LEXINGTON The Central Kentucky Heart Ball was held on Friday, February 24, 2023, at the Central Bank Center in Lexington. Under the leadership of chair couple Brett and Billie Jo Setzer of Setzer Construction, the event
witnessed its best year ever, raising more than $800,000 for the battle against heart disease and stroke. Eastern Kentucky University Head Football Coach Walt Wells was honored during the event. Coach Wells was saved by the quick actions of EKU Athletics staff, who administered CPR and utilized an AED on him after he experienced a cardiac event and collapsed in his office last year. Special guests from the University of Kentucky Football program were also present, including Head Coach Mark Stoops, UK football player and heart disease survivor Kenneth Horsey, and former UK football player and stroke survivor Chris Oats.
Lee Dossett, MD, CMO, Baptist Health Lexington, and wife Jennifer, RN.
CHI Saint Joseph interventional cardiologist Michael Schaeffer, MD, and wife Shannon.
CHI Saint Joseph cardiologist Hussam Hamdalla, MD, and wife, Heba.
Malia and George Dimeling, MD, cardiothoracic surgeon at CHI Saint Joseph Health.
CHI Saint Joseph interventional cardiologist Michael Schaeffer, MD, and wife Shannon.
Joseph Thomas, MD, UK Gill Heart Institute, and wife Priya Warrier, MD, Family Allergy & Asthma.
Neil and Sheila Griffeth, MSN, RN, market VP, CHI Saint Joseph Health.
CHI Saint Joseph cardiothoracic surgeon Hamid Mohammadzedeh, MD, and wife Sepideh.
Rebecca and Tony Houston, FACHE, market CEO, CHI Saint Joseph Health.
Mark Stoops, UK head football coach, and Brett Setzer, Heart Ball co-chair.
Tony Houston, market CEO, CHI Saint Joseph Health, raises a toast to open the 2023 American Heart Association Central Kentucky Heart Ball.
