An incredible reunion! Two decades ago, a young Mesfin flew from Ethiopia to the U.S. for life-saving heart surgery, not once but twice, thanks to Dr. Jim Kauten at
@PiedmontHealth
Atlanta Hospital. Fast forward to today, Mesfin, now a skilled perfusionist at
@MayoClinic
, is
We are home sweet home after two+ weeks on our cardiac mission trip to Ethiopia. Our founders Dr. Obsinet Merid and Dr. Tesfaye Telila flew back to Atlanta on the same airplane as volunteer electrophysiologist Dr. Charan Kantipudi. Now, the planning begins for our third mission
Dr. Tesfaye Telila, MD. FACC, FSCAI and his wife Dr. Obsinet Merid on Day 4 at the cardiac center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Our team will treat six more patients today. More than 6,000 are on the waiting list here for cardiac care.
#volunteer
#mission
#cardiac
#heart
Day 2 at the Cardiac Center in Ethiopia. Our founder Dr. Tesfaye Telila
@TTelila
gives an update on a heart attack case that nearly took the life of a father of 3 had our team not been in place, as well as our second day full of surgeries and procedures.
#ethiopia
#volunteer
After five days treating heart patients at it the Cardiac Center in Ethiopia, it is time to say goodbye. We have completed all 32 procedures we planned this week, and our team of volunteers has truly made a remarkable impact on the lives of patients.
#heroes
#nonprofit
A message of gratitude from the founder of Heart Attack Ethiopia, Dr. Tesfaye Telila, after our second cardiac mission trip. Thank you to all of our industry partners, donors, and especially our volunteer team for helping save 90 lives in Ethiopia!
#ethiopia
#mission
#cardiac
Special breakfast guest! This morning, the Heart Attack Ethiopia team received a visit from Haile Gebrselassie - considered one of the greatest runners in history. Haile is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and holds four World Championship titles. We are VERY honored that he
Our farewell to Ethiopia after a two-week cardiac mission trip. Our thank you to
@GIVSocietyETH
and their volunteer team for their hard work alongside the Heart Attack Ethiopia and Ethiopian medical teams at the Cardiac Center Ethiopia and St. Peter’s in Addis Ababa. Together,
Day 11 Briefing: It is our final day working in Addis Ababa with 91 surgeries and procedures performed during our two-week mission. THANK YOU to our volunteers, our donors, and the Ethiopian medical professionals for making our second cardiac mission trip a success!!
#medical
We wish our founder, Dr. Tesfaye Telila, a very happy birthday! Dr. Telila is a true force of change and has led the way for two successful cardiac mission trips that have saved more than 120 lives in Ethiopia! None of this would be possible without his positivity and purpose as
It’s Day 6 at the Cardiac Center Ethiopia with plans for more cardiovascular interventions. HAE founder Dr. Tesfaye Telila and co-founder and CEO Dr. Obsinet Merid give an update on the progress the team has made to date.
#cardiac
#ethiopia
#cardiaccare
#mission
#nonprofit
Day 5 from the Cardiac Center Ethiopia. The medical team from the U.S. in collaboration with the medical team in Addis Ababa have performed 35 life-saving procedures and surgeries so far. We have another busy day ahead!
#HeartCareEthiopia
#CardiacMission
#CardiacVolunteers
On the first day of our medical mission, this father of three (shown with our founder Dr. Tesfaye Telila) was rushed to us in full cardiac arrest. He suffered a 100% blockage in his left anterior descending artery known as a “widow maker.” Using heroic measures, our team along
Happy Ethiopian New Year! Let's unite with unwavering team spirit and commitment, wishing our
#Ethiopia
a future of unparalleled growth and health. Together, we can build a brighter, healthier Ethiopia!
Our second cardiac mission trip to Ethiopia is underway. Our volunteer team has departed Atlanta’s airport for the 14-hour flight to Addis Ababa. Ethiopia - here we come!
#cardiac
#nonprofit
#mission
#ethiopia
@TTelila
We've had incredible support and media coverage about our second cardiac mission trip to Ethiopia. Our thank you to
@wsbtv
for their story about volunteer cardiac surgeon, Dr. Jim Kauten, and his reconnection with a former heart surgery patient who served as a perfusionist on the
Exciting News!
