Heart and Vascular Classes, Events, and News

To help prevent heart and blood vessel diseases, UPMC formed the Community Outreach and Cardiovascular Health (COACH) Program.

COACH's heart health experts offer these heart-healthy resources:

• Free heart screenings and events.
• Heart disease prevention and community outreach programs.
• Kids' heart health education programs.

The UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute's Clinical Biostatistics Core supports heart and CT surgery researchers by providing high-quality data collection and analysis.

Classes

Find heart and vascular classes near you.

Events

Community Health Fair

Join experts from UPMC for a blood pressure and cholesterol screening and an “Ask the Expert” educational session, and a heart health presentation.

• Date: Sunday, July 13, 2025
• Time: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
• Location: Pittsburgh Higher Ground Praise Ministry (North Side) 
• 3505 Perrysville Avenue
  Pittsburgh, PA  15214

The Hill District Arts Festival

Join experts from UPMC for a blood pressure and cholesterol screening and an “Ask the Expert” educational session, and a heart health presentation.

• Date: Saturday, July 26, 2025
• Time: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
• Location: The Hill District Arts Festival
• 510 Heldman Street
  Pittsburgh, PA  15219
  

Community Health Fair

Join experts from UPMC for a blood pressure and cholesterol screening and an “Ask the Expert” educational session, and a heart health presentation.

• Date: Saturday, August 2, 2025
• Time: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
• Location: Destiny International Ministries (Homewood) 
• 7707 Bennett Street
  Pittsburgh, PA  15208

Community Health Fair

Join experts from UPMC for a blood pressure and cholesterol screening and an “Ask the Expert” educational session, and a heart health presentation.

• Date: Saturday, August 16, 2025
• Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
• Location: Metropolitan Baptist Church (North Side) 
• 22 Sampsonia Sreet
  Pittsburgh, PA  15212

Black Men’s Wellness Day (Homewood)

Join experts from UPMC for a blood pressure and cholesterol screening and an “Ask the Expert” educational session, and a heart health presentation.

• Date: Saturday, August 23, 2025
• Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
• Location: 7051 N. Murtland Street
  Pittsburgh, PA  15208 

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Heart screenings

Find free heart screening events near you.

Speeches

UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute educators can speak at your school, place of worship, work, or other community groups.

We cover these topics and more:

• Healthy eating and lifestyle.
• Heart disease prevention.
• Heart health disparities.
• Living with heart disease.
• Women's heart disease.

Contact us at 1-855-876-2484 for more on topics, fees, and scheduling.