clifford jay kavinsky

MD.,PhD, FACC, MSCAI, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard University Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

[clifford jay kavinsky @SHDcathman]

@mmamas1973 @gina_lundberg @iamritu @mirvatalasnag @biljana_parapid @Hragy @LisaRosenbaum17 @hvanspall @DrRachelMBond @emorywomenheart @modeldoc @ozlembilen2 @NanetteWenger @DrToniyaSingh @HeartBobH @avolgman @DrQuinnCapers4 @drstaceyrosen @JamalRanaMD @DrJMieres @CMichaelGibson @GarimaVSharmaMD @ChrisKramerMD Happy birthday Gina

[clifford jay kavinsky @SHDcathman]

@mmamas1973 You should have come!!

[Tesfaye A. Telila MD, FACC,FSCAI. @TTelila]

Meet Sukare: The Girl Who Waited to Breathe

Sukare is only 20. But she has carried the weight of a lifetime.

She was born in the outskirts of Boffa—the same small village where I was born and where I attended primary school many years ago. Back then, there was no electricity, no running water, no healthcare, and no safety net for families like ours.

Her mother died when she was just a baby. She was raised by her single father, a quiet, courageous man who carried the burden of her illness with quiet strength and unwavering love.

Then came rheumatic heart disease—a cruel, slow thief that nearly stole her future.

I first met Sukare during Mission #2. She was gasping for air, still full of hope, even as her heart failed her. She was on our long, heartbreaking waitlist. We saw her again on Mission #3, but once again, we had to say not yet—decisions that still haunt us.

I wasn’t sure we’d see her alive again.

But she survived. She waited. She held on.
And this July, on Mission #4, she finally received what she had waited years for: a new chance at life.

Thanks to our dedicated global team at Heart Attack Ethiopia Inc and the local team at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Sukare’s heart has been repaired.

She can finally breathe.
She can finally dream.

And one moment I will never forget:

Obse and I had the immense honor and joy of walking the hallway with her after surgery—no longer gasping, no longer waiting.
Just walking, smiling, alive.
Her father wept.

Because this isn’t just medicine.
This is hope in motion.
This is what one heart surgery can mean in #Ethiopia

One life saved—for us—is a thousand lives for those who’ve waited their whole lives for hope.

This is #Ethiopia.
This is why we return. Again and again.

#MeetSukare #HeartAttackEthiopia #HealingHearts #Mission4 #TikurAnbessa #GlobalHealthEquity #HopeIsBreathing #RheumaticHeartDisease #MedicalMissions #OneLifeAMillionDreams #EthiopiaStrong
@FMoHealth @mmamas1973 @SHDcathman @MekdesDaba @dereje_dugumaMD @DrTedros @DrSenait

[clifford jay kavinsky @SHDcathman]

Heart Attack Ethiopia brings modern cardiovascular care to those without access to even basic health care. Modern heart attack care can change these people’s lives.
“There is no better way to find yourself than to lose yourself in the service of others”…Ghandhi

[clifford jay kavinsky @SHDcathman]

Industrialized western nations must recognize that in many parts of the world people are deprived of the benefits of modern cardiovascular care. Heart Attack Ethiopia brings this care to people in need who have no resources. We have now performed the first TAVRs ever in Ethiopia.

[clifford jay kavinsky @SHDcathman]

@ChalaFekadu12 @mmamas1973 @TTelila @drmerid Congratulations

[Chala Fekadu @ChalaFekadu12]

I am extremely excited to share our publication on Jacc case reports in which we highlighted our experience of the novel wire assisted mitral commissurotomy in Patients with Rheumatic mitral stenosis.
@mmamas1973 @SHDcathman @TTelila @drmerid

[clifford jay kavinsky @SHDcathman]

@ChalaFekadu12 @mmamas1973 @TTelila @drmerid Great job. Congratulations

[Henry D. Huang @hhuang123]

Example of repetitive Purkinje activity as a driver of VF followed by ablation at the likely trigger site (+) Purkinje de-networking in a pt with repeated ICD shocks and short couple PVCs

[TCTME+ @TCT_ME_]

ICOACH Transseptal puncture & LAAO @crfheart @TCTConference

Chairs @adnanalkhouli @SHDcathman

Imaging @RHAAttar

Proctor @MarwanSaadMD

Panel @DrAlsubei Mai Albarakati

[Mamas A. Mamas @mmamas1973]

Finally met @SHDcathman at #TCTMiddleEast2025 in real life always nice to meet virtual friends in real life

[clifford jay kavinsky @SHDcathman]

@NephRodby Impressive.

[clifford jay kavinsky @SHDcathman]

@AlkashkariWail @GSCSurgery Excellent

[clifford jay kavinsky @SHDcathman]

@wutrain I am so impressed by this person

[Yader Sandoval @yadersandoval]

Proud of our MHI @MHIF_Heart team @esbrilakis @AhmedAlOgaili for demonstrating the role of #CT4PCI pre-procedural planning for CTO PCI #TCTAP2024 live case @CCAD_MHIF @JoaoLCavalcante @summitmd_cvrf

[clifford jay kavinsky @SHDcathman]

@AlkashkariWail @AARiyadh @AlHusayniF @Almanfi_Cardio @Hragy @DrShereen_ @laithalsh @fjsawaya Great job by King Faisal Cardiac Center today

[Ziyad HIJAZI @structuralheart]

Great result from PDA closure with Wail!

[Ziyad HIJAZI @structuralheart]

Fifth case from Riyadh with Dr. Ahmed Alomrani! Recoarctation after stent implantation!

[Ziyad HIJAZI @structuralheart]

PICS IPC ISTANBUL day #2!! Today we will have live cases from Jeddah, Riyadh and Tel Aviv!! We are looking forward to these live cases!