The 3rd Annual Joe Rumore Golf Tournament To Benefit The Myocarditis Foundation
Joe Rumore, myocarditis survivor and heart transplant of three years will host his third annual golf tournament to benefit The Myocarditis Foundation which will be held on Monday, September 20, 2010, at White Beeches Country Club in Haworth, NJ. The event includes lunch and dinner, awards and prizes. Tee off time is 12:30 sharp. For early arrivals, free use of full practice range for chipping, driving and putting is available. The MF is seeking golfers, event sponsors, and hole sponsors. Donations from individuals and corporations are graciously accepted.
For more information, please contact Candace Moose at 732-295-3700.
The Myocarditis Foundation is a non-profit organization located in Point Pleasant, NJ, that is dedicated to increasing awareness and hastening progress in understanding this rare disease. Myocarditis is a disease that is marked by inflammation and scarring of the heart muscle. It is poorly understood and often underdiagnosed. It can progress rapidly to heart failure, and death or heart transplantation. Several thousand patients per year are diagnosed in the United States. The disease usually attacks otherwise healthy people. Approximately 5-20% of all cases of sudden death in young adults are due to myocarditis. To help guarantee that new and innovative research avenues are thoroughly funded and explored, the Myocarditis Foundation raises money for research and physician and patient education.
12:00pm 6/14/2010 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Candace Moose
Secretary/Treasurer
The Myocarditis Foundation
Phone (732) 295-3700 Fax (732) 295-3701
2201 River Road #3401, Point Pleasant, NJ 08742
Fiesta 2010 To Benefit The Myocarditis Foundation A Huge Success
The Myocarditis Foundation held its third fundraising event in the Raleigh area, entitled Fiesta 2010 on Friday, May 7, 2010. Approximately 100 people attended the event which was held at Brier Creek Country Club in Raleigh, North Carolina. The evening included entertainment by the band 20 Years Gone and featured Mexican cuisine, and a Silent Auction. The foundation raised over $16,000 from the event.
The Foundation would like to thank all the individuals who attended and gave so generously. The Foundation also acknowledges their business sponsors who contributed to the success of the event. The Raleigh area sponsors included: Atlantic Avenue Orchid and Gardens, The Fresh Market, Empire Distributors, Nollie Jones of UPS Store #4084, DS Parada Color Café, Saks Fifth Avenue, Caring Sole Reflexology, Eye Care Associates, Brier Creek Country Club, DiNizo Construction, and Le Brew Coffee. The Foundation would also like to extend a special thank you to our corporate sponsor, St. Jude Medical Foundation of St. Paul, Minnesota, who manufactures cardiac rhythm devices upon which many myocarditis patients depend.
Dr. Leslie Cooper, Chief of Vascular Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, was the guest speaker. Dr. Silvio Antoniak of UNC Chapel Hill received a plaque in recognition of his selection as a Research Grant Recipient of The Myocarditis Foundation. Brian Barndt from Wake Forest, NC, heart transplant, athlete and medalist at the International Transplant Games in Australia in 2009, was the keynote speaker.
The Myocarditis Foundation is a non-profit organization located in Raleigh, NC, that is dedicated to increasing awareness and hastening progress in understanding this rare disease. Myocarditis is a disease that is marked by inflammation and scarring of the heart muscle. It is poorly understood and often underdiagnosed. It can progress rapidly to heart failure, and death or heart transplantation. Several thousand patients per year are diagnosed in the United States. The disease usually attacks otherwise healthy people. Approximately 5-20% of all cases of sudden death in young adults are due to myocarditis.
For more information about the foundation, how to volunteer or for future events, please contact Candace Moose at 732-295-3700. For more information about the Myocarditis Foundation, go to www.myocarditisfoundation.org.
Jan. 9, 2010 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Candace Moose
Secretary/Treasurer
The Myocarditis Foundation
Phone (732) 295-3700 Fax (732) 295-3701
2201 River Road #3401, Point Pleasant, NJ 08742
The Myocarditis Foundation Announces The Award of Three Research Grants for 2010-11
The Myocarditis Foundation, a non-profit, international organization located in Point Pleasant, NJ, founded in 2005, is dedicated to increasing awareness and hastening progress in understanding this rare disease. Myocarditis is a disease that is marked by inflammation and scarring of the heart muscle. It is poorly understood and often underdiagnosed. It can progress rapidly to heart failure, and death or heart transplantation. Several thousand patients per year are diagnosed in the United States. The disease usually attacks otherwise healthy people. Approximately 5-20% of all cases of sudden death in young adults are due to myocarditis. To help guarantee that new and innovative research avenues are thoroughly funded and explored, the Myocarditis Foundation raises money for research and physician and patient education.
Candace C. Moose, of Point Pleasant, NJ, spokesperson for the organization said, "The foundation awards funds to support research related to all forms of myocarditis and to encourage physicians to study this rare disease. It is our hope that the research we fund will result in better diagnostic techniques and novel treatment modalities that will save more lives."
The Foundation announced in third quarter 2009 that it was accepting Grant Applications until December 2009. Their international Medical Advisory Board, made up of leading myocarditis researchers from around the world, selected the grant recipients from a distinguished field of candidates. Today the Foundation is proud to announce the award of three Research Fellowship Grant recipients: Dr. David Marchant, Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, Dr. Silvio Antoniak, Ph.D. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Dr. Byung Kwan Lim of the University of California San Diego.
Dr. Leslie T. Cooper, Jr., of the Mayo Clinic and President of the Foundation commented, "We are pleased to support the career development of such outstanding physician-scientists and look forward to the contribution they will undoubtedly make in the field of myocarditis research." Dr. Marchant's research is directed toward the science which could lead to both a new diagnostic and a potential novel therapy to treat viral myocarditis. Dr. Antoniak's research is primarily directed on gaining a better understanding about how viral myocarditis progresses to heart muscle failure. Dr. Lim's research is focused on the role of the Coxsackievirus and its relationship to viral myocarditis.
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