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From Heart Transplant to Running for Mayor
Since receiving a heart transplant, former Olmsted Falls fire chief Chad Gluss has attended his daughter's wedding and decided to run for mayor.
Maryam’s Story
When diet and exercise alone were no longer enough to control her weight, Maryam enrolled in the UH Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence+ program.
Twins Doing Well After Complicated Aortic Surgery
Twins Marti and Mary Alice Mullins are doing well after having complex Coral Reef Aorta (CRA) surgery at UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute. Learn more.
Former Personal Trainer Feeling Better as She Recovers From Stroke
Aided by physical therapy, rehab, patience and positivity, a former personal trainer/body builder is on the road to healing after having two strokes.
Local Teen’s Remarkable Recovery from Stroke
Luke, a middle school soccer player, was just 13 when he collapsed at home from a stroke. His parents’ immediate reaction was to call 9-1-1 and with prompt medical care, Luke survived and is back to his active life.
Joy’s Story
After enduring years of fatigue, a woman’s hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is successfully treated by surgeons at UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute. Learn more.
The Gift of a Lifetime – From One Sister to Another
When Wilmarie Baretto Vera, a young mother of three, was diagnosed with lupus and needed a kidney transplant, her younger sister did not hesitate to be the donor.
Soothing Team Makes Cancer Patient Feel ‘Like a Hotel Guest’
Read how cancer discovered during a routine dental cleaning led to a complex head and neck resection and reconstruction at University Hospitals Ear, Nose and Throat Institute.