News Room
Dare to C.A.R.E. posts important announcements, press releases, media mentions and related news here.
Doctors Share Heart-to-Heart Advice
February 2011
As Seen in The Capital: Dr. John Martin yelled as he moved through the audience. One hand shot up. "Wait a minute. I'll take care of you," the doctor-emcee offered....
Surgeon Dares to Help Patients for Free
February 2011
As Seen in The Baltimore Sun: An aortic aneurysm can burst and kill within minutes, but a simple test – an ultrasound like the kind that detects a baby's heart beat – can spot a bulge in the aortic wall and surgery can repair it.Blockages in the carotid arteries that run up both sides of the neck and into ...
Dare to C.A.R.E. Program Scans
September 2010
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As Seen in AAMC Magazine: The fall issue of AAMC Magazine
highlighted the Dare to
C.A.R.E. program, an innovative
approach to cardiovascular
disease, in partnership with Anne
Arundel Medical Center. On Sept. 26, 2009, Dare to C.A.R.E.
conducted its 25,000th vascular
screening at the program’s annual
“Milestone of Life” Gala.
Edwin Meese III, former U.S....
Good Deeds: Dare to C.A.R.E.
February 2010
As Seen in MD News Magazine: Dare to C.A.R.E. is a nationally recognized, nonprofit cardiovascular disease early detection program co-founded by an Annapolis based vascular surgeon. John D. Martin, M.D., is a practicing vascular surgeon with Cardiology Associates, PC. With 20 years experience in treating patients with vascular disease and seeing the human suffering after stroke, heart attacks, amputations and renal failure first hand, he has become passionate about taking a preventative role in health care....
Spotlight on Vascular Disease
March 2008
As Seen in Chattanooga Times Free Press: DALTON, Ga. — Charlotte Blaylock was feeling well, so it was a surprise to learn that she should be concerned about her carotid artery, one of two large blood vessels from the heart to the brain.“I learned I have some plaque buildup, and I need to monitor it at least once a year,” Mrs. Blaylock said. Mrs....
Man Gets Vascular Screening After Seeing TV Report
November 2007
As Seen in WBAL11 TV MD: An Anne Arundel County woman said she was watching when WBAL TV 11 News anchor Donna Hamilton received a free vascular screening last February — and that viewing may have saved her husband's life....
The Dare to C.A.R.E. Program
March 2005
As Seen in Endovascular Today: Taking vascular disease screening and awareness to the next level. Dare to C.A.R.E. is a comprehensive early detection and education program that is offered free to men and women over the age of 60 or over the age of 60 with vascular risk factors. Created by John D. Martin, MD, a vascular surgeon, and Louise Hanson, RNP, of Cardiology Associates, P.C., in Annapolis, Maryland, this nationally recognized program now serves as a model of success for promoting awareness of cardiovascular and peripheral vascular disease....