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Reed Pyeritz: Hero with Heart Award

caption: Reed PyeritzReed Pyeritz, the William Smilow Professor in the Division of Translational Medicine and Human Genetics at the Perelman School of Medicine, has been given the 2018 Hero with Heart Award by the Marfan Foundation.

The award recognizes Dr. Pyeritz’s four decades of dedication to improving heart health in the 200,000 people in the U.S. living with Marfan syndrome and related disorders. Dr. Pyeritz is widely regarded as the preeminent scholar and clinician for this serious genetic condition. He is a major contributor to improving life expectancy in those with Marfan syndrome from 32 years, when he first began researching the condition in 1978, to a nearly normal life span for patients born today. Dr. Pyeritz is one of the founders of the Marfan Foundation and has served on its Professional Advisory Board since its inception.

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