Emily Farkas

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From Declaration to Delivery: Cardiac Surgery Unites for Global Impact

August 13, 2026 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

This article highlights the establishment of the Cardiac Surgery Intersociety Alliance (CSIA), a global coalition of all major cardiac surgical societies working with the World Heart Federation. Its mission is to increase access to cardiac...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 169: CSIA Conference and Global Cardiothoracic Surgery

August 13, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with CTSNet Senior Editor—Global Emily Farkas, Associate Director of Global Health in Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine,...

JANS Article

From Declaration to Delivery: Cardiac Surgery Unites for Global Impact

August 13, 2026 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

This article highlights the establishment of the Cardiac Surgery Intersociety Alliance (CSIA), a global coalition of all major cardiac surgical societies working with the World Heart Federation. Its mission is...

Video

Free Surgical Care in Sudan: An Interview With Dr. Gina Portella

June 26, 2026 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor…

This interview highlights the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery, situated on the outskirts of Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. The Salam Centre was opened in 2007 by the Italian Non-Governmental...

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In the Heart of Congo

June 26, 2026 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

The mission to Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, begins with the inspiring story of Dr. Danny Kapend, an African doctor determined to transform the healthcare landscape for the people...

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Global Organization Spotlight: EMERGENCY International Salam Center

December 5, 2022 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

In 2007, the Italian-based charity EMERGENCY International opened its Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery, which remains the only completely free cardiac hospital in an area home to more than 300...

JANS Article

Career Choices and Determining Factors Among Final Year Medical Students in Lagos, Nigeria

August 27, 2022 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

The decisions that medical students make regarding their career paths have a direct effect on the future medical workforce of a country. Their choice of specialty determines the distribution of...

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Gertrude’s Opens Training Hub for Heart Surgeons

August 27, 2022 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

Although the demand for heart surgeons trained in a year is twenty, Kenya produces only four to five annually. This results in a gap in diagnosis and treatment of heart...

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Global Thoracic Surgery

August 27, 2022 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

The delivery of thoracic surgical care in less-resourced areas is explored in this landmark series of articles, hoping to engage the thoracic surgeon in global health equity. There is a...

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6 Billion People Have No Access to Safe, Timely, and Affordable Cardiac Surgical Care

August 27, 2022 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

Most surgeons practice in high income countries, even though the majority of the world’s population lives in low- or middle-income countries. There is a significant disparity between high-income and low-income...

JANS Article

When a Cardiologist Flagged the Lack of Diversity at Premier Medical Journals, the Silence Was Telling

June 23, 2022 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

A Columbia University cardiologist calls out a lack of diversity in respected medical journal editorial boards. His analysis demonstrates that as of October 2020, of fifty-one editorial board members at...

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Father-Daughter Doctors Perform Heart Surgery Together: ‘This Will Be the First of Many,’ Says Dad

June 23, 2022 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

As a child, this CT surgeon in-training wore the toy stethoscope her father gave her and followed his instruction to practice stitches on a banana. He noticed her attention to...

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Cardiac Surgery and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Review

June 8, 2022 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

In September 2015, the United Nations introduced Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to address persistent gaps in global health by 2030. Of the seventeen SDGs, the authors posit how fifteen goals...

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