Holly Morrell pioneered the grassroots cardiac screening effort/industry beginning in 1999. To date, Heartfelt has provided cardiac screenings to over 55,000 people resulting in over 1,000 lives saved.
Holly is knowledgeable, experienced, and professional, but considers her work to be very personal, as well. She dedicates her work to the 6 family members lost to Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), the #1 cause of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) in young people in the U.S. Nine Morrell family members, out of 11, had the disease; 6 died and 2 live with devices implanted in their chests to protect them from sudden death. In 2010, another family member became the second Morrell Family member to receive a heart transplant to save her life. Holly herself was diagnosed with the condition in 2002, survived emergency open-heart surgery by only 90 seconds in 2012 and had her seventh heart-related surgery in April 2019.
Holly established Heartfelt to better serve the general public and preserve the integrity of her mission: to save more lives through early detection, education, and increased public awareness.