ABOUT CHADASHA FOUNDATION
501(c)(3) CHARITY BRINGING LIFESAVING HEART SURGERIES TO CHILDREN IN POVERTY
BRINGING CARE TO KIDS IN NEED
Rodrigo Soto
Dr. Rodrigo Soto is a pediatric cardiac surgeon who has devoted over 20 years of his career to helping children in underdeveloped countries.
After completing medical school and his general surgery training in Chile, he moved to Australia and France to specialize in pediatric cardiac surgery.
After obtaining his board certification, Dr. Soto served as an attending surgeon at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, for several years. He later returned to Chile, where he developed a pediatric cardiac program and an ECMO program at Clínica Alemana in Santiago.
During this time, Dr. Soto began volunteering with a team of healthcare professionals to provide surgical treatment for underprivileged children in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). What started as a one-week annual adventure soon became a passion, prompting him to dedicate his life to global health.
With the support of Chadasha, Dr. Soto has spent the last ten years traveling the world, performing cardiac surgery on children in need, and training local surgeons in his specialized skills.
Since 2019, Dr. Soto has served as a Medical Consultant with Gift of Life International, our strategic partner in the mission to provide care for children with congenital heart disease.
This year, Dr. Soto will continue his work in the Dominican Republic, Guyana, and Bolivia.
With the support of Chadasha, Dr. Soto has spent the last ten years traveling the world, performing cardiac surgery on children in need, and training local surgeons in his specialized skills.
Since 2019, Dr. Soto has served as a Medical Consultant with Gift of Life International, our strategic partner in the mission to provide care for children with congenital heart disease.
This year, Dr. Soto will continue his work in the Dominican Republic, Guyana, and Bolivia.
STORIES THAT INSPIRE
Real Lives, Real Change
For six-year-old Nadin Vickram from Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, Guyana, life has already been a journey of resilience and hope. From the time he was a baby, his...
Chadasha and GOLI Deliver Lifesaving Cardiac Care to Children in Guyana Chadasha, in partnership with Gift of Life International (GOLI), successfully completed another...
Honduras: This is a new site for Chadasha and Gift of Life International. Our clinical team, led by Dr. Rodrigo Soto, was in San Pedro Sula from July 19th to the 26th....
From May 31st to June 7th, a team of healthcare providers from our strategic partner, Gift of Life International (GOLI), led by Dr. Rodrigo Soto, visited CEDIMAT...
Chadasha’s mission of Saving Lives, and Building Capacity in Guyana In an inspiring demonstration of long-term impact and commitment to sustainable healthcare, Chadasha...
I suppose that because I was on the board of directors of the international children’s heart foundation located in Memphis, Tennessee with its founder being an ex...
I want to tell Darline’s story now. I was in Fon Parisien, doing work there—among the poorest of the poor. After we had completed medical clinics for 10 to 12 hours...
Fedia and her Retinoblastoma I first met Laurette and Haiti in one of the clinics that we were treating the poorest of the poor of Haiti. She was greatly...
Fedia and her Retinoblastoma We had just finished the hospital in Jimani, Dominican Republic, which is about 500 yards from Haiti. We have done many medical...
