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THE HEARTBROTHERS BLOG

Our curated collection of stories to help and uplift Heart Failure patients & families.

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Mar 23
7 min

NEWS: A fatal Crash & A Second Chance for Hamid Mahdavy

The Keene Sentinel By: Paul Cuno-Booth / Contributing Writer || Mar 5, 2022 After years of worsening heart disease, Mahdavy was so weak...

Feb 25
1 min

NEWS: WBUR Boston RADIO

Interview with HeartBrother Kyree Miller TRANSCRIPTION: The American Heart Association finds black Americans are 50% more likely to...

Dec 21, 2021
4 min

In The News: New Life for Donor Hearts Normally Deemed Off-Limits for Transplant

Early data on those looking outside traditional brain-dead donor pool Transmedics reporting good short-term clinical outcomes for DCD...

Dec 10, 2021
2 min

SURVIVOR STORY: Tina Foster

“You Have to Keep the Faith” Just a few months after noticing shortness of breath and swelling in her legs, Tina Foster was told she...

Sep 9, 2021
3 min

SURVIVOR STORY: Ed Sarno

Name: Ed Sarno Location: North Reading, MA Diagnosis: Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiomyopathy...

Jun 29, 2021
3 min

SURVIVOR STORY: Hamid Mahdavy

Name: Hamid Mahdavy Location: Wilbraham, MA (The Berkshires) Diagnosis: Left Ventricular...

May 21, 2021
2 min

New Organ Care System is Revolutionizing Transplants and Saving Lives

New Organ Care System is Revolutionizing Transplants and Saving Lives Glenn Rockwood expected a long, frightening wait for a new heart;...

May 21, 2021
3 min

Transplant Patients & COVID Vaccination

To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate? That is the Question… By: Pat Sullivan | Co-Founding Survivor, The HeartBrothers Foundation Recently,...

Mar 2, 2021
2 min

SURVIVOR STORY: Glenn Rockwood

Name: Glenn Rockwood Location: Albany, NY Diagnosis: Cardiomyopathy (40s) Transplanted: ...

Nov 30, 2020
3 min

4 Amazing Heart Transplant Stories

We know that in otherwise healthy individuals, there are ways to lower your risk of heart disease, including eating low sodium diet meals...

Jan 31, 2020
2 min

In The News: 5 for Good (WCVB Channel 5)

“5 for Good” – January 30, 2020 MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — Larry Williams and Mike Ashworth met in the hardest of circumstances. Williams was...

Oct 8, 2019
1 min

“The Nicholas Effect” 25 years later

Nicholas Green, 7, on vacation in Switzerland a few days before he was killed in 1994 while his family drove through Italy. (Reg Green)...

Jul 2, 2019
3 min

HeartBrothers Receives 2019 Honorable Mention for “Excellence in Patient Engagement”

Firsthand Experience Inspires Friends to Help Others with Heart Failure by Hamid Mahdavy • June 19, 2019 Editor’s note: HeartBrothers...

Mar 26, 2019
2 min

Co-Founder Blog: DILIGENCE

By: Pat Sullivan (Co-Founder) March 25, 2019 I am a heart transplant recipient who is currently 6+ years away from my “Miracle Day.” Nov...

Mar 22, 2019
14 min

SURVIVOR STORY: Co-Founders Pat Sullivan & Bob Romer—The Original HeartBrothers

*Original story published on Tufts Medical Center's website – 09/08/2015.* To say Pat Sullivan and Bob Romer are bonded for life would be...

Mar 21, 2019
1 min

In The News: Organ Donor Day on Valentine’s Day

HeartBrother Hamid Madahvy joins New England Donor Services and Holyoke Mayor to spread the word about organ donation. Mayor Alex Morse...

Mar 23, 2018
4 min

Living Kidney Donor Needed for Dennis Kaminski

Calling For Living Kidney Donors Our HeartBrother Needs Your Help Dennis Kaminski is currently at Massachusetts General Hospital, on...

Mar 23, 2018
3 min

In The News: Skydiver Back in Air Following Heart Transplant

Frank Hewitt Skydives After His Heart Transplant A special meeting Monday in Vermont’s Addison County demonstrated the emotional power...

Mar 8, 2018
1 min

Two HeartBrothers On Ice at Boston Bruins

Bruins “Heart Health Night” 2018 Greg Cox & Greg Hampton Intermission Highlight We were beyond thrilled to hear that Tufts Medical...

Mar 7, 2018
1 min

Dad Hears Late Daughter’s Heart in Transplant Recipient

At the HeartBrothers, we are all eternally grateful to our donor families. Those who, through their tragedy and loss, gave us a second...