Marriott Heart Foundation (MHF)

The Marriott Heart Foundation (MHF) was incorporated by our late Co-Founder, Dr. Henry J. L. Marriott and his partner Jonni Cooper in 1996 in Naples, FL to provide Cardiology Courses for all Cardiac Caregivers, and to develop Standards of Education and Practice for Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physicians Assistants, Nurses, Technicians, Paramedics and other Cardiac Professionals.

In 1996 Physicians were the only group that had the benefit of a Standardized Cardiology program and a Certification process that was offered by the ACC and the Board of Internal Medicine. Physicians had all the benefits of being professionally organized while Nurse Practitioners, Physicians Assistants, Nurses, and Technicians had to educate themselves by attending conferences and reading books, but all with no formal organization or Standard of Practice.