In clinical medicine, beginning in interventional cardiology in 2003.
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Lisa Zahakos, PA-C
NCCPA-certified physician assistant, author, mother of four, and patient advocate translating 23 years of clinical experience into clear women's cardiovascular-health education.
HEART RESERVE helps women connect pregnancy history, menopause, symptoms, testing, and physical capacity on one cardiovascular timeline.
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Clinical experience, translated for women.
Lisa Zahakos, PA-C, is an NCCPA-certified physician assistant, author, mother of four, and patient advocate with 23 years in clinical medicine. She created HEART RESERVE to help women connect pregnancy history, menopause, symptoms, testing, and physical capacity on one cardiovascular timeline.
- Professional credential
- PA-C · NCCPA-certified
- Licensure
- New Jersey and New York
- Education
- Wagner College Physician Assistant Studies, 2003
- Based in
- New Jersey
An independent, patient-facing women’s cardiovascular-health education project.
A completed nonfiction manuscript seeking the right path to publication; not yet for sale.
Pregnancy Is Heart History is proposed and in clinical-review development; it is not a guideline or validated program.
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The full introduction.
Lisa Zahakos, PA-C, is an NCCPA-certified physician assistant, author, mother of four, and patient advocate. Across 23 years of clinical work, she has cared for patients in interventional cardiology, preventive and executive medicine, hormone and metabolic care, and psychiatry and addiction medicine.
Her reason is also personal. During a high-risk identical-twin pregnancy with her sons Peter and Maurice, Lisa faced Stage III twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, underwent emergency fetal laser surgery, delivered at 28 weeks and 5 days, and spent nearly three months with her sons in the NICU. She created HEART RESERVE to help women bring pregnancy history forward and connect it with menopause, symptoms, testing, cardiovascular risk, and the physical capacity required for everyday life.
Read Lisa's full storyThe work
Four parts of one public mission.
HEART RESERVE
FLOW, BEAT, PUMP, and POWER separate four cardiovascular questions. KNOW IT · CHOOSE · BUILD IT · PROVE IT · RETURN turns that understanding into a practical method.
Explore the frameworkHEART RESERVE: How Women Can Build a Stronger Heart Now
A prescriptive health book connecting pregnancy history, menopause, risk, symptoms, testing, and physical capacity. It is not yet for sale.
Read about the bookPregnancy Is Heart History
ASK · RECORD · RESPOND is a proposed clinical-review and pilot model for bringing pregnancy history into lifelong cardiovascular prevention.
Review the initiativeThe 12-Week Build
A clear way to choose one priority, define the action and proof, and protect enough recovery to keep the week usable.
Preview the buildSignature conversations
Ideas built for the room.
Available as keynotes, panels, podcasts, interviews, moderated conversations, workshops, and clinician or patient education.
Pregnancy Is Part of Your Heart History
Why the history should travel beyond obstetric care—and how a responsible handoff can support lifelong cardiovascular prevention.
Midlife Is a Cardiovascular Transition
A clear, non-alarmist conversation connecting menopause with blood pressure, lipids, glucose, symptoms, sleep, strength, and capacity.
When a Normal Test Is Not the End of the Conversation
How to understand what a cardiovascular test answered, what it did not, and which question should come next.
Build the Heart You Need Now
A practical shift from fear and perfect numbers toward preserving capacity for work, caregiving, travel, recovery, and independence.
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For editorial and event use with credit: Lisa Zahakos, PA-C / HEART RESERVE. Written approval is required for advertising use, alterations, testimonials, logo use, or language implying endorsement.
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Book overview
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Use the current status accurately.
HEART RESERVE is an independent women's cardiovascular-health education project created by Lisa Zahakos, PA-C. It provides education—not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
The book is a completed manuscript seeking publication. Pregnancy Is Heart History is a proposed initiative and clinical-review draft. Neither is presented as endorsed, validated, or partnered without written permission for that exact claim.
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