Senator Edward J. Markey
Official office contact page ↗
Washington office: (202) 224-2742
Massachusetts · Congressional discussion brief
Pregnancy history
is heart history.
A proposed Massachusetts conversation within one national education campaign.
The request to your office
Bring the right people
into the conversation.
Connect HEART RESERVE with maternal-health, primary-care and community leaders in Massachusetts. Explore whether an existing program could review and adapt the campaign materials, beginning with one willing clinical or community host.
A 20-minute staff conversation could identify a health-policy contact, one relevant local introduction and the next action. A congressional office can help convene and connect; clinical partners would own medical review and care decisions.
01
Start with Massachusetts.
Review the local resource below with state and community leaders. Use current local findings to select the first population and setting. Confirm insurance, language, transportation and appointment barriers with the people affected.
02
Put the guide to use.
After clinical review, offer a short education conversation, a pregnancy-history summary and a written next step with a named clinician and date. Include the mother's own care when her baby is in the NICU.
03
Measure follow-through.
Agree on a baseline and track documented history and completion of clinician-recommended follow-up. Include patient feedback and access barriers. Downloads measure reach; they do not establish clinical benefit.
Where does Massachusetts rank?
#1 of 51.
Women’s health & reproductive care.
Commonwealth Fund, 2024 State Scorecard on Women’s Health and Reproductive Care, Appendix B2. Ranks include 50 states plus DC; 1 is best, 51 is lowest, and published ties are retained. The report generally uses 2021–2022 data. This is a broad women’s-health index, not a maternal heart-health or campaign-performance ranking.
Local starting point
Build on the work
already here.
Use Massachusetts's public resources to prepare for a working session. Ask local leaders which current findings, programs and referral pathways should shape this campaign's contribution.
Resource listed through CDC or the state agency. Inclusion does not mean this organization has agreed to participate.
What HEART RESERVE brings
A guide. A conversation.
A next step.
One national set of patient materials, a separate NICU care sheet, a host guide and an editable Heart Story for healthcare visits.
What remains to be agreed
Participation, clinical leadership, evaluation, funding and access to care must be confirmed before a local program begins. The proposed 12-month, up-to-100-woman, $150,000 demonstration is the New Jersey planning scenario; it is not a funded program or a separate commitment for every state.
Read the proposed pilot and budget →
Risk-prediction research is a separate workstream. This campaign does not offer a validated pregnancy-adjusted heart-age result.
Official congressional routes · Massachusetts
Find the health-policy team.
These official Senate pages provide a route to request the staff member responsible for maternal or cardiovascular health. An office listing is not an endorsement or evidence of contact.
Senator Elizabeth Warren
Official office contact page ↗
Washington office: (202) 224-4543
House offices also participate in health-policy work. Use the official House directory to identify a district office. Residents should use their own ZIP code and address. HEART RESERVE approaches offices as an independent New Jersey-based campaign seeking national collaboration.
Senate directory retrieved October 26, 2026. Staff assignments and office contact methods can change.
Founded by Lisa Zahakos, RPA-C
A mother's experience.
A practical purpose.
Lisa is a physician assistant, mother of four and founder of HEART RESERVE. Her sons Peter and Maurice's fetal surgery, premature birth and NICU stays shaped her commitment to making a mother's own follow-up part of the conversation.