Dear Faithful Supporters of For Hearts and Souls,
I would like to thank you for your faithfulness. And I wanted to let you know what your
contributions supported in 2017:
JANUARY
Duhok, Kurdistan: 7 open heart surgeries & 22 cardiac catheterizations
Slemani, Kurdistan: 19 cardiac catheterizations
MARCH
Kudjip, Papua New Guinea: screening for catheterization trip in 2018
APRIL
Monrovia, Liberia: screening
MAY
Pristina, Kosovo: conference lectures on complex congenital cardiac anomalies and
medical ethics
Karbala, Iraq: screening and preparation for subsequent cath and surgical missions
JUNE
Hilo, Kona, & Kahului, Hawaii: screening of athletes
JULY
Barcelona, Spain: World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Lusaka, Zambia: 9 cardiac catheterizations
AUGUST
Tel Aviv, Israel: meeting with cardiologists and cardiac surgeons at Sheba and Wolfsson
Hospitals to increase the number of children being accepted from Kurdistan
Duhok, Kurdistan: 13 cardiac catheterizations
NOVEMBER
Kathmandu, Nepal: lectures at international cardiac conference
2018
We already started 2018 with a trip to Karbala, Iraq, where we performed 8 cardiac
catheterizations. They would like us to return for a combined surgical and catheterization
mission. We have plans to return to Kurdish Iraq in February. For the rest of this year, we have
invitations to three other locations in Arab Iraq, as well as invitations to return to Kosovo,
Mongolia, Nepal, Zambia, and Papua New Guinea, where we would conduct a first-ever
catheterization mission.
We have sought to be faithful with your prayer and financial support. Thank you for partnering
with us to make this work possible.
To God be all the glory,
Kirk A. Milhoan, MD, PhD, FACC, FAAP
Medical Director, For Hearts and Souls