Heart Attack Ethiopia had an amazing pre-MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) meeting with the executives of
@flyethiopian
Ethiopian Airlines to discuss terms and conditions for our subsequent missions.
We are thrilled to announce that our second cardiovascular
Spreading the word about the future of cardiac care in Ethiopia! Heart Attack Ethiopia founder Dr. Tesfaye Telila and Co-founder Dr. Obsinet Merid gave a press briefing to the media on the current cardiovascular mission to Ethiopia and the overall future direction of our
The team from Heart Attack Ethiopia is working alongside the medical professionals at the Cardiac Center Ethiopia, where they have performed 45 life-saving procedures in just seven days. However, a lack of medical supplies is threatening to delay today's open heart surgeries. Dr.
Dr. Charan Kantipudi aka “CK” provides an update on today’s plans for pacemakers and ablations from St. Peter’s Specialized Hospital in Addis Ababa. Our team is working at both St. Peter’s and the Cardiac Center Ethiopia to treat as many as 100 patients who have been waiting for
A father rushed to the Cardiac Center Ethiopia during our first mission trip made a surprise visit to see the Heart Attack Ethiopia volunteers who saved his life. Some of our team members were drawn to tears when they saw Mr. Habtamu. Last February, he suffered a massive heart
Mission reunion! Volunteers from our previous medical mission trips reunited this weekend. The team got together with our board members to celebrate the success of our August mission trip in which the lives of 90 cardiac patients were saved. We are now planning for our next
Amazing strides for the future of cardiovascular care in Ethiopia! Heart Attack Ethiopia has signed an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) to work with Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (TISH)/Addis Ababa University on developing emergency cardiovascular service lines. Our vision
Dr. Charan Kantipudi aka “CK” is in the house! CK (center), shown with our founder Dr. Tesfaye Telila
@TTelila
and co-founder Dr. Obsinet Merid, just arrived in Ethiopia. CK is a skilled electrophysiologist from
@PiedmontHealth
Atlanta Hospital and volunteer for Heart Attack
Perfusionists are a crucial part of any cardiac surgery team. Heart Attack Ethiopia’s lead volunteer perfusionist Mesfin Dollar and Cardiac Center Ethiopia’s lead perfusionist Bezawit Bekele talk about the work they are doing together this week in Addis Ababa.
#ethiopia
Cardiac Dream Team (l-r): Dr. Shibikom Tamrat, Cardiac Center Ethiopia cardiac surgeon; Dr. Tesfaye Telila, Heart Attack Ethiopia interventional cardiologist; Dr. James Kauten, Heart Attack Ethiopia cardiac surgeon; Dr. Mohammed Bedru, Cardiac Center Ethiopia interventional
Exercise is key to the prevention of cardiovascular disease. The team from Heart Attack Ethiopia joined Ethiopia’s Minister of Health, Dr. Mekdes Daba, on one of the ministry’s Sunday morning exercise sessions. It was great to get out with the people of Addis Ababa and see what
Heart Attack Ethiopia (HAE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College (
@SPHMMC_Official
). This agreement is an important step in providing patients with comprehensive cardiovascular services that are not readily available to all
Day 10 Update as the team from Heart Attack Ethiopia’s cardiac mission nears an end. Dr. Tesfaye Telila
@TTelila
provides an update with Dr. Jim Kauten alongside their Ethiopian counterparts who have worked diligently together to save as many patients as possible.
@WHOEthiopia
Our founder
@TTelila
gives an update at the start of our final day working at the cardiac center in Ethiopia. Our supplies have run short, but we will complete the interventions for the final seven patients we have scheduled.
Day 9 from the Cardiac Center Ethiopia. We are now in the final days of our second medical mission trip to Ethiopia. HAE founder Dr. Tesfaye Telila is joined by interventional cardiologist Dr. Kefelegn Dejene, cardiac surgeon Dr. Jim Kauten, and medical director Dr. Miklol
Triple threat. From Atlanta to Addis Ababa. Cardiac surgeon Dr. Jim Kauten, Electrophysiologist Dr. Charan Kantipudi, and Interventional cardiologist Dr. Tesfaye Telila. All working together with their Ethiopian counterparts to save dozens of lives during our second cardiac
Day 2: Dr. James Kauten M.D. performs an aortic and mitral valve replacement on a 44-year-old patient at the Cardiac Center Ethiopia. The patient was among more than 6,000 on the waiting list for care here.
