Heart to Heart International, Incorporated (HTH) is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to helping children in the developing world who have congenital heart defects.  The organization brings children who need surgical intervension to the United States for treatement.  Heart to Heart accomplishes this by utilizing a network of participating physicians and hospitals who donate their care and services. 

Founded in 1989 by cardiologist Herman A. Taylor, Jr., M.D., Heart to Heart has healed more than fifty children from fourteen countries.  In addition, Heart to Heart has facilitates mini-fellowships for visiting physicians.  Through these experiences foreign doctors begin to acquire the skills they need to take care of critically ill children in their own countries. 

Heart to Heart's goals are to:  

• Maintain a network of Cardiac Centers in the United States to provide surgical treatment and care for children from the developing world with congenital heart defects, 
• Facilitate educational opportunities in the form of mini-fellowships for foreign physicians who accompany pediatric patients from developing countries.
• Procure donated medical equipment and supplies for hospitals and clinics in targeted developing countries.