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Heart Heroes

Cardiologists, healthcare professionals, policymakers, patients and their family members and friends are the heroes among us - battling, treating and beating heart disease.
Read unique stories of people and teams dedicated and committed to improving cardiac health and reducing cardiovascular disease (CVD).
If you’d like to nominate a Heart Hero or are a Heart Hero yourself and would like to share your story, please contact [email protected].

Mojisola Atanmuyide

Mojisola Atanmuyide

Living with heart failure

United Kingdom

Dr Wael Al Mahmeed

Dr Wael Al Mahmeed

Staff Physician in the Heart and Vascular Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

Dr Matias Nordaby

Dr Matias Nordaby

Associate Medical Head for Heart Failure at Boehringer Ingelheim

Germany

Dr Luis Moya Jiménez

Dr Luis Moya Jiménez

Founder and President of the Colombian League against Heart Disease and Hypertension

Colombia

Alejandro Asprella

Alejandro Asprella

Diagnosed with high cholesterol and hypertension

Argentina

Marlene Oliveira

Marlene Oliveira

President of Instituto Lado a Lado pela Vida

Brazil

Koenraad Verhagen

Koenraad Verhagen

Diagnosed with amyloidosis

Netherlands

Dr John Pasternak

Dr John Pasternak

Living with cardiac amyloidosis

Canada

Shirley Ingram

Shirley Ingram

Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) Cardiology at Tallaght University Hospital

Ireland

The Heart Hero series consists of personal testimonials that patients, practitioners, caregivers, and others wish to offer and share in their own authentic voice. Any examples of diagnoses, care, treatment, medical processes, or recommendations mentioned in the stories are provided independently of WHF’s policy or scientific and technical outputs.