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Heart Heroes

Hear from caregivers, cardiologists, patients and their family members – all heroes among us, battling, treating and beating heart disease.
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].

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

Rita Akiki

Rita Akiki

Heart Failure Nurse and Educator

Lebanon

Chris Rylands

Chris Rylands

Diagnosed with Kawasaki Disease

United Kingdom

Dr Martina Brückmann

Dr Martina Brückmann

Global Medical Head of late-stage Clinical Development Cardio-Metabolism & Respiratory at Boehringer Ingelheim

Germany

Dr Rasha Al-Lamee

Dr Rasha Al-Lamee

Northwest London Cardiovascular Speciality Lead for the UK’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

United Kingdom

Alexander Ferguson

Alexander Ferguson

United States

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.