The Matthew’s Hearts of Hope research grant is a one-time award for full-time pediatric cardiology fellows conducting research to advance knowledge about congenital heart defects during their academic year.  Up to five awards ranging from $2,500 - 5,000 per recipient will be made.

The first recipients of this award were:

Hannah Fraint, MD - Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
Joanne Chiu, MD - Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
Shaun Mohan, MD - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Simon Lee, MD - Mount Sinai Hospital, New York

They each received $5000 for their respective CHD Research Projects.

2014/2015 Grant Recipients
Hari Rajagopal, MD- Mount Sinai
Jonathan Flyer, MD Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York
Shivani Bhatt, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Sunil Ghelani, MBBS MD Boston Children’s Hospital

2015/2016 Grant Recipients

We as a foundation made HUGE Strides! We dispersed close to $70,000 to 13 promising CHD Research Projects as well as a 3-D Heart Project at Boston Children’s Hospital to which we have committed $10,000 in 2016 as well 2017.

Boston Children’s Hospital:
Laith Alshawabkeh, MD
Sarah Goldberg, MD
David Hoganson, MD
Anthony Merlocco, MD
Michelle Sykes, MD

University of Rochester Medical Center:
Ryan Alanzalon, MD

Children’s Hospital of Phildelphia:
Arene Butto, MD
Monique Gardner, MD
Michael Liu, MD

Children’s Hospital of New York:
Nithya Swaminathan, MD
Ranjini Srinivasan, MD
Jonathan Flyer, MD

Mount Sinai Hospital:
Ruchika Karnik, MD

Duke University Hospital:
Reid Chamberlain, MD

Children’s Hospital of New York:
Jamie Harrington, MD
Caitlin Haxel, MD
Erin Paul, MD

Children’s Hospital of Boston:
Sarah Pickard, MD
Aaron Prosnitz, MD


Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia:
Brian Snarr, MD


2016/2017 Grant Recipients
Mark Rodefeld, MD - Fontan Blood Pump Project almost $14,000
Reid Chamberlain, MD - $2,500 Duke University Medical Center
Ms. Corda APN - $3,000 - Children’s Hospital of New York
Jamie Harrington, MD - $4,250 - Children’s Hospital of New York
Caitlin Haxel, MD - $3,450 - Children’s Hospital of New York
Deborah Ho, MD - $2,500 - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Erin Paul, MD - $5,000- Children’s Hospital of New York
Sarah Pickard, MD - $2,500 - Children’s Hospital of Boston
Brian Snarr, MD - $5,000 - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia


2017/2018 Grant Recipients

Mark Rodefeld, MD - Fontan Blood Pump $26,000
Meena Bolourchi, MD -  $5000 - Children’s Hospital of New York
Chalese Richardson, MD -  $5000 - Children’s Hospital of New York
Shannon Nees, MD - $4000 - Children’s Hospital of New York
Sairi Siddiqui, MD - $5000 - Children’s Hospital of New York
Scott Leezer Project $ 10,000

2018/2019 Grant Recipients
Meredith Pesce, MD - $4,400 - Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
Joyce Woo, MD - $5,000 - Morgn Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
Meena Bolourchi, MD - $2,500 - Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
Jonathan Edelson, MD - $5,000 - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Jonathan Edwards, MD - $5,000 - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Jennifer Cohen, MD - $5,000 - Mount Sinai Hospital

2019 Nursing Scholarship
Glenda C Ebron, BSN, RN, CCRN - $1,500- Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
Stephen Stoever, RN, MSN, NNP-BC - $1,500- Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York



MHOH dispersed $27,500 to six different Pediatric Cardiology Fellows at 4 different hospitals and also sent $36,000 to Dr. Mark Rodefeld for his Fontan Blood Pump.


2019/2020 Grant Recipients
Michael Fremed MD - $5,000 - Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
Tom Choi MD - $5,000 - Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
Dana DeCarlo MD - $5,000 - NYU Langone Medical Center
Dustin Nash MD - $5,000 - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Andrea Jones MD - $5,000 - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Neha Ahluwalia MD - $2,500 - Mount Sinai Hospital

MHOH is dispersing a total of $24,400 to six Cardiology Fellows at 3 different hospitals.

2020/2021 Grant Recipients
Ivor Asztalos MD - $4,600 - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Rachel Shustak MD - $5,000 - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Suneet Bhansali MD - $5,000 - NYU Langone Medical Center
Ezinne Emeruwa MD - $2,000 - Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
Kristin Oshiro MD - $5,300 - Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
Nicole Stanford MD - $2,500 - Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York

2021/2022 Grant Recipients
Adam Butensky MD - $3,100 - Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
Rebecca Epstein MD - $3000 - Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
Alexandra Linder MD - $3,000 - Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
Brian Marcus MD - $2,500 - Yale New Haven Hospital
Addison Gearhart MD - $5,000 - Boston Children's Hospital
Gholson Lyon MD - $10,000 - NYU

2022/2023 Grant Recipients
Luv Makadia MD - $3000 - Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
Tamar Siskind MD - $3000 - Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
Alicia Kamsheh MD - $5000 - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Rebecca Moore MD - $5000 - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Qais Alloah MD - $2500 - Northwell Health
Daniel Cheong MD - $4750 - Northwell Health
David Barris MD - $5000 - Mount Sinai Hospital
Fransesca Sperotto MD - $3500 - Boston Children's Hospital
David Leone MD - $5010 - University of Washington





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Raising Hope, One and a Half Hearts at a Time.

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