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NEWS: Bob Romer Gives Back
MetroWest Daily News: Whatever Happened To …?: Westborough’s Bob Romer giving back after life was saved by heart transplant By: Rick...
May 13, 20164 min read
Brazilian Billionaire Dug His Bentley A Grave To Benefit Organ Donation
Amazing! When the day finally arrived, he did not, in fact, bury his car. Instead, he made a grand media statement on what was the first...
Apr 22, 20161 min read
Heart In A Box
A Breakthrough in Heart Preservation The World’s Only Portable Heart Perfusion System TransMedics developed the OCS™ HEART system to...
Feb 13, 20161 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Shalah McDonough
Name: Shalah McDonough Location: Chelmsford, MA Diagnosis: Cardiomyopathy, January 2004, Age 21 Transplanted: July 1, 2015, Age 32 Time...
Feb 5, 20166 min read
Role of heart-assist devices shifts as technology, management improve
From the Houston Chronicle Dr. Brian Bruckner, left, a heart transplant surgeon, and Dr. Jerry Estep, cardiologist, display two versions...
Sep 17, 20151 min read
The HeartBrothers at Tufts Medical Center
To say Pat Sullivan and Bob Romer are bonded for life would be an understatement. Recent heart transplant recipients at Tufts MC’s Heart...
Sep 11, 20151 min read
WHAT DID I DO ?
When I was actively going through the ordeal of HF/LVAD/Transplant and sketchy recovery, I fell into the trap of questioning my Higher...
Aug 31, 20153 min read
HeartBrothers at HFSA Quality Care Task Force Initiative
On June 8, 2015, The HeartBrothers Foundation was invited to participate in the first Quality Care Task Force Initiative of the Heart...
Jun 30, 20151 min read
HeartBrothers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Pictured above : from left to right Alan Kono MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Pat Sullivan, Bob Romer, David DeNofrio MD, Tufts...
May 29, 20151 min read
Ablation cuts AF recurrence 2.5-fold vs. amiodarone in heart failure
SAN DIEGO – Catheter ablation proved superior to amiodarone for treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation in patients with systolic...
Apr 1, 20151 min read
HeartBrothers Foundation receives grant from CareDX
http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2014/12/12/691015/10112240/en/CareDx-Presents-HeartBrothers-Foundation-with-a-Grant-to-Support-...
Dec 19, 20141 min read
From the Boston Globe: New tech helping heart patients
Read the article here: New tech helping heart patients or download the PDF
Dec 9, 20141 min read
Be a Better Patient
During my long stay in the hospital I had a mini epiphany, I realized that the best thing I could do to help the caregivers and myself,...
Nov 19, 20142 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Greg Hampton
However, just days prior to the first game of the year at BC, a scrimmage against the ’94 US Olympic team, my world came to a screeching...
Nov 5, 201410 min read
Attitude Is Everything
I found that the troubles I experienced during my eleven plus months in the hospital, and there were many, exhausted my ability to remain...
Sep 2, 20142 min read
Symptoms of Heart Failure
Heart Failure, also known as, Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is a progressive condition. I remember when my husband was first diagnosed...
Aug 15, 20141 min read
Surviving a Long Hospital Stay
If someone had told you that you are going to spend almost 12 months in the hospital, your first reaction would be to say “NO WAY!” I...
Jul 24, 20142 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Steve Maskell
By Bob Romer – Steve is one of those quick-witted people you meet who seems to have an aura of calmness about him. Even hooked up to a...
May 13, 20146 min read
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