#ethiopia
#cardiac
#crisis
#mission
Our first daily briefing from Dr. Charan Kantipudi aka “CK” who recently arrived in Ethiopia to work with these dedicated Ethiopian physicians this week at St. Peter’s Hospital in collaboration with St. Paul’s Millennium Medical Center. The team will implant 10 pacemakers and
The Heart Attack Ethiopia team got up bright and early for a workout with Ethiopia’s Minister of Health Dr
@MekdesDaba
. The trainers did not hold back! These workouts are held every Sunday in Addis Ababa to encourage citizens to exercise as a way to get healthy and combat
Our team working to implement pacemakers and ablations provides a very real update from St. Peter’s in Addis Ababa. It is their final day there before moving to the Cardiac Center Ethiopia to take on more patient cases and train more medical professionals there.
#medical
#mission
Our volunteer cardiac mission team received a warm welcome upon our arrival in Addis Ababa! Our volunteer’s photos were even placed on top of our hotel shuttle. Now, we are ready to get to work to save 80-100 lives at the Cardiac Center Ethiopia. Thank you for making us feel at
Heart Attack Ethiopia wishes all women around the world a Happy International Women's Day. Our founder, Dr.
@TTelila
Tesfaye Telila is especially grateful for his mother's strength, resilience, and unwavering love while raising seven children in Africa, as well as his wife, Dr.
We are thrilled to share that our founders, Dr. Tesfaye Telila and Dr. Obsinet Merid, recently had an inspiring interview with Seifu on EBS TV.
This conversation marked the conclusion of our successful second cardiovascular mission to Ethiopia, where our team performed over 90
After a long day of surgery, as our surgical team prepared to leave the Cardiac Center Ethiopia for the night, they were greeted by a husband who had been waiting for them in the lobby. He and his family were there to thank the team for saving his wife. She had been on the
Packing over $1 million in medical supplies and gathering a phenomenal team of 16 medical volunteers took months and months of planning. Now, we are ready as we reach Addis Ababa and the cardiac patients who have been waiting so long for care. WATCH our video about what makes our
Our collaboration efforts continue as we work to provide emergency cardiac care to ALL Ethiopians. Heart Attack Ethiopia (HAE) Founder Dr. Tesfaye Telila and Co-founder Dr. Obsinet Merid welcomed the Children’s Heart Fund of Ethiopia (CHFE) executive board to meet our volunteer
Dr. Tesfaye Telila
@ttelila
MD discusses social determinants of health when it comes to the prominence of cardiovascular disease in low and middle-income countries. His message is shared in English, Afaan Oromo, and Amharic.
#hypertension
#hearthealth
#healthylife
#heartdisease
Watch as our founder Dr.
@ttelila
Tesfaye Telila, MD shares a message in both English and Afaan Oromo about the importance of physical activity, especially for people living in low to middle income countries.
#hearthealthawareness
We are proud to announce that Heart Attack Ethiopia, Inc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with The Children's Heart Fund of Ethiopia (CHFE) to collaborate on several projects focusing on the care of cardiac patients that includes adults and children.
We are down to the wire packing up over $1 million in donated medical supplies for our cardiac mission trip on Friday. Every item must be inventoried and carefully packed. Our team of 16 medical professionals will work at the Cardiac Center in Ethiopia for two weeks with hopes of
We are grateful to The Reporter for their in-depth story on Heart Attack Ethiopia’s work to provide free cardiac procedures and surgeries during our two-week mission trip. The report is a worthy read as it does an excellent job detailing the growing crisis with cardiac cases in
We are thrilled to announce that
@MayoClinic
and the
@MigaFoundation
have joined us as major contributors to the Heart Attack Ethiopia mission!
Their incredible donation of more than 400 heart surgery supplies, including 200 pump packs, 204 cardioplegia packs, and a Sorin heart
With more than 6,000 patients still on the waiting list for cardiac care in
#Ethiopia
, the Heart Attack Ethiopia team is preparing for its second mission trip to save more lives. "Obviously, we are just scratching the surface given the number of patients that are on the waiting
Our cardiac mission volunteers worked for the third weekend to inventory and pack supplies for our journey to Ethiopia - less than two weeks away! Thank you to The BeiRut restaurant for providing an amazing lunch, helping the team refuel for many more hours of work. Learn more
After the successful completion of our cardiovascular mission to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, our team at HAE took the time to visit the Deborah Foundation. The foundation works to improve the quality of life for individuals with Down Syndrome.
