December 4th-6th marked the 5th Annual Team HeartBrothers Meeting...our longest, most well-attended, and successful meeting to date. We assembled more than 40 Team HeartBrothers members--transplant survivors as well as caregivers--to provide … [Read more...]
In The News: Chronicle (WCVB Channel 5): The Heart Chooses The Person
HeartBrother Hamid Mahdavy's friendship with his donor's family surprises even his doctors at Tufts Medical Center. NEEDHAM, Mass. — The Medical Director of Tufts Medical's Advanced Heart Failure Program (who has been involved with organ … [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...]
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...]
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...]
In The News: Skydiver Back in Air Following Heart Transplant
Frank Hewitt Skydives After His Heart Transplant A special meeting Monday in Vermont’s Addison County demonstrated the emotional power and life-saving potential of organ transplants. "As long as I’m breathing, as long as this heart’s ticking, I’m … [Read more...]
Dad Hears Late Daughter’s Heart in Transplant Recipient
At the HeartBrothers, we are all eternally grateful to our donor families. Those who, through their tragedy and loss, gave us a second chance at life. There are no words to describe our gratitude. What they have given us is truly a gift beyond … [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...]
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...]