuring a donor organ for transplantation.

The CHSS Data Center, located at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, plays a crucial role in recording, analyzing and tracking the data of many patients with congenital heart disease. Moreover, the Research Fellow is critical to furthering the goals of both the CHSS and the Data Center while providing an outstanding research experience for a young trainee. In order to recruit the very best talent available, we must ensure that the John W. Kirklin/David Ashburn Fellowship Fund is fully supported.

2011 Kirklin Ashburn Fellow
We are happy to announce the appointment of Dr. Jeff Poynter as the 6th John W. Kirklin/David A. Ashburn Fellow at the Congenital Heart Surgeons’ Society Data Center. More information...

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CHSS announces a new research endeavor - a multi-institutional registry of patients with Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery (AAOCA)