Do you know if you are at risk for heart attack and stroke? Dr. Tesfaye Telila
@ttelila
discusses one of the most poorly controlled risk factors - and how important it is for you to know if you have it and, if you do, how to control it.
#heartattack
#stroke
#cardiovascular
Our founder Dr. Tesfaye Telila
@TTelila
did a phenomenal job during his in-studio interview with
@wsbtv
's Condace Pressley. If you missed the airing this weekend, check it out as Dr. Telila outlines the enormous need for our cardiac mission team to return to Ethiopia later this
On Day 3, Dr.
@TTelila
explains the case of a father of four referred to our team for bypass surgery. While here, the 31-year-old man suffered chest pain. We quickly moved him to surgery and installed four stents. He will go home to his family tomorrow!
#ethiopia
#cardiac
#care
A message in the Amharic language from our founder Dr. Tesfaye Telila, MD
@ttelila
about the importance of physical activity in the prevention of heart disease
#hearthealth
#heartattack
This is Day 2 of the Heart Attack Ethiopia team working on six more patients at a hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Two patients so far will require open heart surgery. One woman drove 600 kilometers to receive treatment from one team.
@TTelila
#Ethiopia
#HAE
What a gift for our upcoming cardiac mission trip to Ethiopia!
@PiedmontHealth
Atlanta Hospital has provided a generous donation of Cath Packs, CVOR packs, EP packs, and other essential surgical supplies. This adds to the more than $1 million in donated medical supplies we have
Our founder, Dr. Tesfaye Telila, knocked the interview out of the park! Learn more about why the need for the work we do at Heart Attack Ethiopia is so crucial in this report by
@dougevansfox5
.
@FOX5Atlanta
We’re incredibly grateful to FOX 5 Atlanta reporter Doug Evans FOX 5 for shining a spotlight on Heart Attack Ethiopia and our upcoming cardiac mission trip to Ethiopia! Doug interviewed our co-founders, Dr. Tesfaye Telila and Dr. Obsinet Merid, who shared invaluable insights
A heartwarming start to our second Ethiopian mission! Our amazing team of volunteers at Heart Attack Ethiopia just wrapped up an inspiring pre-mission meeting at Marcus Heart Valve Center
@PiedmontHealth
. The energy in the room was incredible as we gear up to travel to
#Ethiopia
What an incredible surprise visit we received from the CEO of the Cardiac Center Ethiopia. Hiruy Ali is one of the hardest-working and passionate CEOs you will ever meet. Thank you, Hiruy, for visiting the beautiful city of Atlanta and the origin of Heart Attack Ethiopia, Inc.!
Heart Attack Ethiopia welcomes Jack Carlson as our new Board Chairman and President. Jack is currently the SVP of the Global Enterprise Unit at CommScope, a global leader in network connectivity and infrastructure solutions. He brings to our nonprofit more than 40 years of
A huge thank you to the Rotary Club of North Atlanta for hosting our founder, Dr. Tesfaye Telila MD, at their meeting today. Dr. Telila
@TTelila
shared insights on the magnitude and urgent need for improved cardiovascular care in Ethiopia/Africa and our organization's efforts to
Our first mission trip to Ethiopia is happening soon! A team of U.S. surgeons will embark on the long journey to Addis Ababa and begin our work to establish life-saving cardiac care in Ethiopia. Visit . Any amount you give is appreciated. 📷
#Donate
#HAE
For Palm Sunday, we share a blessing sent to us from a patient's daughter after our team saved her father's life during our first mission trip last month. We were moved beyond measure from her letter, as well as the outpouring of love and support by so many others. We send our
Mark your calendars! Our founder, Dr. Tesfaye Telila, will appear in a one-on-one interview on
@wsbtv
’s People 2 People program with Condace Pressley this Sunday (8/4) at 12:30 pm. Dr. Telila will be sharing the inspiring story of Heart Attack Ethiopia and the life-saving work we
We are thankful to our incredible volunteers who dedicated their day off to logging and packing supplies for our upcoming cardiac mission trip to Ethiopia! We have more than $1 million in donated medical supplies to get from Atlanta to Addis Ababa, so we have plenty of work to do
@FOX5Atlanta
shares an incredible story about Heart Attack Ethiopia’s upcoming cardiac mission trip in August. For our second mission trip, we have 16 medical volunteers and will bring more than $1 million in donated medical supplies. Nearly 100 patients will receive life-saving
We thank the
@USEmbassyAddis
for highlighting our work to resolve the cardiac crisis in Ethiopia and better cardiac care in the country. We return in May with plans to treat even more patients. Your donations can help! Visit .
