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Honorees &
Chairs from
left to
right: Dr.
Mark
Saporita,
Toby
Milstein,
Larry
Milstein,
Baruch
Shemtov, Dr.
John Crean,
Meredith
Koslow
Cohen, Dr.
Jason
Chinitz |
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Long Island,
June 24,
2019 - The
American
Heart
Association’s
Hamptons
Heart Ball
was a huge
success on
Saturday
night June
22nd.
Finally, it
was a sunny
and warm
evening at
the
Southampton
Arts Center
in
Southampton
and was
attended by
500 people
raising over
$700,000 to
benefit the
lifesaving
work of the
American
Heart
Association.
This year,
the Hamptons
Heart Ball
honored John
M. Crean, MD, Nuclear
Cardiology, East
End
Cardiology/NYU/Winthrop
and Mark
Saporita,
MD, FACC,
Cardiology
and Internal
Medicine, East
End
Cardiology/NYU/Winthrop
with the
Distinguished
Service
Award. Toby
& Larry
Milstein received
the
Humanitarians
With Heart
Award. The
2019
Hamptons
Heart Ball
was chaired
by Meredith
Cohen and Jason
S. Chinitz,
MD, FACC,
FHRS, Director,
Cardiac
Electrophysiology,
Southside
Hospital,
Bay Shore,
NY, Associate
Professor of
Cardiology,
Sucker
School of
Medicine at
Hofstra/Northwell.
Entertaining
the guests
was Master
of
Ceremonies Baruch
Shemtov from
Good Day New
York.
Karen & John
Acompora
shared their
story of
losing their
son Louis at
just 14 from
a condition
known as
commotio
cordis,
which
resulted
from a blow
to his chest
while
playing
lacrosse
during his
first high
school game.
He was only
14 years
old. They
conducted
the Open
Your Heart
special
appeal along
with Erin
Ward from
Inspiring
Hearts.
The Hamptons
Heart Ball
is a fun and
elegant
event
focused on
raising
funds for
the mission
of the
American
Heart
Association.
Friends and
colleagues
from NYC,
Long Island
and the
Hamptons
enjoyed the
beautiful
setting of
the Hamptons
while eating
delicious
heart
healthy
foods,
drinking
delightful
local wines
and having
fun with the
music and
dancing. The
evening
featured
live music
by In The
Groove,
cocktail
hour, a
seated
dinner
catered by
Elegant
Affairs as
well as a
live &
silent
auction.
To get
involved in
next year’s
event,
please
visit http://hamptonsheartball.heart.org.
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