World Children's Transplant Fund  
 
 
 
 

"When the children of our world die needlessly and without hope, a piece of us dies with them whether we know it or not. And when we help just one to live, we find a small piece of immeasurable, indescribable joy."

--Mark A. Kroeker
Founder, WCTF

 


Mission

Our mission is to provide as many opportunities as possible for lifesaving pediatric transplant surgery to children of the world. We focus on establishing World Children's Transplant Centers in regional site locations of key population centers around the world attached to preexisting medical facilities. Our goal is to assist nations in developing and then sustaining independent pediatric organ transplant programs using our 3 T’s – training, technology and teaching.

Training

The Training component incorporates the development of human resources including surgeons, support staff, coordinators, and ancillary organ procurement personnel. This component develops the education necessary to perform pediatric organ transplants by allowing for hands on surgical experience in all areas of organ transplantation. Seminars, conventions, congresses, periodicals, and tapes are also covered through training.

Technology

The Technology component includes establishing fully operational pediatric organ transplant centers. This is accomplished through the acquisition of necessary medical and technical equipment utilized in pediatric organ transplant surgery.

The Technology component further includes:

  • Regional organ procurement software to provide a network for donor matching and organ sharing through an automated telecommunication organ and donor registry.
  • International satellite communication between regional pediatric transplant facilities and the United States, to provide for efficient audio-visual training and the transfer of technology and communications.

Teaching

The Teaching component includes the Public Awareness Campaign designed to educate the populace regarding pediatric organ transplantation. This component further includes publicity through print, radio, television, on-line services, and other audio-visual mediums.

 

 

CURRENT NEWS

WCTF Hosts Awards Dinner
WCTF hosted its first annual Global Partners Awards Dinner at the Sheraton Universal Hotel on May 12, 2011. The purpose of the event, emceed by Lorenzo Lamas, was to honor Carroll Shelby, Dr. Vartkes Najarian, and executive directors from Mexico and Armenia, Dr. Federico Mendoza Sanchez and Maria Yeganian, respectively. News and pictures available here.

OLDER NEWS

WCTF Hosts Fundraising Dinner
WCTF is hosting a dinner to welcome and honor Dr. Gegham Poghosyan and Dr. Davit Dallakyan, who are visiting from Armenia for six months of training in pediatric liver transplantation. [more]

WCTF Partners with USC
WCTF is providing funding for Dr. Gegham Poghosyan and Dr. Davit Dallakyan, both of Armenia, to receive specialized pediatric transplant training at the USC University Hospital in Los Angeles. [more]

WCTF Project Mexico
The World Children’s Transplant Fund just began “Project Mexico” in 2009. The team has visited the Guadalajara area, met with a Hospital Director and Transplant Surgeons in Mexico, and visited Mexican Hospitals at various socio-economic levels. [more]

 
 


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