American Heart Association Missouri
Help us ensure everyone in Missouri has the opportunity to live longer, healthier lives.
Blood pressure cuffs available at St. Louis County Libraries
St. Louis County residents can now use their library card to check out a blood pressure device and educational materials thanks to a collaboration between St. Louis County Library and the American Heart Association.
HeartCorps program to improve rural health in Missouri
Our HeartCorps Member in Seymour, MO is helping the Amish Clinic reach their patients with support for hypertension management and connecting them to resources for nutrition security, especially for infants and young children. A variety of projects are underway in the St. Joseph area to help improve cardiac readiness in community settings.
Kansas City Libraries with Heart
The American Heart Association, along with HCA Midwest Health and the Kansas City Public Library, has made blood pressure kiosks and checkout blood pressure kits available to all Kansas City Public Library branches.
Featured Recipe: Turkey Sliders with Avocado, Mushrooms and Swiss Cheese
These mini turkey burgers just melt in your mouth thanks to gooey cheese, warm mushrooms, and creamy avocado.
Try this mouth-watering recipe today!
Let us share your story
Are you a survivor? Help us raise awareness for cardiovascular disease and stroke through your story.
Share Your Survivor Story
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.
Read more about Jake
United Way
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.
Read more about the United WayHelp save lives!
You can help fight heart disease by making a gift to help improve patient outcomes, fund breakthrough research, prevention, and more.
Events in Your Area
Columbia Go Red for Women Evening in Red
Location: The Atrium Tenth
Date: Thursday, September 7, 2023 - 04:30 PM
RegisterJefferson City Go Red for Women Evening in Red
Location: The Courtyard by Marriott
Date: Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 04:30 PM
RegisterFour States Heart Walk
Location: MSSU Leggett & Platt Athletic Center
Date: Saturday, September 30, 2023 - 09:00 AM
RegisterKansas City Heart Walk
Location: Kansas City Power & Light District
Date: Saturday, October 7, 2023 - 08:00 AM
RegisterIn Your Community
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.
Board President
Dr. Peter Panagos
Washington University School of Medicine
Board Chair
Dr. Sharonica Hardin-Bartley
School District of University City
Members
John Antes
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Dr. Richard Bach
Washington University School of Medicine
Krista Bauer
Ameren
Georges Chahoud
St. Louis Cardiology Consultant, LLC
Sonia Deal
Affinia Healthcare
Brian Eaton
Aetna
Dr. Gmerice Hammond
Washington University in St. Louis
Dr. Ravi Johar
UnitedHealthcare
Stephanie Koch
RGA
Julie Kulawiec
Ingenio Rx
Joel Perkins
KPMG
Heather Raines
SSM Health
Tim Rea
Edward Jones
Devita Stallings
St. Louis University School of Nursing
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
12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 225
St. Louis, MO 63141
Phone: 314-692-5600
Media Requests: 314-225-9650
Kansas City
5800 Foxridge Drive #108,
Mission, KS 66202
Phone: (316) 768-3830
Media Requests: (515) 250-8392
Heart and Stroke News
Find science-based stories about heart and brain health and inspiring survivor profiles from American Heart Association News.
