Dartmouth Health and the New Hampshire Fisher Cats are gearing up for the sixth annual Love Your Heart Night on Saturday, August 26, at the Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester. As the home team faces off against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, representatives from the Heart & Vascular Center at Dartmouth Health’s Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) will be on hand for a night of fun and to share tips and information on the importance of cardiovascular health.
The evening will include free heart-health screenings, CPR demonstrations, educational activities, and an inspiring video message from Eric S. Rothstein, MD, a cardiologist with the Heart & Vascular Center, and his patient Pete Meijer, of Windsor, Vermont. Rothstein treated Meijer when he suffered a heart attack. In recovery, Meijer, a singer and guitarist, and Rothstein, a drummer, bonded over a shared love of music. In addition to their doctor-patient relationship, the two have developed a friendship and become bandmates as well.
“Relationships like the one between Dr. Rothstein and Pete Meijer are a perfect example of what makes our Heart & Vascular Center at DHMC so special,” said Richard J. Powell, MD, director of the Heart & Vascular Center. “Our cardiologists truly do their job with ‘heart’—in addition to providing the highest quality care in a cutting-edge facility, they care deeply about their patients. We strive to not only heal our patients, but also truly improve their quality of life. This year’s Love Your Heart Night will be a wonderful opportunity to educate the public about the quality of care we provide and how they can take the best care possible of their hearts.”
Attendees are asked to wear red to Love Your Heart Night, which will conclude with a fireworks display. Gates open at 6 pm and the game begins at 7:05 pm. Tickets can be purchased online at nhfishercats.com or by calling 603-641-2005.
About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and largest private employer, serves patients across New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,300 providers in nearly every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH. Its network of hospitals, outpatient centers, clinics and home care facilities, spans a broad geographical area. Year after year, DHMC is named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is consistently recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, northern New England’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers and one of less than than 60 total nationally; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital (Children’s Hospital at DHMC/CHaD) and more than 20 locations around the region; eight member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont, Hampstead, and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Dartmouth Health Home Care; Dartmouth Health Connected Care Center for Telehealth, serving patients as far away as Texas; and more than 30 primary and multi-specialty clinics across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its partnership with Dartmouth College, Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the White River Junction VA Medical Center, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials with international impact. Dartmouth Health and its more than 16,000 employees are committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in the communities it serves and to providing every patient with exceptional, state-of-the-art, personalized care. Learn more at dartmouth-health.org.