Name: Glenn Rockwood Location: Albany, NY Diagnosis: Cardiomyopathy (40s) Transplanted: February 8, 2017 (62) For nearly 20 years, Glenn lived his best life knowing eventually he would … [Read more...]
What Is Heart Failure, Exactly? What Cardiologists Want You to Know
Understanding Heart Failure - Treating Heart Failure - Living with Heart Failure. Learn more with these three helpful videos from HealthiNation. … [Read more...]
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 in need of a heart transplant and was too sick to leave Tufts Medical Center. Ashworth, a volunteer with the … [Read more...]
HealthGrades: Common Causes of Heart Failure
Heart failure means your heart isn't pumping as well as it should. It's getting weaker. Your heart has trouble supplying the rest of your body with the oxygen it needs. Heart failure comes on gradually. What causes congestive heart failure and are … [Read more...]
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 Foundation received an Honorable Mention from the 2019 Sherman Award for Excellence in Patient Engagement … [Read more...]
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 21, 2022, is the day that will mark the ten year anniversary of my heart transplant. My transplant … [Read more...]
Our Co-Founders’ Survivor Story – The Original HeartBrothers
*Original story on the Tufts Medical Center 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, … [Read more...]
Bob Romer’s Survivor Story – “And A Battle It Was”
Name: Robert Romer Location: Scottsdale, AZ Profession: Co-Founder, HeartBrothers Foundation Diagnosis: Congestive Heart Failure (Age 38) Transplanted: February 14, 2013 And A … [Read more...]
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 hosted Organ Donor Day at City Hall, joined by donor recipients and local organizations. Holyoke residents … [Read more...]
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 bivads, waiting for a combined-heart-kidney transplant. He has already surpassed survival expectations and the … [Read more...]