Taking steps to improve cardiovascular health
Thousands of Buckeyes hit the streets of downtown Columbus to walk in support of the American Heart Association’s central Ohio Heart Walk.
“I couldn’t be prouder to be a part of it,” says Mike Martin, PT, MPT, associate executive director of the Ohio State Heart and Vascular Center and the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital. “Our team is more than 2,000 strong here. The work done at the Heart and Vascular Center improves lives, changes lives every day.”
Team Ohio State Heart Walk Recap
Watch highlights of Team Ohio State at the American Heart Association’s Heart Walk.
More than 2,330 Buckeyes from across the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center and The Ohio State University walked in the event, which marked the 100th anniversary of the American Heart Association. The Ohio State team raised more than $83,000 in support of the Heart Walk, which is used to fund lifesaving heart and vascular research projects.
“Eighty percent of heart disease is preventable,” says John J. Warner, MD, Chief executive officer of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and executive vice president at Ohio State. “I use the Heart Walk each year as a chance to remind myself of how important heart and vascular health is.”
“I think heart health awareness is really important because it affects all of us,” says Bryan Whitson, MD, PhD, interim director of The Ohio State University Heart and Vascular Center and professor of cardiac surgery.
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