Connective Issues Spring 2018

SPECIAL EVENTS

HEARTWORKS ST. LOUIS

HONOREES 2009–2018

Dr. Doug & Sharon Aach

Dr. Kevin Blinder

Dr. Keith Bridwell

Dr. Patrick J. Geraghty

Dana Gima, BSN, RN

Dr. Christina Gurnett

BARBARA AND JONATHAN LERMAN, AND THEIR DAUGHTERS, CARLY AND SYDNEY, MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION FROM NEW YORK, WHO SHARED THE STORY OF THE LIFE-SAVING CARE THEY RECEIVED FOR SYDNEY WHEN THEY WERE IN ST. LOUIS FOR THE FOUNDATION’S ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN 2005. SYDNEY HAD GONE INTO HEART FAILURE AND RECEIVED A HEART TRANSPLANT THERE. SHE IS NOW 14 YEARS OLD AND THRIVING. The Foundation and his continuing efforts to create a community with us, his patients, is helpful beyond description.” Dr. Braverman, who is the Alumni Endowed Professor in Cardiovascular Diseases and Director of the Marfan Syndrome Clinic at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, lost his father to Marfan syndrome. His brother and nephew also have the condition. Dr. Braverman has served on the Foundation’s Professional Advisory Board since 1999, including a term as Chair. In 2017, he began his second stint on the Foundation’s Board of Directors.

Dr. Charles Huddleston

Dr. Nicholas Kouchoukos

Dr. Lawrence Lenke

Cheryl Marshall

Dr. Robert Mecham

Dr. Marc Moon

Michael & Noémi Neidorff

Robert & Donna Plummer

Ron & Pam Rubin

Dr. Angela Sharkey

Dr. Greg Sicard

Barb Stehman, BSN, RN

Dr. Marcia Willing

DR. MARCIA WILLING, 2018 HERO WITH A HEART AWARD RECIPIENT

MICHAEL AND NOÉMI NEIDORFF, HONORED IN 2014 AS CORPORATE CHAMPIONS

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