TO ASSOCIATE PERSONS INTERESTED IN, AND CARRY ON ACTIVITIES RELATED TO, THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY, TO SPONSOR AND OVERSEE MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL CLINICAL STUDIES EVALUATING THE APPLICATION OF SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS IN CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE, TO ENCOURAGE AND STIMULATE INVESTIGATION AND STUDY THAT WILL INCREASE THE KNOWLEDGE OF CONGENITAL CARDIAC PHYSIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY AND THERAPY, AND TO CORRELATE AND DISSEMINATE SUCH KNOWLEDGE, TO HOLD SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FEATURING FREE DISCUSSION OF PROBLEMS AND DEVELOPMENTS RELATING TO CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY, AND TO SUCCEED TO, AND CONTINUE TO CARRY ON THE ACTIVITIES FORMERLY CONDUCTED BY THE CONGENITAL HEART SURGEONS SOCIETY, AN UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION.