International Society for Pediatric Mechanical Cardiopulmonary Support (ISPMCS) is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization.
MISSION
The mission of this society is to focus on the current problems associated with pediatric cardiac patients during and after acute or chronic cardiac support. The society will bring together as many distinguished clinicians, bioengineers, and basic scientists as possible, to precisely define the current problems and suggest solutions with novel approaches.
Our long-term aspirations are to:
establish our Society as the leading forum for further development of novel treatments and devices for cardiovascular health in pediatric populations at the pediatric heart centers around the world;
educate more bioengineers, medical students, residents, post-doctoral fellows, and junior faculty members in pediatric cardiovascular research;
ensure that our annual conference (International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems & Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Perfusion continues to be the leading conference for defining the problems of current mechanical circulatory support systems in pediatric patients and suggesting appropriate solutions for underserved pediatric cardiac patients around the globe.
The first annual meeting of the Society was held at the Sixth International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Perfusion at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, USA on May 6-8, 2010.
Our motto continues to be: If the course of just one child’s life is improved as a result of this organization, we have reached our goal.
Founder and President
Akif Ündar, PhD
Board Members
Iki Adachi, MD, Houston, TX, USA
Emile A. Bacha, MD, New York, NY, USA
Luiz Fernando Caneo, MD, PhD, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Francis Fynn-Thompson, MD, Boston, MA, USA
J. William Gaynor, MD, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Sabrina Law, MD, New York, NY, USA
Giovanni Battista Luciani, MD, Verona, Italy
Matthew J. O'Connor, MD, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Katsuhide Maeda, MD, PhD, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Michael C. Mongé, MD, Chicago, IL, USA
David Luis Simón Morales, MD, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Robert A. Niebler, MD, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Chitra Ravishankar, MD, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Joseph W. Rossano, MD, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Shunji Sano, MD, PhD, San Francisco, CA, USA
Brigitte Stiller, MD, Freiburg, Germany
Jeffrey Towbin, MD, Memphis, TN, USA
Gil Wernovsky, MD, Washington, DC
Yves Durandy, MD, Paris, France (deceased on October 6, 2016) (in Memoriam)