The New York City Heart & Stroke Ball hosted more than 500 guests at Cipriani Wall Street on Wednesday, June 14 and raised over $1.5 million. This year’s event was chaired by John F. Thero, President & CEO, Amarin. Dennis S. Charney, MD, the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and President for Academic Affairs for the Mount Sinai Health System won the Heart of Gold Award. Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Director of Mount Sinai Heart and Physician-in-Chief of The Mount Sinai Hospital, and Bob Harper, personal trainer, author, and survivor were also in attendance.
Sponsors included Mount Sinai Heart as the American Heart Association’s Life is Why New York City sponsor. Amarin was the New York City Signature Sponsor and Gold Sponsors were Katherine Farley, Jerry Speyer, and KPMG.
Philip Stieg, PhD, MD, President of the American Heart Association’s New York City Board of Directors and Professor & Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, welcomes John Thero, Chairman of New York City’s Heart & Stroke Ball and President and CEO of Amarin.John Thero welcomes Bob Harper, personal trainer, author and survivor, to the stage to share his story.Left to right: John Thero; Dennis Charney, MD; Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD; and Bob Harper.Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Director of Mount Sinai Heart and Physician-in-Chief of the Mount Sinai Hospital, presents the Gold Heart Award to Dennis S. Charney, MD, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and President for Academic Affairs for the Mount Sinai Health System.Members of the Amarin team with Mehmet Oz, MD, FACS, at the NYC Heart & Stroke Ball. In addition to Thero’s chairmanship of the event, Amarin was a Signature Sponsor.Attendees at the New York City Heart & Stroke Ball held at Cipriani Wall Street.
