2017 VISITING PROFESSOR:  DR. PAUL A. CHECCHIA, TEXAS CHILDRENS' HOSPITAL

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2020 ANDRA HEART MOVIE NIGHT


This visual classic, a tale of hope, redemption and unconventional love, is the perfect pandemic Andra Heart Movie night pick!  It has a long run time, so its perfect to watch at home, from your couch, with your own popcorn and remote!  


ANY DAY, 2020

ANY TIME


Order up however you order (although note that with copyrighting your best bests are ebay, Amazon or other online sellers).  Pick a day, and watch!  


No ticket prices, no raffle.  If you must donate, donate locally, tip generously, or hand a flower girl some cash.  


Save the date - JULY 24, 2021, Fox Tucson Theater 

We will be together again soon

SUMMER 2020:  AUDREY HEPBURN MOVIE NIGHT!!!

This FREE Speaker Event is brought to you by the Andra Heart Foundation, and will offer you a FREE Tucson Tamale Dinner Buffet, and an opportunity to learn about current research and work in the field of Sudden Cardiac Death. 


This will be a community event, and meaningful to anyone with an interest in this field, but will be of special interest to the cardiology, pediatric and athletic community.

FALL 2019:  BOOK O MATIC!  BOOK VENDING MACHINE AT HOMER DAVIS ELEMENTARY

Saving the world, one heart at a time.

Dr. Checchia is the Medical Director of Cardiovascular Intensive Care.

This summer we visited the 130 kids of the Rhenosterkloof School in Bela Bela South Africa.  We brought soccer balls.  We brought Andra Heart water bottles.  We brought love.  More water to come in Tucson this fall!

SUMMER 2019:  AUDREY HEPBURN MOVIE AT THE FOX TUCSON THEATER.

SUMMER 2017:  WATER AROUND THE WORLD.

November 30, 2017, Dr. Paul Checchia will present Grand Rounds on cardiovascular intensive care at Banner University Medical Center.

This fall, we will roll out a BOOK VENDING MACHINE at Homer Davis Elementary school as an incentive for students.  Students will earn tokens for shiny new books that they select from a TOMDRA vending machine.  The folks at Tomdra are providing the machine and expertise so we can provide the love and books!  So grateful for their support!

Andra Heart Foundation

Want to Help?  You can donate to support the books here!

Michael J. Ackerman, M.D., Ph.D.

  • Windland Smith Rice Cardiovascular Genomics Research Professor
  • Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Pharmacology
  • Consultant, Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Director of Mayo Clinic’s Long QT Syndrome Clinic and the Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory
  • Mayo Clinic


 Doctor Ackerman is the Windland Smith Rice Cardiovascular Genomics Research Professor and Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Pharmacology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.  As Director of Mayo’s Long QT Syndrome/Genetic Heart Rhythm Clinic and the Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory, Dr. Ackerman strives to fulfill the two-fold objective of medical education and biomedical research as stated by Dr. Charles H. Mayo: “to heal the sick and to advance the science.”  He has published over 400 articles and chapters across the continuum of basic, translational, and clinical research focusing on the cardiac channelopathies, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and sudden cardiac death in the young.   Dr. Ackerman received his MD and PhD from Mayo Medical School and Mayo Graduate School and residency and fellowship training in Pediatric and Pediatric Cardiology in Mayo Clinic’s Graduate School of Medicine.  Dr. Ackerman is also the president of the Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes Foundation.


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All tickets include Movie Ticket, Popcorn, Soda, Ice Cream, Take away Andra Heart Tiffany Blue ornament.

VIP tickets also include cocktails and appetizers with early entry to theater.

All proceeds benefit the programs of the Andra Heart Foundation.


5:30 VIP Ticket Doors Open - VIP Cocktails and Appetizers
6:30 General Admission Doors Open

7:30 Movie Shows


There will be one 15 minute intermission, movie run time 2 hours. 

NOVEMBER 3, 2016: INAUGURAL ANDRA HEART SPEAKER SERIES

AT THE FOX TUCSON THEATER

17 W Congress

Tucson Tamale Dinner Buffet at 6 PM

Speaker at 7 PM

Join us SATURDAY JULY 23, 2022 at the Fox Tucson Theater for the Breakfast Club.

You may choose to come as you are, whether you are a brain, an athlete, basketcase, princess or criminal.


5:30 VIP Ticket Doors Open - VIP Cocktails and Appetizers
6:30 General Admission Doors Open

7:30 Movie Shows - Run time 1 hour 37 minutes, with one intermission


Ticket price includes movie, popcorn, soda, and takeaway breakfast supplies.


VIP Tickets include appetizers and adult beverages in the teachers' lounge.

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