Register now to join the UT Medical Center team for The Heart Walk Sept. 27 at 2 p.m. on the Festival Lawn at World's Fair Park in Knoxville. The Heart Walk is an annual event aimed at raising money in the fight against heart disease and stroke. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States for both men and women. Stroke is the third most cause of death. 

Visit the Heart Walk website to sign-up with an existing team, become a team captain or simply make a donation.

Heart Walk team t-shirts can be purchased at the medical center gift shop for only $18.30 plus tax.

Since 1924 the American Heart Association has helped protect people of all ages and ethnicities from the ravages of heart disease and stroke. These diseases, the nation’s number-one and number-three killers, claim more than 910,000 American lives a year. The association invests each year to research, professional and public education, and advocacy so people across America can live stronger, longer lives.

Click here for more information on the Heart Lung Vascular Institute and Brain and Spine Institute.

For more information, visit the Knoxville 2009 Heart Walk.