Mission

The Pediatric Heart Transplant Society is a multidisciplinary, professional, and collaborative organization dedicated to advancing the science and treatment of children through the journey of heart transplantation.

Purposes

• Maintaining an international, prospective, event driven, quality improvement registry for pediatric heart transplantation
• Promoting collaboration among professionals in the field of pediatric heart transplantation
• Encouraging and stimulating basic and clinical research in the field of pediatric heart transplantation
• Promoting new therapeutic strategies
• Providing educational resources for patients and families
• Holding bi-annual meetings featuring presentations and discussions relevant to pediatric heart transplantation
• Developing best practices and procedures for caring for children after heart transplant
• Awarding research grants for the study of pediatric heart transplantation
• Making available limited datasets for approved research projects
• Increasing awareness of pediatric heart transplantation
• Providing annual quality assurance reports and benchmarking for participating hospitals