*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...]
Survivor Stories
Heart Transplant Survivor Stories
We are pleased to introduce you to some of our Team HeartBrothers members. These are their heart failure survivor stories. (Be sure to check back as new stories will be added routinely...)
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...]
Pat Sullivan’s Survivor Story – “A New Mission in Life”
Name: Patrick J. Sullivan Location: Northboro, MA Profession: Co-Founder, HeartBrothers Foundation Diagnosis: Congestive Heart Failure, 1993 (Age 38) Transplanted: November 21, 2012 (Age … [Read more...]
HeartBrother Larry Williams: ‘The Governor’ Goes Home
Heart transplant patient who counseled others finally going home Produced By: WCVB-5 (ABC) Boston *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 … [Read more...]
Two Team HeartBrothers Members Honored at Tufts MC Gala
Two of our Team HB members were honored at Tufts Medical Center's annual Working Wonders Gala in March 2017. Their stories shared on the big screens at the event. The room so silent you could hear a pin drop. We are so fortunate to have Shalah … [Read more...]
Kyle Williams’ Survivor Story – “Two Hearts are Better than One”
Name: Kyle Williams Location: Syracuse, NY Profession: Environmental Engineer Diagnosis: Dilated Cardiomyopathy, August 2011 (Age 29) Transplanted: December 10, 2014 (Age 32) In … [Read more...]
Don Mitchell’s Survivor Story: The Gift Of Life
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. I was in peak … [Read more...]
Larry Williams’ Survivor Story
Larry N. Williams, Jr: It’s All About the Moment Name: Larry N. Williams, Jr. Location: Tufts Medical Center, Pratt 8 (Heart Failure Ward) Diagnosis: Congestive Heart Failure, AFIB, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure Transplanted: Currently … [Read more...]
Allen “Monty” Scott’s Survivor Story
Name: Allen "Monty" Scott Diagnosis (Age): 36 Transplant: Currently 1A Status on the Transplant Waiting List Monty needs lifesaving heart and kidney transplants. He has been enduring the complications of severe end-stage congestive heart … [Read more...]
Bill Chenier’s Survivor Story
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 … [Read more...]