Emily Farkas

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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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November 14, 2025 | Cristina Ruiz SegriaBronze Contributor

At the 2025 European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting, CTSNet senior editors set out to interview the most knowledgeable CT surgeons from around the world. Watch for more interviews...

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October 14, 2020 | David Cooke

CTSNet hosted a live event, co-moderated by David Cooke, MD, of UC Davis Health and Jacques Kpodonu, MD, of Harvard Medical School and joined by an esteemed panel of international...

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September 25, 2020 | David Cooke

CTSNet hosted a global live event addressing the widespread disparities in accessing cardiothoracic surgical care, which the COVID-19 pandemic has brought into even sharper relief. Co-moderators David Cooke, MD, of...

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July 28, 2020 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

On Friday, May 8, 2020, CTSNet hosted a live event to find out what our colleagues in Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, and South Africa are seeing and doing as they brace...

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May 11, 2020 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

On Friday, May 8, 2020, CTSNet hosted a live event, CTSNet Live From Africa: Perspectives on COVID-19 from Sub-Saharan Cardiac Centers, to find out what our colleagues in Nigeria, Sudan,...

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April 16, 2020 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

Ethical questions for surgeons surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic are addressed by an expert panel of surgical colleagues with exceptional accomplishments in the field of medical ethics. Cardiac surgeon Dr Emily...

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December 17, 2019 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

Drs Joel Dunning and Emily Farkas discuss the CTSNet Surgical Volunteerism Portal, a resource for cardiothoracic surgeons and allied health professionals interested in humanitarian work, as well as Dr Farkas’s...

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March 1, 2019 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

Between February 23 and March 1, 2019, Dr Enoch Akowuah led a heart surgery team from the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, UK, on a mission to Kumasi, Ghana,...