Give a child a tomorrow: Help fund life-saving heart surgeries today.
Give a child a tomorrow: Help fund life-saving heart surgeries today.

About us

Life-saving pediatric cardiac care for underserved children who lack the financial resources and access to care.

100 %

of Donations to Surgeries

400+

Children supported

9+

countries served

11+ years

Since 2015

100 %

of Donations to Surgeries

400+

Children supported

9+

countries served

11+ years

Since 2015

ABout us

Our mission is to give every child born with heart disease a chance to live a healthy life.

Bloom To Life is a US-based nonprofit organization dedicated to making life-saving pediatric cardiac care accessible to the most underserved children around the world. We support families who cannot afford critical treatment and help children receive timely care, hope, and a future.

400+

Little Hearts Saved

Bloom to Life has funded life-saving heart surgeries for 400+ children, but many more stillneed urgent support.

250,000

Little Hearts at Risk

1 in 100 children are born with CHD every year in India. Only 10% have access to care. 250,000 children die every year.

Founder’s Vision

“Our vision is to make the highest quality pediatric cardiac care accessible to the most underserved children in the world”

Our Medical Advisory Board

The Medical Advisory Board (MAB) is Bloom to Life’s clinical governance engine, powered by elite global pediatric cardiac specialists. They engineered a strict Global Clinical Framework to resolve singular structural barriers with maximum efficiency. By empowering regional hubs to process standard intake autonomously, the MAB reserves its bandwidth exclusively for complex outliers—guaranteeing rapid Time-to-Intervention and uncompromising medical excellence.

Dr. Krishna Kumar

BTL – Medical Board Chair, Head of Pediatric Cardiology, AIMS, Kochi, India

Dr. Brijesh P. Kottayil

BTL- Chief Surgeon, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, AIMS, Kochi, India

Dr. Usha Krishnan

Professor of Pediatrics, Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, Columbia University

Dr. Aarti Bhat

Professor of Pediatrics, Director of Heart Quality Center, Seattle Children’s Hospital

Dr. Seshadri Balaji

Professor of Pediatrics, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, OHSU

Dr. Mahesh K

Professor of Pediatric Cardiology, AIMS, Kochi, India

Robert Wenz

Executive Director, Betty Irene Moore Heart Center, Stanford Children’s Health

Angela Barbetta

Unit Director, Pediatric Cardiac ICU, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital

Kevin Shoaf

Interventional Radiologist, Stanford Children’s Health

Dr. Neville Solomon

Pediatric Cardio Surgeon, Apollo Children’s Hospital, Chennai, India

Our Global Advisory Board

Our mission is propelled forward by distinguished professionals spanning the worlds of business, technology, philanthropy, and global strategy. These industry leaders lend their diverse expertise and forward-thinking leadership to scale our impact and help us build a sustainable future for children in need.

Adam Raymer-Brown

Founder, Raytech Services

Amanda Johnson

Senior Director, Travis Manion Foundation

SP Bagaria

Managing Director, Prakash Mica Exports Pvt Ltd

Gayatri Oleti

Former Head, L&T Public Charitable Trust

Jim Harvey

Vice President, Thales Inflight Entertainment & Connectivity

Kenny Stills

Former NFL Player, Human Rights Activist

Dr. Maju Matthews

Board-Certified Psychiatrist, Synapse Behavioral Health

Dr. Mahender Singh

Founder & CEO, Birdoo

Preethi Sundaram

Chief Strategy Officer, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Steve Wilson

Vice President, Information Technology

Selva kumar

VP Program Management, JPMC

Smitha Nayar

SVP – Product Development

Sonali Nanda

Chief Product Officer, MarketsandMarkets

Stew Phillips

Managing Director, Crest Management Group

Swamy Vasudevan

Sr Executive, Rakuten

Zach Wigal

Founder & Board President, Gamers Outreach

Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors champions our long-term vision, safeguarding our fiscal health and operational integrity so that Bloom to Life can continue restoring children’s lives and protecting vulnerable families for generations to come.

Amélie Laurent

Founder & CEO

Amélie Laurent

Founder & CEO

Amélie Laurent

Founder & CEO

Amélie Laurent

Founder & CEO

Amélie Laurent

Founder & CEO

Amélie Laurent

Founder & CEO

Amélie Laurent

Founder & CEO

Amélie Laurent

Founder & CEO

Amélie Laurent

Founder & CEO

Amélie Laurent

Founder & CEO

Our Execution Team

Behind our global impact is a team deeply committed to operational excellence and empathetic care. They work tirelessly on the ground and behind the scenes to bridge the gap between donors, medical team, and the children who need us most, transforming operational challenges into joyful stories.

Ganesh Kumar

CEO

Karthikeyan Thanikachalam

Technology & Strategic initiatives

Neethu Zacharia

Social Worker

Pavak Panda

Director of Partnerships

Radhae Muthukumaraswamy

Donor Engagement

Santhosh Seetharaman

Events & Donor Engagement

Shri Gowri

Finance & Accounting

Sowmi Priya

Events & Volunteer Engagement
Team Headshot

⁠⁠Vritika Tiwari

Donor Engagement

Founding Members

Bloom to Life was born from a shared conviction: To make the highest quality pediatric cardiac care accessible to the most underserved children in the world. Our founding members united their diverse backgrounds in medicine, strategy, and philanthropy to build a transparent, direct-impact model that drives meaningful, measurable progress in global pediatric cardiac care.

Ganesh Kumar

BTL Founder

Sowmi Priya

BTL Co-Founder

Dr. Sangeetha Viswanathan

BTL Co-Founder

“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke
and saw that life was service.
I acted and behold, service was joy”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Our Hospital Partners

Our trusted hospital partners provide the advanced facilities and leading pediatric cardiac specialists needed to deliver timely, high-quality heart treatment. Together, we give underserved children the best possible chance to heal, thrive, and embrace a healthier future.