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CHILDREN BORN WITH CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS AT HOLTZ REUNITE WITH DOCTORS WHO HELPED SAVE THEIR LIVES
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Who:
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Families of children with congenital heart defects treated at Holtz; William Harmon, M.D., pediatric cardiology division chief, Holtz Children’s Hospital, and other University of Miami/Holtz pediatric cardiology physicians; Sonia Perez, founder and executive director of Angel’s Pediatric Heart House; Shannon Hori, news anchor at CBS4 in Miami, mother of Colt, born with a rare congenital heart defect.
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What:
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Holtz Children’s Hospital at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center is hosting an event to celebrate children who were born with congenital heart defects and successfully treated at Holtz. This party will highlight the accomplishments, bravery and successes of our patients, their families and Holtz staff.
Former patients from the Children’s Heart Center at Holtz will share stories, play games and celebrate their survival with their former caregivers including physicians, nurses and social workers.
Among the families and former patients who will reunited with their Holtz pediatric heart surgeons will be Shannon Hori, a news anchor at CBS4 in Miami, whose son, Colt, was born at Jackson in December 2008 and treated at Holtz for a congenital heart defect.
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When:
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February
12, 2013, 11:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m.
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Where:
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Jackson Memorial Hospital
Ira C. Clark Diagnostic Treatment Center
Room 259
Corner of Northwest 12th Avenue and 19th Street
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Through their stories, the families hope to share what they have gone through with others to support and inspire children who have these lifelong conditions.
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Editor’s Note:
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*Media can park outside of the DTC
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Jackson Health System
1611 N.W. 12th Avenue Miami, FL 33136
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