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County partners with Cleveland Clinic and private donors to expand Broward Heart screening program
Summary
Broward County announced that the Cleveland Clinic will lead its Broward Heart screening program, backed by a $1 million pledge from the Florida Panthers Foundation; officials and beneficiaries described thousands screened and multiple life‑saving interventions.
Broward County officials announced that the county’s Broward Heart screening program will be led by the Cleveland Clinic under a contract the commission approved at a recent meeting. Mayor Mark Bogan said 7,000 people have been screened through the program and that 4,000 of those screened required medical intervention, including medications, stents or surgery; an additional roughly 350 people had other medical findings identified.
Bogan credited private partners for helping sustain the program: he said the Florida Panthers Foundation and the Viola family agreed to donate $1,000,000 over five years to help fund continuous free scans. He also thanked HeartFlow, a company that provides scan analysis, for its role in evaluating results and supporting clinical follow-up.
Several beneficiaries described the program’s effects. Former Major League Baseball player Steve Sachs said a scan revealed severe arterial blockages despite his being asymptomatic and that he required a quadruple bypass. "That test saved my life," Sachs told commissioners. A couple identified as Barry and Amy Smith said a scan found a spot on Amy’s lung that proved to be stage 1 cancer and was removed.
The transcript of the meeting records the figures and testimonials as reported by speakers; independent verification of clinical counts and outcomes was not provided in the session.
