Texas Heart Institute Celebrates American Heart Month 2022
Every February the whole country focuses on the heart for American Heart Month. Texas Heart Institute is taking part again virtually this year, sending representatives to many online events and hosting others to spread awareness and increase knowledge. As someone with a heart, you are invited to join Texas Heart Institute in our 60th anniversary year for this 2022 celebration of all things related to the heart.
February 1-28 – February is American #HeartMonth. This year’s focus is on self-care and hypertension. (Last year we wrote up a short history of heart month)
February 1-28 – February is also Marfan Awareness Month. Marfan syndrome affects the heart and can cause aortic aneurysms.
February 4 – Celebrate National Wear Red Day / Día de Vestir de Rojo by wearing red to bring awareness to heart disease
February 4 – Cardiology Grand Rounds – Mehdi Razavi
February 5 – HMAC AKA Presents, Pink Goes Red Women’s Health Symposium [Virtual Event] (Houston Metropolitan Area Chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha) Drs. Coulter and Costello presenting
February 5 – Elnita McClain Women’s Center Presents, Go Red: A Heart for Health [Virtual Event] Drs. Coulter and Costello presenting
February 7-14 – Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
February 9 – WomenHeart Support Group meeting
February 11 – Cardiology Grand Rounds – Jose Diaz Gomez
February 13-19 – Heart Failure Awareness Week #HFWeek2022
February 14 – Valentine’s Day
February 18 – YERU STEM Education teen group Heart Health Zoom with Dr. Alison Post
February 18 – Cardiology Grand Rounds – Nezar Falluji
February 19 – Ali Massumi Cardiac Arrhythmia Symposium
February 22 – Valve Disease Awareness Day #ValveDiseaseDay
February 25 – Go Texan Day – Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo city-wide celebration. Wear your best boots and Western attire for #GoTexanDay
February 25 – Cardiology Grand Rounds – Sunil Rao
February 26 – Inaugural Global Cardiovascular Forum (Details Coming Soon!)
