William Novick Global Cardiac Alliance

1 in every 40 deaths in children under 1 year of age is due to a heart defect, mostly because there is a worldwide shortage of cardiac surgeons.

I'm Bill Novick. I am a pediatric cardiac surgeon currently on my fourth trip to Ukraine since the war began. Since 1993, my team and I have operated on over 10,000 infants and children in 36 countries that are underserved and often completely forgotten. We travel to conflict areas and war-torn regions to save tiny hearts from otherwise life-threatening conditions, all funded with donations from people just like you.

I am here today asking you to contribute whatever you can to help the world's children. Even the smallest donation helps and can make a big difference. I am looking forward to keeping all of you on #ProjectTinyHearts updated along the way so you can see all the good your donations are doing. Thank you so much. If you’d like more information on how my team and I work, please stay tuned for a video of the upcoming documentary called Tiny Hearts or visit our website at Novick Cardiac Alliance.

Congenital Heart Disease Facts

About the Novick Cardiac Alliance

Novick Cardiac Alliance is committed to bringing sustainable health care solutions to children with cardiac disease in Low and Middle-Income countries.

Since Novick Cardiac Alliance launched in 2014, we’ve remained committed to the highest level of transparency and reporting as a leading international charity, serving hundreds of children each year who are born with heart disease. We’re proud to announce that NCA has earned GuideStar’s 2020 Platinum Seal of Transparency by publicly sharing our key metrics and highlighting the impact we’re making in children’s lives around the world. We’re also incredibly honored to share that we recently received a distinguished 100-OUT-OF-100 “Give with Confidence” rating for Accounting and Finance by Charity Navigator, a trusted resource for donors and investors.

The William Novick Global Cardiac Alliance provides pediatric cardiac care to children in underserved regions of low and middle-income countries. Volunteers also educate healthcare professionals in these countries to help achieve an independently functioning local team over time, with a long-term goal of building local capacity and sustainability in pediatric cardiac care regardless of gender, race, religion, economics or political affiliations.

Around 1.3 million children are born each year with a heart defect. 1 in every 40 deaths in children under one year of age is due to a heart defect, mainly because there is a worldwide shortage of cardiac surgeons. There is an estimated shortage of over 1250 pediatric cardiac surgeons worldwide. Dr. Novick, a pediatric cardiac surgeon, recruited a group of clinical experts in the field of pediatric cardiac care to help eradicate the suffering caused by congenital heart disease. Since 1993, Dr. Novick and his time have operated on over 10,000 infants and children in 36 underserved and often completely forgotten countries. In 2023 alone, 11 trips are scheduled in the following countries: Iraq, Lebanon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Rwanda. I have connected with many of these inspiring pediatric anesthesiologists, cardiologists, nurses, surgeons, and other volunteers who make these trips possible.

How will your donations help the Novick Cardiac Alliance? I spoke with Dr. Novick, who informed me that they are raising funds for a trip to Indonesia around August of 2023. He provided the following budget below, which does not include volunteer airfare (around $30,000). The organization will perform open-heart surgeries on 18-20 children during this two-week trip.

Indonesia 2023 budget:

Hotel in-transit $1,200, Meds/supplies $13,500, local hotel $6,700, visas $1,050, excess baggage fees for supplies $2,400, Admin expenses $6,900 for a total of $30,000

Your donations will go directly to funding this trip, which will allow surgeries to be performed on around 20 children. That is very special. I plan to volunteer with the team as a Cardiac ICU nurse in the future.

Novick Cardiac Alliance's reliability as a charity:

"Since Novick Cardiac Alliance launched in 2014, we’ve remained committed to the highest level of transparency and reporting as a leading international charity, serving hundreds of children each year who are born with heart disease. We’re proud to announce that NCA has earned GuideStar’s 2020 Platinum Seal of Transparency by publicly sharing our key metrics and highlighting the impact we’re making in children’s lives around the world. We’re also incredibly honored to share that we recently received a distinguished 100-OUT-OF-100 “Give with Confidence” rating for Accounting and Finance by Charity Navigator, a trusted resource for donors and investors."

What is a Superhero?

 

As children, we grew up recognizing these fictional characters as individuals with special powers and abilities beyond those encompassed by ordinary people. The incredible plots behind their stories captivated us, and we would feel fortunate to encounter a real-life superhuman.

 

Yet one exists.

 

Dr. William Novick has made it his life's mission to save children's lives where no one would dare to go, and where most believe no hope exists. He has unassumingly operated on over 10,000 children in some of the most dangerous and devastated regions worldwide, and trained countless pediatric surgical teams installed across the globe to continue this mission. He has successfully completed many surgical trips into Ukraine over the years, including leading surgeries on the children of the Chernobyl disaster. Simply, he has never allowed fear to get in the way of doing the right thing.

 

He recently returned from performing life-saving operations in Ukraine just days before the bombs began, and has remained in constant communication with his surgical colleagues there since. These Ukrainian surgeons have selflessly chosen to stay in the children's hospitals alongside their pediatric patients to continue treating, operating, and protecting them and they stand unwavering. They, too, are true superheroes.

 

Alarmingly, these Ukrainian superheroes are rapidly running out of even the most basic medicines and supplies to save their children. Secure routes to trusted teams have been organized, and now Dr. Novick just needs your contributions so he can buy as much medicine as possible to send in to them. Your help will not stop at the border, but will actually get into the children's hospital into trusted hands of longtime colleagues. Every dollar here is meaningful.

 

Let's come together to show the world what Dr. Novick brands as "Medical Diplomacy" can really do.

 

Where others give up and see a child as a victim of the unfortunate circumstances of struggle, Dr. Novick envisions the promise of the child's family, future, and unity.