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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...)

March 22, 2019

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...]

Filed Under: About us, Heart Failure, Heart Transplants, Survivor Stories Tagged With: Bob Romer, Dr. David DeNofrio, Dr. Duc Thinh Pham, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, Heart transplant survivors, Left Ventricular Assist Device, LVAD, Pat Sullivan, Patrick Sullivan, Robert Romer, Tufts Medical Center

March 22, 2019

Bob Romer’s Survivor Story – “And A Battle It Was”

Bob Romer

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...]

Filed Under: Heart Failure, Heart Transplants, Survivor Stories Tagged With: Bob Romer, CHF, Co-Founder, congestive heart failure, Heart Transplant, Heart Transplant Survivor, Left Ventricular Assist Device, LVAD, Robert Romer, Tufts Medical Center

March 22, 2019

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...]

Filed Under: Heart Transplants, LVADs, Survivor Stories Tagged With: atrial fibrillation, CardioVersion, CHF, Co-Founder, congestive heart failure, Heart Transplant, Heart Transplant Survivor, ICD, Implanted Defibrillator, Left Ventricular Assist Device, LVAD, Pat Sullivan, stent, Survivor Story, Tufts Medical Center

September 9, 2017

HeartBrother Larry Williams: ‘The Governor’ Goes Home

LarryWilliams HeartBrothers

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...]

Filed Under: Heart Failure, Heart Transplants, Home Page News, News, Survivor Stories, Team HeartBrothers Tagged With: David DeNofrio, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, HeartBrothers, Larry Williams, Linda Ordway, Tufts Medical Center, WCVB-5

June 6, 2017

Two Team HeartBrothers Members Honored at Tufts MC Gala

Team HeartBrothers Members Honored 1

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...]

Filed Under: Survivor Stories, Team HeartBrothers, Videos Tagged With: Greg Cox, Shalah McDonough, Survivor Story, Team HeartBrothers, Tufts Medical Center

April 4, 2017

Kyle Williams’ Survivor Story – “Two Hearts are Better than One”

Kyle Willams - HeartBrother

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...]

Filed Under: Heart Failure, Heart Transplants, Survivor Stories, Team HeartBrothers Tagged With: Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Dr. Duc Pham, Dr. Joseph Battaglia, Driveline, HeartBrother, Internal ICD, Kyle Williams, Life Vest, LVAD, Tufts Medical Center, Ventricular Tachycardia

March 21, 2017

Don Mitchell’s Survivor Story: The Gift Of Life

Don Mitchell - HeartBrother

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...]

Filed Under: About us, Heart Failure, Heart Transplants, Survivor Stories, Team HeartBrothers Tagged With: Don Mitchell, Dr. David DeNofrio, Heart Transplant, HeartBrothers, Kidney Transplant, The Gift of Life, Tufts Medical Center

March 5, 2017

Larry Williams’ Survivor Story

Larry Williams - Team HeartBrothers

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...]

Filed Under: About us, Heart Failure, Heart Transplants, Survivor Stories, Team HeartBrothers Tagged With: Larry Williams, Team HeartBrothers, Tufts Medical Center

February 15, 2017

Allen “Monty” Scott’s Survivor Story

Allen Monty Scott

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...]

Filed Under: About us, For Family Members, Heart Failure, Heart Transplants, Survivor Stories, Team HeartBrothers Tagged With: Allen Monty Scott, Heart Transplant, Survivor Story, Transplant Waiting List, Tufts Medical Center

February 7, 2017

Bill Chenier’s 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 Bill Chenier’s life nearly two years after he lost his youngest son, Scott, to the same congenital heart … [Read more...]

Filed Under: About us, Survivor Stories, Team HeartBrothers Tagged With: Bill Chenier, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Survivor Story, Team HeartBrothers

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Survivor Stories

Our Co-Founders’ Survivor Story – The Original HeartBrothers

Bob Romer’s Survivor Story – “And A Battle It Was”

Pat Sullivan’s Survivor Story – “A New Mission in Life”

HeartBrother Larry Williams: ‘The Governor’ Goes Home

Two Team HeartBrothers Members Honored at Tufts MC Gala

Kyle Williams’ Survivor Story – “Two Hearts are Better than One”

Don Mitchell’s Survivor Story: The Gift Of Life

Larry Williams’ Survivor Story

Allen “Monty” Scott’s Survivor Story

Bill Chenier’s Survivor Story

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