HBF Heart Failure Awareness Webinar: End-stage Mitigation, Transplantation & Organ Donation
The latest webinar in the HeartBrothers Foundation’s Heart Failure Awareness Campaign featured Dr. Michael Givertz, director of the Heart...
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- May 22
- 2 min
Support group for heart failure patients 'makes a big difference' for patients, loved ones
When HeartBrother Hamid Mahdavy went through his life-changing journey of undergoing a heart transplant back in 2016, he really needed to...
- Mar 13
- 4 min
MGH Cardiologist Shares Important Information about Heart Failure
Heart Failure Awareness Webinar Series: Part 1 Recap By Leigh Blander As part of its heart failure awareness campaign, the HeartBrothers...
- Feb 21
- 2 min
SURVIVOR STORY: Mark Cibulski
After 2nd Heart Transplant, Mark Cibulski Is Ready To Play Ball... Mark Cibulski is training to take the field this baseball season, just...
- Sep 20, 2022
- 5 min
Survivor Story: Tom Bull
There is a whole new world on the other side of transplant. Tom Bull has had a remarkable life, and he’s only 50 years old.
- Sep 16, 2022
- 3 min
Patient Support Group: HEART FAILURE Patients Share Stories & Advice
From hospital rooms & living rooms across the east coast, Heart Failure patients tuned in for the HeartBrothers Patient Support Group
- Mar 23, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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
Cancer and Heart Transplant Survivor Gives Back with HeartBrothers House: ‘You’ve got to be a fighter’...
- 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...
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