WHAT:
Meet some 75 open heart surgery patients who have recovered within the past year as they mingle, celebrate, share stories, and have dinner with the doctors, nurses and staff of the Stony Brook Medicine Heart Center. The event also features a physician-led presentation on the achievements and progress of the Heart Center, including the increase in heart failure patients receiving life-saving devices, and coming treatments, such as gene therapy to help grow heart blood vessels.
WHO:
Meet patients like Soterios Georghiou, 60, of Patchogue, a heart failure patient who recently received a left ventricle assist device, has battled heart disease for 15 years, multiple surgeries and different treatments – all under the care of several Stony Brook physicians.
Dr. Todd K. Rosengart, Co-Director of the Heart Center, and Chair, Department of Surgery, Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Dr. Allison McLarty, Associate Professor of Surgery and Thoracic Surgeon
20+ surgeons, nurses, and staff of the Cardiothoracic Surgery team
WHEN:
Thursday, February 9, 2012
WHERE:
Stony Brook Health Sciences Tower
Galleria (level 3)
TIME:
5:00 PM
WHY:
Cardiovascular disease is the nation’s number one killer. The American Heart Association proclaims February as American Heart Month. Patients’ recoveries and their testimonies bring hope against heart disease.
DIRECTIONS
LIE (495) to Exit 62. North on Nicolls Rd. 8.5 miles. Cross over Rt. 347 and make right at the South Entrance of Stony Brook University Hospital. Drive to second light and make left into hospital parking lot. Enter hospital via the lobby. Go to Info Desk for Directions to the Health Sciences Tower and Galleria.
