Missouri

Improving Nutrition Security in St. Louis

The American Heart Association and Hope in the Ville collaborated to increase access to fresh produce in the Ville and nearby communities. Community gardens and orchards provide nutrient-rich food to vulnerable residents, improving health outcomes in underserved areas. We're committed to empowering Missouri communities through better nutrition.
HeartCorps program to improve rural health in Missouri

Our HeartCorps Member in Marshfield, MO is helping lead work creating access to community blood pressure monitoring and improving cardiac readiness. Similar work is happening across rural Missouri, especially in conjunction with libraries. An independent medical clinic in Audrain County is working to improve their management of high blood pressure for their patients.
Communities with Heart

The American Heart Association has made blood pressure kiosks available at various community locations across Kansas City.
Featured Recipe: Frozen Yogurt Bark
This frozen delight, studded with fresh summer fruit, is delicious and healthy. With calories coming in under 100 and very little added sugar, it's a cool heart-healthy dessert on a hot summer's day.
Community BP Resources
The American Heart Association is adding blood pressure monitoring stations and loaner devices to libraries and other public spaces across the state centered on equity, placing resources in areas with the highest prevalence of hypertension and barriers to care.
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For 11-year-old hockey player, breathlessness signaled a struggling heart
While running laps during physical education class at his school in St. Joseph, Missouri, Jake Burnam passed out. After several tests and an abnormal electrocardiogram, it was discovered the then-11-year-old son had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), an inherited condition in which his heart muscle became abnormally thick, making it harder to efficiently pump blood.
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The American Heart Association St. Louis is honored to be a part of a network of 160+ organizations supported by United Way of Greater St. Louis.
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The American Heart Association is committed to driving equitable health impact in Missouri through key priority areas: CPR, hypertension control, rural health and food insecurity. Equity is at the center of our work and it will continue to guide all that we do.
Through our focus on these key impact areas, and with collaboration among local organizations, sponsors, businesses and others that serve the community we are working to improve the health and well-being of all Missourians while saving and improving lives.

Our legislative and regulatory priorities help to mitigate risk factors and protect survivors in communities across the country. We support the enactment of evidence-based public policies that lead to longer, healthier lives.
Public policy advocacy is an essential strategy used by the Association to affect necessary and sustainable policy, system and environmental changes that help Missourians build healthier lives free of cardiovascular disease and stroke.
Our efforts in Missouri communities are focused on ensuring quality-systems of care, increasing nutrition access, promoting health equity and furthering early care and education.

President
Georges Chahoud
St. Louis Cardiology Consultant, LLC
Chair
Heather Raines
Mercy Hospital St. Louis
Sonia Deal
Affinia Healthcare
Tom DiFranco
Enterprise Mobility
Brian Eaton
Aetna
Stephanie Koch
RGA
Dr. Ravi Johar
United Healthcare
Joel Perkins
KPMG
James Perry
Edward Jones
Patti Crimmins-Reda, MSN, RN
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Board President
Dr. Heath Wilt
AdventHealth
Board Chair
Tom O'Grady
HNTB
Board Members
Dr. Dipika Aggarwal
University of Kansas Medical Center
Dave Barber
JE Dunn Construction
Mindy Brissey
MRB Strategies, LLC
Tim Castaneda
Amazon Web Services
Carla Duryee
C. Duryee Consulting
Scott Hall
Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Steven Kaster
Chen Med
Keri Mathew
Central Bank of the Midwest
Dr. Rhea Pimentel
The University of Kansas Health System
Matt Sogard
HCA Midwest Health, Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Marvin Szneler
Community Leader
Dr. Anezi Uzendu
Saint Luke’s Health System, Mid America Heart Institute
Contact Us
St. Louis
By Appointment Only:
12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 225
St. Louis, MO 63141
Phone: (314) 692-5600
Media Requests: (314) 692-5640
Kansas City
By Appointment Only:
5800 Foxridge Drive #108,
Mission, KS 66202
Phone: (913) 652-1900
Media Requests: (913) 652-1914

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