| Heartfest 2008 |
| DR. STEPHEN VALENTI & HIS BAND THE HEART ATTACKERS TO BE HONORED AT THE 18th ANNUAL ♥ HEARTFEST♥ TO BENEFIT THE JOHNS HOPKINS CICCARONE PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY CENTER |
TEENAGE HEART PATIENT AND HEARTFEST COMMUNITY HONOREE BRADY VONTRAN TO JOIN HIS HEART SURGEON DR. DUKE CAMERON FOR A SPOTLIGHT MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
Join Heartfest 2008 Celebrity Honoree Dr. Stephen “Stevie V.” Valenti and his Heart Attackers, the energetic rock, soul, and swing band comprised of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons and other medical professionals, as they are honored for 10 years of keeping the beat going and feet dancing at Heartfest . The 18th Annual Heartfest , an evening of heart-healthy gourmet food, fun and education, will take place on Saturday, January 26, 7:30 p.m. to Midnight, at Martin’s West. Tickets for Heartfest 2008 are only $100. Proceeds will benefit The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Preventive Cardiology Center (established in 1990 in memory of the legendary Johns Hopkins Lacrosse Coach Henry “Chic” Ciccarone). For ticket information call 410-560-2230 or go to www.heartfest.org.
Dr. Valenti and his band will be joined by Heartfest 2008 Medical Honorees the internationally acclaimed cardiologist Eric J. Topol, M.D., Director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute and Chief Academic Officer for Scripps Health, and Peter O. Kwiterovich, Jr., M.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine and cholesterol disorder specialist at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, along with Heartfest 2008 Community Honoree Brady Vontran, teenage heart patient and founder of Brady’s Heart Foundation. Heartfest guests will be treated to a special spotlight musical number by Vontran and the Heart Attacker’s Dr. Duke Cameron, the heart surgeon who performed Brady’s most recent surgery.
In honor of Coach Ciccarone’s legacy, Hopkins Blue Jays Lacrosse Coaches David Pietramala, Bill Dwan,
Bob Benson, Dave Allan, and seniors from the 2007 NCAA Championship Lacrosse Team will be honored with highlights of their championship game on the ballroom’s video screens. Also, Tim Rhode, co-founder of The Maryland Athletic Club & Wellness Center (The MAC), a significant 10-year financial supporter of the Ciccarone Center, will make a special presentation.
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The evening’s hosts will be civic leaders Steve and Mindy Geppi. Mr. Geppi, president and chief executive officer of Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc., creator of the Geppi Entertainment Museum, and owner and publisher of Baltimore Magazine, along with with 10-year-old vocal talent Alexis Biesiada, will help kick off the evening’s entertainment portion as brave subjects of Stevie V. & The Heart Attackers’ Executive Talent Test. The talent test will feature performances by top Baltimore executives enabling them to share their musical talents, among them: Ron Peterson, president of
The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System; Bill Mott, a heart transplant patient and guitar teacher; and more. |
The gourmet dining portion of Heartfest 2008 will showcase heart-healthy cuisine, prepared by many of Baltimore’s most prestigious restaurants and caterers, complemented by fine wines from The Wine Merchant.
Food showcases will be presented by more than 25 fine restaurants and caterers among them: Andy Nelson’s Barbecue;
Babalu Grill; Biddle Street Catering & Events; Blue Sea Grill; Boccaccio Restaurant; Cabot Creamery; Caffé Pronto;
Capital Grille; Charles Levine Caterers; Christopher Daniel; Egg-Spectation; The Gourmet Girls; The Greene Turtle;
Greg’s Bagels; The Helmand Restaurant; Jordan’s Steakhouse; Josef’s Country Inn; King’s Contrivance; LaTasca Spanish Tapas Bar & Restaurant; Martin’s Caterers; Rocky Run Tap & Grill; Ruth’s Chris Steak House; Stone Mill Bakery; SugarBakers; Tio Pepe; Zeffert & Gold; and others.
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Consumer education stations will feature: a Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Preventive Cardiology display focusing on nutritious food, fitness, diet, stress and blood pressure control; an exhibit by The Maryland Athletic Club & Wellness Center (The MAC), an annual title sponsor and long time supporter of Heartfest , with exercise specialists from its Timonium, Harbor East and Hunt Valley MAC Express locations, to answer health and fitness questions; the national
Sister to Sister: Everyone has a Heart Foundation display focusing on heart disease screenings and prevention; displays from leading medical companies; a local authors’ table for book-signing; and more. In addition, Geppi’s Entertainment Museum (GEM) will host a display about the museum that features a time machine of characters, toys and collectibles of our past and present.
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| The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Preventive Cardiology Center is a world leader in patient care, education and research regarding the prevention and treatment of heart disease and stroke. “The goal of Heartfest is to provide an enjoyable evening which incorporates practical, educational information for individuals and families about heart disease prevention and regression through a variety of exciting and progressive informational displays,” said Ciccarone Center Director |
Roger S. Blumenthal, M.D. The Center’s doctors see patients at The Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center in Baltimore and at Johns Hopkins Heart Health at the Maryland Athletic Club & Wellness Center (MAC) in Timonium.
Heartfest 2008’s title sponsors are The Blumenthal Family in memory of Dr. Stanley Blumenthal; Comcast; Cowan Systems; Diamond Comic Distributors/Geppi Entertainment Museum; Howard County General Hospital; Jonathan Marcus; The Maryland Athletic Club & Wellness Center (The MAC); Miller & Long; O.S.T. Trucking.
Other sponsors include: Advanced Studies in Medicine; Centric; C.F. Zeiler & Company, Inc.; Empire Asset Management; Grasmick Lumber; HPV Heart; Johns Hopkins Cardiac Surgery; Johns Hopkins Medicine; MacKenzie Commerical Properties Division; Poole & Kent; University Health Publishing Group, among others.
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