Global ARCH 2024 Virtual Summit

Global ARCH / Global ARCH 2024 Virtual Summit

The inaugural Global ARCH summit gathered medical experts, administrators, patient and family group leaders, and people with lived experience together in a virtual forum to discuss the current gaps in congenital heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, and other childhood-onset heart disease care. Together, we discussed the existing gaps in care, identified opportunities for collaboration based on current successes, and outlined actions for future improvements.


November 13, 2024

Amy Verstappen, President

Amy Verstappen has been a patient advocate and health educator since 1996, when her own challenges living with a complex heart defect led her to the Adult Congenital Heart Association, where she served as president from 2001 to 2013. She has served as an advisor to the Centers for Disease Control the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; and the International Society for Adult Congenital Cardiac Disease, and worked with congenital heart patient and professional groups throughout the USA and the world.  Ms. Verstappen received a Masters in Education in 1990 and a Masters in Global Health in 2019.