 
                                Disty Pearson
@distypearson
Congenital Heart Disease Physician Assistant. Working so that everyone with CHD and RHD has access to appropriate care throughout their lifetime.
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02-11-2012 02:17:54
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        Credit really goes to the amazing minds & hard work of #TopicWorkingGroup Rebecca Beroukhim Richard G. Ohye, M.D John Breinholt Kali Hopkins Disty Pearson Vivian Dimas Ali N Zaidi, MD lieslzuhlke #AnnaKamp #AntonioCabrera Elisa Bradley and our American College of Cardiology #JillDiamond #HollySantry & #HeidiHopper
 
                        
                    
                    
                    
                 
         
        Thank you to Andy Kates who nominated me in the first place to serve on the #TopicWorkingGroup & thanks Douglas Drachman & @KBerlacher for supporting my two crazy ideas for game shows #StumpTheChump #FamilyFeudCMP!
 
                        
                    
                    
                    
                 
        Thank you to all of my heroes like #Kathyjenkins, Anne Valente , RituSachdeva #ArwaSaidi Jackie Kreutzer Meryl Cohen @ many more of you who don’t fit this tweet who have come & complimented me about #PCHD Sessions. Your kind words will reverberate in my heart for years.
 
        helping to make our dream of building Pakistan's first Pakistan Children's Heart Foundation. Thanks to Ali N Zaidi, MD Bistra Zheleva 🫀❤️ Amy Verstappen Babar Hasan Shazia Mohsin MBBS FACC Dr Abdul Sattar Shaikh Disty Pearson Shelagh Ross Global ARCH Amy Basken for their work and guidance for #chd #ACC2023
 
        Farhan Ahmad Ali N Zaidi, MD Elisa Bradley American College of Cardiology Misbah Ul Haq Pakistan Children’s Heart Foundation North America Samina Peerzada John Breinholt Disty Pearson Dr. Ahmed Alomrani Farhan Ahmad thank you for your dedication to the children of your country. I was truly moved by your presentation.
 
        Belen from Estrellita de Belen Foundation and Amy Verstappen represent Global ARCH, speaking up for #CHD and #RHD patients worldwide ❤️
 
         
         
        63% of pediatric surgery is for congenital anomalies. CHD surgery saves lives. Cataract surgery prevents blindness. Cleft surgery brings a smile. Let's work together for developing a birth defects service model for LMICs Smile Train Bistra Zheleva 🫀❤️ Salimah Walani سلیمہ ؤالانی Healthy Newborn Network (HNN)
 
        Only few days to the WCPCCS2023! 📢Please Sign the Call to Action to help improve care for those with pediatric & #congenitalheartdisease globally! #CHD #RHD #WCPCCS2023 forms.gle/AK1agmwC3U3iWn…
 
         
        We are looking for a great Senior Director of Advancement at the Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School. Please apply bit.ly/40cN9OL to help us support #PENplus and NCDI Poverty Network.
 
        🌍 Voices for PEN-Plus brings together people living with severe, chronic NCDs to advocate for #PENPlus implementation in sub-Saharan Africa & South Asia buff.ly/46SE3cw Diabetic_Mogul @mechodu_ Anu Gomanju Emmanuel Kisembo Edith Mukantwari #DisarmingDiabetesDaily Ruth Ngwaro SCUTKENYA Arafa Salim Said
 
                        
                    
                    
                    
                 
         
        Adult Congenital Heart Association ACHA walk - Houston 2024. Let’s support the ACHA efforts to increase awareness, improve access and quality of care. So thankful for this amazing team of caregivers! Houston Methodist CV Cindy M. Martin WilliamZoghbi Alan Lumsden, MD, CV Chairman/Director
 
                        
                    
                    
                    
                 
        Next month, I'll be running a 77km ❤️ in Geneva during #WHA77 as fundraiser Global ARCH. #CHD affects 1 in 100 live births & 40+ million people live with #RHD–Global ARCH unites patients & families 🌐 for a 🫶 future. Consider supporting: give.global-arch.org/fundraiser/543… #AATS2024
 
                        
                    
                    
                    
                 
        10+ days post WHO African Region #ICPPA in Dar Es Salaam on severe #NCDs and I am still in awe of what a fantastic leader @RuthNgwaro has grown into! Born w/ #CHD, she advocates for others like her as a @GlobalARCH board member & as @NCDIPoverty #PENPlus global voice 👏🏽👏🏽❤️🫀
 
                        
                    
                    
                    
                 
        We're launching our Hearts Around the World campaign at World Health Organization (WHO) 77th World Health Assembly. All donations to Dominique Vervoort & Kate Doherty-Schmeck will be matched by a generous donor! Please give to support our member #RHD #CHD orgs! Dom: bit.ly/44LHQrX Kate: bit.ly/4dKZBvr ❤️
 
                        
                    
                    
                    
                 
        