Why would doctors choose to spend time volunteering in another country and creating a nonprofit organization to save children’s lives overseas?Dr. Tom Forsberg and Dr. Chad Hoyt are co-founders of Healing Hearts Vietnam. Dr. Forsberg is an emergency physician with Centra Health in Central Virginia.  He currently serves in four emergency departments throughout the region. Dr. Chad Hoyt specializes in advanced cardiovascular imaging and has been in partnership with Centra Health for the past sixteen years. He currently serves as the executive medical director of Centra’s Heart & Vascular Center, a busy four-hospital system with seven office locations and forty clinical providers. For nearly a decade, Dr. Forsberg and Dr. Hoyt have shared their expertise with Vietnam. During their trips, they became aware of the great need for cardiac surgeries in children. Upon returning from Vietnam, Dr. Forsberg led the charge to form Healing Hearts Vietnam which was established in 2015. Today, Healing Heart Vietnam provides financial assistance to allow children with congenital heart disease to access life-saving surgeries.In this episode of "Heart to Heart with Anna," Dr. Tom Forsberg and Dr. Chad Hoyt share with Anna how they came to form a nonprofit organization to save the lives of children and adults in Vietnam with broken hearts. They share how certain devices have helped them identify who they can serve and how they can best help the people of Vietnam. They also share how people in the community can donate to their organization in a variety of ways.Links mentioned in the episode:Healing Hearts Vietnam websiteHealing Hearts Vietnam Facebook pageVietnamese Boat People episode with Amy M. LeVietnamese Boat People podcastPlease visit our Social Media and Podcast pages:Apple PodcastsFacebookInstagramMeWeTwitterYouTubeWebsiteAnna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link (we both benefit if you sign up with Buzzsprout with my link - yay!) In this clip, Anna thanks listeners of "Heart to Heart with Anna" and asks them to keep the comments on the podcast episodes coming!Support the showAnna's Buzzsprout Affiliate LinkBaby Blue Sound CollectiveSocial Media Pages:Apple PodcastsFacebookInstagramMeWeTwitterYouTubeWebsite