Patient Testimonials

Sidney Dambrot

When Coach Keith Dambrot - Head Basketball Coach at the University of Akron - heard that his dad wasn’t breathing, it was the worst possible news. Sidney had suffered Sudden Cardiac Arrest and only had a 2% chance of survival. Read more>

Tim Smith

When you exercise regularly and watch what you eat, you don’t expect to develop heart disease. Read more>

Dave Stephens

As the regional administrative director of cardiac services, Dave Stephens works daily with cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, nurses and technicians at Summa Barberton Hospital and Summa Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital. Although he was exhausted by 7 or 8 p.m. every evening, Stephens attributed it to long hours at work rather than a symptom of a heart problem. Read more>

Bernie Hovey

Don’t ignore the warning signs of a heart attack. Bernie Hovey hoped he would never hear these words: “Mr. Hovey, you’re having a heart attack.” Read more>