Improving the Lives of those with Atrial Fibrillation

The Zoe Foundation is an Illinois not-for-profit  501(c) (3) corporation aiming to raise public awareness and education about the symptoms, treatments and potential cures for atrial fibrillation (AF), as well as the prevention of stroke and heart failure caused by AF. We will raise the necessary funds for clinical and laboratory research being performed to discover novel treatments and cures for AF.

About Us

The Zoe Foundation is an initiative dedicated to finding a cure for AF, and is comprised of volunteer medical and business professionals, and private citizens. The organization was incorporated on February 22, 2011 in the State of Illinois.

• Our story
• Partnering with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
• Board of Directors
• Drs. Rishi Arora & Rod Passman serve as Medical Advisors

The Zoe Foundation's first big fundraiser!

Latest News

"In-Rhythm" Benefit Concert

Friday, August 19, 2011
Join us for our first big fundraiser at the Park West located at 322 West Armitage St., Chicago, IL. The Temptations, featuring Grammy Award winning Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame inductee Dennis Edwards, will entertain us with their full complement of horns and dancers. It promises to be the best ticket in town!

Dr. Rishi Arora's first gene paper is accepted By the Heart Rhythm Society Heart Rhythm Journal

Pharmacological and ablative therapies for atrial fibrillation (AF) have suboptimal efficacy. Newer gene-based approaches that target specific mechanisms underlying AF are likely to be more efficacious in treating AF. Parasympathetic signaling appears to be an important contributor to AF substrate.