Nalibotsky Family

ADVANCES CARDIAC CARE

For nearly two decades, the Nalibotsky family has helped to advance cardiac care at Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute (SHVI), contributing nearly $500,000 to the Nalibotsky Family Heart Transplant Fund. The fund, which was established in 2003 following Philip Nalibotsky’s lifesaving heart transplant, recognizes the exceptional care he received from Dr. Theodore Frank, medical director of the Heart Failure and Transplant program at SHVI.

Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute has been on the leading edge of cardiac care for over fifty years, providing the region’s only heart transplant program. The Nalibotsky Family Heart Transplant Fund is dedicated to supporting this world-class program by sustaining transplant research, continuing education, family support services, and patient care advancements. In addition to his commitment to the heart transplant program, Philip Nalibotsky was instrumental in establishing the annual Cupid’s Cup 5K, which has raised over $1 million to benefit Atrium Health’s Cardiac Rehabilitation program.

With his passing in 2008, Philip’s family now carries on his legacy of giving, working closely with Dr. Frank – the transplant cardiologist who gave their father a second chance at life – to impact the lives of other families across the region. Throughout the years, one thing has remained certain: the Nalibotsky family has a heart for giving back.

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1. Philip Nalibotsky, 1937-2008, pictured with his late wife Myra Nalibotsky in 2003.

2. Philip’s oldest son Albert Nalibotsky (front R) now manages the family fund with (pictured) his wife, Janice, and sons Nathan and Evan; and (not pictured) his aunt Linda Saltz and brothers Abram and Ivan.

3. Dr. Theodore Frank, medical director of the Heart Failure and Transplant program at Sanger

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“OUR ENTIRE TRANSPLANT TEAM IS DEEPLY INDEBTED TO THE NALIBOTSKYS FOR THEIR GENEROSITY IN ESTABLISHING THIS FUND, WHICH SUPPORTS SO MANY ASPECTS OF OUR PROGRAM.”

- DR. THEODORE FRANK