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- Aug 2
- 2 min
SURVIVOR STORY: McKinley Hackett
Find out more about HeartBrother McKinley Hackett's new book: “Meeting Death and Learning to Live..."
- Jun 16
- 2 min
SURVIVOR STORY: Jim Lang
Meet our newest Team HeartBrother member, Jim Lang of Worcester, MA.
Jim is a writer and public speaker who was 52 when he noticed...
- Mar 31
- 2 min
SURVIVOR STORY: Bob Cummings
A New Heart for Bob and A Stay at HeartBrothers House for Wife & Caregiver, Kelly In March, Bob Cummings finally received a new heart and...
- 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...
- 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...
- Mar 2, 2021
- 2 min
SURVIVOR STORY: Glenn Rockwood
Name: Glenn Rockwood Location: Albany, NY Diagnosis: Cardiomyopathy (40s) Transplanted: ...
- 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...
- Sep 9, 2017
- 2 min
NEWS: HeartBrother Larry Williams— "The Governor" Goes Home
Heart transplant patient who counseled others finally going home Produced By: WCVB-5 (ABC) Boston HeartBrothers Larry Williams – The...
- Apr 4, 2017
- 7 min
SURVIVOR STORY: Kyle Williams
Name: Kyle Williams Location: Syracuse, NY Profession: Environmental Engineer Diagnosis:...
- Mar 21, 2017
- 4 min
SURVIVOR STORY: Don Mitchell
Name: Don Mitchell Age: 61 Age at Diagnosis: 39 Procedures: heart transplant; kidney transplant …Shocker My heart disease started at the...
- Mar 5, 2017
- 7 min
SURVIVOR STORY: Larry Williams
Larry N. Williams, Jr: It’s All About the Moment Name: Larry N. Williams, Jr. Location: Tufts Medical Center, Pratt 8 (Heart Failure...
- Feb 15, 2017
- 5 min
SURVIVOR STORY: Allen “Monty” Scott
Name: Allen “Monty” Scott Diagnosis (Age): 36 Transplant: Currently 1A Status on the Transplant Waiting List Monty (left) with wife...
- Feb 7, 2017
- 20 min
SURVIVOR STORY: Bill Chenier
Bill Chenier, Retired Chef Diagnosis (Age): 4th Grade (Heart Murmur) Transplant: August 1, 2011 After a heart and kidney transplant saved...
- Oct 21, 2016
- 5 min
SURVIVOR STORY: Shoji Inomata
Shoji’s Heart (Original article written by Jacqueline Mitchell | November 19, 2013) When this Tufts dental student learned he needed a...
- May 27, 2016
- 7 min
SURVIVOR STORY: Mike Ashworth
Mike Ashworth Name: Mike Ashworth Location: Warwick, RI Profession: Soccer coach; retired insurance broker Diagnosis: Heart failure /...
- Feb 5, 2016
- 5 min
SURVIVOR STORY: Shalah McDonough
Shalah McDonough Name: Shalah McDonough Location: Chelmsford, MA Diagnosis: Cardiomyopathy, January 2004, Age 21 Transplanted: July 1,...
- Mar 12, 2015
- 1 min
SURVIVOR STORY: Ann Grogan
One family, three heart transplants. The HeartBrothers are strong supporters of Team Heart Throbs at The Harbor Walk & Country Heals...