The following article is from the New York Times on Aug 8, 2016. Written by reporter Katie Rogers. To view the original article, visit the NYT online. It’s a bittersweet wedding story a decade in the making: Nearly 10 years after Jeni … [Read more...]
In The News: Tufts Medical Center Performs FOUR Heart Transplants In 24 Hours
By Reis Thebault / GLOBE CORRESPONDENT JULY 05, 2016 - "I just want to be 35. I want to do 35-year-old things. . . . I just want to live the rest of my life,” said Shayla Titus, recovering after her heart transplant. At Tufts Medical Center, … [Read more...]
In The News: Tufts Medical Center Performs Two Heart Transplants In Same Day
The following article is from Jun 24, 2016 on CBS Boston, WBZ Channel 4 News. To view the original article, visit: boston.cbslocal.com/2016/06/24/tufts-mc-heart-transplants-mallika-marshall/ BOSTON (CBS) – Performing an organ transplant takes a … [Read more...]
In The News: From a heart in a backpack to a heart transplant
Date: June 3, 2016 Source: University of Michigan Health System Summary: More than a year after leaving the hospital without a human heart, Stan Larkin, 25, trades his wearable total artificial heart for a real one. The surgery was a unique … [Read more...]
HeartBrothers Foundation Receives Support from CareDx
Media Contacts: CareDx: Molly Martell, 415-728-6307, mmartell@caredx.com HeartBrothers: Pat Sullivan, 508-579-5878, pat.sullivan@heartbrothers.org The HeartBrothers Foundation Presented With Support from CareDx to expand Heart Transplant … [Read more...]
Co-Founder Feature: Bob Romer
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 FRAMINGHAM - Bob Romer graduated from Westborough High School in … [Read more...]
Team HeartBrothers Member Feature: Mike Ashworth
Lowell Sun: A life lost, three lives saved By: Todd Feathers, tfeathers@lowellsun.com, Apr 24 2016 PELHAM - On Sept. 13, 2014, Mike Ashworth, of Warwick, R.I. was sitting in a restaurant eating breakfast when he got the call he'd been waiting … [Read more...]
Brazilian Billionaire Dug His Bentley A Grave To Benefit Organ Donation
Amazing! In September 2013, eccentric Portuguese billionaire Count Chiquinho Scarpa posted to Facebook he would be burying his Bentley. A media frenzy ensued about his rash behavior. When the day finally arrived, he did not, in fact, bury his … [Read more...]
Heart In A Box
A Breakthrough in Heart Preservation The World's Only Portable Heart Perfusion System Heart transplantation programs around the world face significant challenges in transplantation volume, patient outcomes, and overall cost of patient care. … [Read more...]
Heart In A Box
A Breakthrough in Heart Preservation The World's Only Portable Heart Perfusion System Heart transplantation programs around the world face significant challenges in transplantation volume, patient outcomes, and overall cost of patient care. … [Read more...]