In Memory of Adam Wilkens

In 2019, Amy lost her husband, Adam, to undiagnosed Brugada Syndrome – leaving family, friends and their two young boys, who were just three and six years old at the time. Amy now serves on the Brugada Syndrome Steering Committee at the SADS Foundation to help other...

Meet Our CEO Walker Frahm

Do you have a personal connection to the SADS Foundation? In 2022, our daughter Lavinia—Lovey—passed away as the result of an undiagnosed cardiac event. While we may never know exactly what happened, we do know how deeply painful it is to lose a child without answers....

Brandon’s LQTS Story

Brandon had six “fainting” episodes before the age of ten before he learned that he has Long QT Syndrome, a condition that affects the heart’s rhythm – and that it runs in his family. Today, Brandon is returning to college to learn engineering so he can work on...