Dr. Bookspan

“What is the function of the heart?  It’s a pump!  It moves blood!”

Thad Bordofsky

“Even if you do all the right things, some of you will have the bad luck or genetics to have heart disease and then medicines and drugs can be really useful.”

Mary Ferris

“Slowly clogged arteries will be compensated by other arteries growing larger to reach muscle that is affected.”

Karen Bradbury

“The first hour after a heart attack is the critical time frame because that is when there is the greatest chance of having coronary arrest.”

Brian Olsen

“I like to think of myself as an AED (automated external defribulator) advocate.”

Doug Holt

“The muscle you can’t have actually fail on you is the heart.  We weren’t designed to sit down in front of the TV for four or five hours a day.  The body was designed to move, even if it’s something as simple as a ten minute walk.”

Dawn Dunn

“There is no safe form of tobacco, period.”

Nicole Inglish

“The heart charka is called anahata which means “unstuck”. No matter how much heartbreak we have, the heart as an energy channel remains untouched, whole.”

Joe Darga

“It’s not possible for me to describe how wonderful it is to be here, to be alive.  The most fantastic thing you’ll ever have is life and that’s what that man in Stockton gave me.  I encourage you to think about yourself and to take care of your body.”

Virginia Bobro

“It’s cool that our hearts and brains are hard wired for love from the beginning.”

Dr. Gelberg

“We never put a test away; we just keep adding more and this leads to the economic issues of the medical field.  Of all the doctors, we cardiologists get the best toys.”

Dale Figtree

“There isn’t one food good for the heart.  All that are rich in nutrients and fiber, including fruits, veggies, whole grains, nuts and fish—not processed and closest to natural—are good for the heart.”

Eric Schmitz

“Don’t settle for being influenced by the media.  It’s challenging to eat heart healthy but it’s worth it.”

Barry Tanowitz

“The human blood supply is circulated 1400 times per day and all of your blood circulates about once per minute.  The heart could squirt blood up to 30 feet!”

Peter Hasler

“Building a heart takes hundreds and thousands of commands and directions and steps-it’s way more complicated that programming a computer—and any step can have an error.  Fortunately, most are minor.”

Tim Cloherty

“My favorite part of my job is doing autopsies because even with technology doctors can’t always tell why someone died.  It’s exciting to figure it out plus it helps doctors.”

Dr. Kwako

“How do we measure stress?  There aren’t any real tests, but in my office I ask. Most answer honestly but men don’t admit it as readily.”

Gordon Sichi

"As reported in the National Geographic's February 2007 feature article, "Healing the Heart,"  heart health is 50% cheeseburger and 50% genetics."