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Sicard To Be Honored at Annual HeartWorks Gala

  • February 4, 2010
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February 4, 2010,  ST. LOUIS - Gregorio Sicard, MD, Eugene M. Bricker Professor of Surgery and Professor of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Executive Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery and Chief of the Vascular Surgery Section at Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, is receiving the 2010 Hero with a Heart Award from the National Marfan Foundation (NMF) at Heartworks St. Louis, on March 6. Dr. Sicard is a world-renowned expert in vascular surgery and has pioneered many techniques performed on the aorta and peripheral arteries, procedures that may be lifesaving for those with Marfan syndrome and other genetically-triggered diseases involving blood vessels. Proceeds from the event will benefit the education, support and research programs of the National Marfan Foundation.

Approximately 200,000 people in the U.S. have Marfan syndrome or a related connective tissue disorder. Experts say that about half of those affected do not know they have the potentially life-threatening condition and, without a diagnosis and treatment, are at risk of a sudden early death.

Heartworks St. Louis is celebrating its second year, after raising more than $150,000 in 2009. More than 200 people attended last year’s event, including leading St. Louis clinicians and researchers on Marfan syndrome and members of the St. Louis Chapter of the National Marfan Foundation.

Heartworks St. Louis will be held at the Starlight Ballroom at the Chase Park Plaza. A cocktail reception will commence at 7 pm, with dinner and the awards ceremony at 8 pm. Entertainment will be provided by the Ralph Butler Band.

Alan Braverman, MD, Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, and his wife, Rebecca, are hosts for the evening again this year. Dr. Braverman, who is the Director of the Marfan Syndrome Clinic at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes Jewish Hospital, lost his father to Marfan syndrome and has a brother and nephew who are affected with the condition. A valued advisor to the NMF, he has served on its Professional Advisory Board since 1999.

“Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital have a wealth of clinicians and researchers who have contributed much to the care of people with Marfan syndrome and related disorders,” said Carolyn Levering, NMF President and CEO. “Dr. Sicard truly gives new life to the many people with vascular disease, including Marfan syndrome, who come here for their complex aortic surgery. We are proud to honor him at this year’s Heartworks St. Louis for his surgical expertise and dedication to this patient community.”

Dr. Sicard has been the Program Director of the Vascular Surgery Fellowship program at Washington University School of Medicine since its inception in 1986. He joined the faculty at WUSM as an Assistant Professor in 1978. A member of numerous national medical and academic societies, Dr. Sicard is regularly named as one of America’s Top Doctors. He has received a Lifetime Achievement award from Barnes-Jewish Hospital and from the Society of Spanish Speaking Vascular Surgeons.

Tickets to Heartworks St. Louis are $200 each. To purchase, contact Kristin Braun at 516-883-8712, ext. 24, or [email protected].

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