Mission | Goals | Medical Advisory Board | Board of Directors
Mission
- To save a child’s life . . . . and then another, by raising awareness about
heart conditions that lead to sudden cardiac arrest and death.
Goals
- Provide free heart screenings to students throughout the Philadelphia region.
- Educate parents, pediatricians, school faculty, and other child service professionals about the warning signs of the conditions that lead to sudden cardiac arrest.
- Promote the research of sudden cardiac arrest in children by providing scholarships for medical fellows at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
- Influence a shift in public policy to support the mandatory screening of children’s hearts.
Medical Advisory Board
- Arthur J. Moss, MD, Professor of Medicine/Cardiology, University of Rochester Medical Center
- Steven Shapiro, DO, FAAP, FACOP, FACP; Pediatrics, Abington Memorial Hospital
- Victoria Vetter, MD, FAAP, FACC; Cardiology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Dina R. Yazmajian, MD, FAAC; Cardiology, Abington Memorial Hospital
Board of Directors
- Hallee Adelman
- Mitchell Bednoff
- Richard Kaiser
- Mark Koenig
- Amy Margulies
- Scott Minor
- Craig Nurick
- Todd Sandler
- Darren Sudman
- Phyllis Sudman
- Dorothy Wilson
Contact us at josh@simonsfund.org
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