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UM Supports the American Heart Association Heart Walk

10/5/2009

More than 100 employees from UHealth-University of Miami Health System and University of Miami Hospital took part in the American Heart Association's Start! Heart Walk at Tropical Park in Miami on Saturday. The walkers raised more than $10,000 for the fight against heart disease and stroke. Miller School Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D., took part in the walk, along with Ralph Sacco, M.D., professor and chair of neurology, and president-elect of the American Heart Association. Dr. Sacco is the first neurologist to head the national organization. The annual walk is the premier fundraising event for the association and takes places across the country on the same day.