Hearts Around the World, Inc.One World, One Mission

Hearts Around The World two seperate teams of adult cardiac specialists and surgeons left for Vietnam and Kenya on Oct, 21, 2011.

Dr. Robert Jarrett, the team leader and his team will arrive in Vietnam Oct. 23rd and will start their mission on Sunday Oct, 23, 2011 at Choray hospital in Saigon.

Hearts Around The World's second team left for Kenya on Oct, 21, 2011. They will arrive Nairobi Oct. 23rd and will start their mission on Sunday at Kenyata National Hospital in Nairobi. The team leader is Dr. Eli Gelfand (cardiologist) from Boston, and Dr. Cary Passik from Danbury Hospital is our team surgeon.

Keep up with the blog at blog.ctnews.com/jarrett/

Hearts around the Word, Inc went to Nairobi, Kenya in Feb. 2011. The team included Dr. Robert Jarrett (cardiologist), Dr. Eli Gelfand (cardiologist) and Dr. Cary Passik (cardiothoracic surgeon).
Click here to view a film documenting their trip.

Read our blog about the trip by our adult cardiac team of 7, with team leader Dr. Robert Jarrett to Vietnam. The team left Oct. 22, 2010 and will be returning Saturday Oct. 30, 2010.

Vision Statement:
All citizens of the world are entitled to the benefits of modern life-saving medical and cardiovascular care.

Mission Statement:
Hearts Around the World, Inc. supports medical and cardiovascular training programs in third world and emerging nations through hands-on education and demonstrations. Our ultimate goal is to provide physicians and staff of the local hospitals with modern medical information and techniques required to care for all of their patients in need.

In August of 2008, Dr. Robert Jarrett and his wife Mrs. Menoo Afkari-Jarrett established a new not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing cardiovascular education in third world nations. Hearts Around the World will sponsor teams of cardiac surgeons, cardiologists, anesthesiologists, nurses and technologists who will travel to other nations with the goal of teaching their physicians the latest therapies and surgical techniques in the fight against cardiovascular disease. (Click here to read more..)

You can read more about our upcoming expeditions on the Newsletter and Travels pages. Also view the photos taken on recent trips, including those taken in Vietnam in the fall of 2008.


Read the full report of the October 2009 trip to Vietnam!