Draft:Victor Chang Foundation

The Victor Chang Foundation (VCF) is a non-profit charity created in 1984 by Dr Victor Chang to award grants to surgeons in Australia and Asia.

Under the leadership of CEO Vanessa Chang, the Foundation carries on Victor Chang's legacy and his focus on education and innovation in cardiothoracic surgery, both in Australia and around Asia. Vanessa Chang has stated that her father’s greatest conviction was that true success comes from sharing knowledge.

Values:
The Victor Chang Foundation provides grants in the following areas:
 * Education: educating surgeons from Australia and around Asia in cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery and heart-lung surgery.
 * Innovation: innovating new technologies and devices in the field of cardiothoracic surgery, with a focus on heart transplantations and heart valves.

Fellowship Program:
The Fellowship Program provides grants to surgeons from Asia to travel to Sydney, Australia and train in cardiothoracic surgery at St Vincent’s Hospital. So far, all recipients of the Fellowship have received training onsite from Dr Paul Jansz.

Recipients:

 * Dr Wenjian Jiang (2019-2021) - Chinese surgeon
 * Dr Shingo Takahara (2021-2023) - Japanese surgeon

CEO

 * Vanessa Chang

Board of Directors

 * Ann Chang
 * Marcus Chang
 * Dr Alan Farnsworth
 * Don Waller
 * Dr Paul Jansz
 * Professor Christopher Hayward
 * Dr Emily Granger
 * Professor John Kelly AM

Patrons

 * Jessica Rowe AO
 * Fiona Coote AM

Members

 * Matthew Chang

Partnerships:
Through its training programs the Victor Chang Foundation has partnered with the following hospitals:
 * Fu Wai Hospital, Beijing, China
 * Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai, China
 * Harapan Kita National Heart Centre, Jakarta, Indonesia

Notes:

 * The Victor Chang Foundation is a separate organisation to the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute that carries his name only and has different aims and objectives.
 * The charity, with Dr Chang's likeness, featured at Madame Tussauds in Sydney in 2018.