Our first ever VIRTUAL Annual Team HeartBrothers Meeting was held December 10, 2020, with great success. More than 30 of our team members assembled via Zoom for a 5.5-hour meeting. Our annual meetings aim to educate all Team HeartBrothers members on the latest medical breakthroughs and new medications surrounding heart transplantation. And this year, unlike in years past, COVID-19 also made its way into our discussions. The key topic was the COVID-19 vaccine and whether or no

*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 an understatement. Recent heart transplant recipients at Tufts MC’s Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Center, their extended, intertwining sagas are analogous to Frodo and Sam’s quest in The Lord of The Rings trilogy: harrowing, life-threatening, ultimately successful, and unquestionably epic. Midway through their yearlong stay at Tufts

Heart transplant patient who counseled others finally going home Produced By: WCVB-5 (ABC) Boston HeartBrothers Larry Williams – The Governor Goes Home *Click Image To Watch Video BOSTON — SEP 6, 2017 — There will be a lot of bittersweet tears Thursday at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, where a patient who waited more than a year for a heart transplant will be discharged. On his last full day in the hospital, one of Larry Williams’ best friends dropped by to say thank you. Th

Name: Don Mitchell Age: 61 Age at Diagnosis: 39 Procedures: heart transplant; kidney transplant …Shocker My heart disease started at the very young age of 39. I was very active physically, worked out religiously. After doctors performed an angioplasty, I recovered quite well and was able to start exercising again. A couple of years later, my wife and I had our second child. Life was good. We were working a lot with two small children. However, as time went on, I started to

By: Pat Sullivan (Co-Founder) March 8, 2017 To all the Heart Transplant survivors out there: Close your eyes and remember the time before your transplant. Remember just how sick you were. NOW try to say, “I’m having a terrible day today.” …Impossible! I try to start my days by saying, “Thank you, Scotty (my donor). Let’s go do some good with your heart today.” When I do this I rarely get stuck in the doldrums of having an offbeat day. Try it! …Today. …Tomorrow. …The next day.

Name: Allen “Monty” Scott Diagnosis (Age): 36 Transplant: Currently 1A Status on the Transplant Waiting List Monty (left) with wife Nicole and children Marquise & Talia Monty needs lifesaving heart and kidney transplants. He has been enduring the complications of severe end-stage congestive heart failure, and his condition continues to digress. Monty, his cardiologists, and care team at Tufts Medical Center in Boston have come to the point where a transplant is crucial to his

By: Pat Sullivan (Co-Founder) February 14, 2017 It’s been just over 4 years ago now that I received my miracle of a new heart. I want to set the stage before I go any further… I had complications. I was a pretty debilitated patient after my transplant and should not be considered “the norm”. If you are a transplant candidate or recipient, you shouldn’t expect to encounter some of the issues I experienced. Remember what the doctors and coordinators always tell us when we ask—W

Bill Chenier, Retired Chef Diagnosis (Age): 4th Grade (Heart Murmur) Transplant: August 1, 2011 After a heart and kidney transplant saved Bill Chenier’s life nearly two years after he lost his youngest son, Scott, to the same congenital heart disease, Bill asked Robyn Passante to write his family’s story. The following Survivor Story is a story of both heartbreak and triumph. Robyn captured it masterfully, conducting several emotional interviews with those involved—including

Mike Ashworth Name: Mike Ashworth Location: Warwick, RI Profession: Soccer coach; retired insurance broker Diagnosis: Heart failure / renal failure Transplanted: September 13, 2014 Time on Transplant List: 5 years Mike Ashworth Survivor Story: The Miracle Man How I Feel Today (Feb ’16) I walk 2 miles a day on a treadmill and run errands for family and friends. I’m infinitely better than I was… extremely independent… and happy to still coach soccer. Just A Little Shoulder Pai

MetroWest Daily News: Whatever Happened To …?: Westborough’s Bob Romer giving back after life was saved by heart transplant By: Rick Smith, ricksmith235@verizon.net, Apr 30 2016 As a senior, Romer, who was a 5-foot-9, 180-pound left-hander, went 8-1 on the mound, his only loss coming at the hands of powerhouse Milford at Fino Field. He relied on corner-painting control, but also had a fastball that moved and reached speeds that belied his size. Romer, now 54, was a battler, a

The HeartBrothers Foundation wishes to thank Tuft’s Medical Center for inviting us to attend and be the patient panel at the 7th New England Heart Failure and Transplant Network Conference this month. We are blessed to be alive to share our experiences with the top healthcare providers from the regional hospitals in New England and upstate New York. We met with many friends and supporters of the foundation from our advanced heart failure to transplant journey. We received ove