An Important Message from the President of the Association of Black Cardiologists

In recognition of American Heart Month, OWN is teaming up with the Association of Black Cardiologists to bring you We Are the Faces of Black Maternal Health™—an initiative aimed expanding awareness of the urgent cardiac issues threatening Black families across the U.S. In this video, Dr. Michelle Albert, President of the Association of Black Cardiologists, introduces this important campaign.

Visit OWN's Heart Health page throughout the month of February for vital updates and information about cardiac disease prevention.

Michelle A. Albert, MD MPH, is the President of the Association of Black Cardiologists and the Walter A. Haas-Lucie Stern Endowed Chair in Cardiology and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).