The HeartBrothers Foundation Presents $5,000 to Tufts Medical Center

The HeartBrothers Foundation Presents $5,000 to Tufts Medical Center

Funds Raised at Annual Golf Classic Will Help Expand Heart Transplant Patient Support

Marshfield, Mass., August 7, 2017 – The HeartBrothers Foundation (HBF), a Massachusetts-based nonprofit, presented a check for $5,000 to Tufts Medical Center’s Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Patient Support Fund Monday, August 7, at its 2017 Mike Gustin Memorial Golf Classic to Benefit The HeartBrothers Foundation. The event was held at the exclusive Marshfield Country Club. The $5K donation is a result of the event’s successful fundraising efforts.

“It’s amazing to receive this generous gift—especially because it comes from our very own heart transplant recipients,” said David DeNofrio, MD, Director of the Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation Center at Tufts Medical Center. “Pat and Bob continue to stay focused and committed to helping patients living with advanced heart failure. The HeartBrothers’ much-needed gift will help us support patients and their families through this challenging process. Many patients need assistance with travel and other expenses before and after their transplant and LVAD procedures.”

The HBF, now 2 ½ years in operation, is co-founded by two heart transplant survivors—Pat Sullivan and Bob Romer—who both underwent heart transplant surgery at Tufts Medical Center under the leadership of DeNofrio. The funds given to Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Patient Support Fund will be used to help ease the lives of transplant patients at Tufts MC and improve their overall post-transplant experience and health.

“We’re overwhelmed at the outpouring of support at this year’s Gustin Golf Classic and are beyond honored to now give back to the CardioVascular Center care team at Tufts Medical Center—the men and women who saved our lives,” said Sullivan. “Partnering with the Gustin family is always our pleasure. Their commitment, planning, and implementation are spot-on—and only thanks to their generosity are we able to make this donation to Tufts MC.”

About The HeartBrothers Foundation

The HeartBrothers Foundation (HBF) is a 501(c)3 non-profit foundation dedicated to helping patients and families facing Heart Failure, Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD’s) and Heart Transplantation. Its sole mission is to bring resources together to help patients and loved ones survive a life with heart failure and all its challenges by offering essential support through medical insurance assistance programs, informative stress-coping resources and connections to the global heart failure community. The HBF was founded in 2014 by heart transplant survivors Bob Romer and Pat Sullivan, who together have more than three decades of experience dealing with the often-fatal condition of heart failure. Find them online at: www.heartbrothers.org.

Photo, L-R: Anne Gustin; Kristine Venti; Katie Gustin Gerstel; Dr. Michael S. Kiernan, Tufts Medical Center; Pat Sullivan, The HeartBrothers Foundation; Laurie Gustin Sullivan; Dr. David DeNofrio, Tufts Medical Center; Bob Romer, The HeartBrothers Foundation.