#MondayInspiration
- A team of volunteer cardiologists, led by Dr. Tesfaye Telila and Dr. Obsinet Merid of Piedmont hospitals in Newnan and Fayetteville in the U.S., spent five days treating heart patients at the Cardiac Center in Ethiopia, where over 6,000 patients are on the
Heart Attack Ethiopia, Inc. celebrates Dr. King's legacy today. He was a great inspiration to all of us. Let his words and his works encourage us all to continue to serve our fellow man.
#MLK
#celebrate
#inspiration
Welcome Dr. James Kauten to the Heart Attack Ethiopia team! Dr. Kauten co-founded the Cardiac Surgery program at
@PiedmontHealth
. He has completed over 11,000 open-heart surgeries and pioneered over 2,000 minimally invasive transcatheter procedures. He will serve as our cardiac
What a phenomenal day of giving for Heart Attack Ethiopia! Our volunteers came together to pack up supplies for our August cardiac mission. The
#mission
will be our second since our inception just over a year ago and we will be performing nearly 100 lifesaving procedures on
We are grateful to
@VOAAfaanOromoo
for interviewing our founder Dr. Tesfaye Telila
@TTelila
about our first mission trip to Ethiopia. Our team was able to treat 32 patients suffering from cardiovascular disease.
#heartattack
#prevention
Gurmuun Ogeeyyii Fayyaa Tokko Dhiheenya
🌍🤝 Exciting News! Heart Attack Ethiopia, Inc. is thrilled to announce the successful first meeting between the Rotary Club of Peachtree City and the Rotary Club of Addis Ababa East! Presidents Amy Benton (
@rotary_ptc
) and Getinet Kassa (
@rotaryaddiseast
), along with lifelong
We are in the news again and we couldn't be more grateful! Fayette County News just published an article highlighting our upcoming cardiac mission trip to Ethiopia led by our founder
@TTelila
. This incredible opportunity to save lives is only possible because of the generous
Thank you to OBN Afaan Oromoo for interviewing our founder
@TTelila
Tesfaye Telila, MD about the rising burden of cardiovascular diseases and the need to address disproportionate mortality rates in low and middle income countries.
#heartdisease
#ethiopia
#africa
We are thankful to the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for their coverage of our nonprofit - and our mission to resolve the cardiac crisis in Ethiopia.
Atlanta doctor starts nonprofit to resolve ‘cardiac crisis’ in his homeland
Merry Christmas from the team at Heart Attack Ethiopia, Inc. to everyone who celebrates today! Ethiopia and few other Coptic countries who follow the Julian Calendar celebrate Christmas today —🎄🎅
#ethiopia
Every 33 seconds, a person dies of cardiovascular disease in the U.S. At Heart Attack Ethiopia, we envision a future where heart attacks and strokes no longer claim lives prematurely. Our first mission trip to Ethiopia is just weeks away. Visit to donate.
Our founder, Dr. Tesfaye Telila (
@TTelila
), is mourning the loss of his uncle, who died in his homeland of Ethiopia, months after suffering a heart attack. It is tragedies like this that strengthen Dr. Telila's resolve to bring a higher level of cardiac care to
#Ethiopia
and
@_Here_To_Rant_
@TTelila
Ethiopia has very dedicated and resourceful surgeons who can do these operations. However, with 1000 people joining the waiting list each year at just the one cardiac center in Ethiopia, it is impossible to keep up with the demand for cardiac care.
The Citizen has reported on Heart Attack Ethiopia and our mission to create access to lifesaving cardiac care for all Ethiopians. Please take a moment to read and share!
via
@thecitizencom