{"630284":{"#nid":"630284","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Hannah Geil: Follow Your Heart","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHannah Geil\u0026rsquo;s father is a biomedical engineer from Georgia Tech, so it wouldn\u0026rsquo;t have been a surprise for her to follow in his footsteps. But until a scary moment during her senior year in high school, she didn\u0026rsquo;t know exactly what career she wanted to pursue.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut Hannah did know that Tech was her first choice. She\u0026rsquo;d visited campus when she was young, and it had always held a special place in her heart. She was vaguely interested in medical engineering because of her father\u0026rsquo;s work, but it never felt like a certainty.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThings changed for Hannah after a high school soccer game. She became extremely short of breath, and her heart rate was over 200 beats per minute. A cardiologist confirmed that there was a problem, and Hannah was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a condition involving an extra electrical pathway in the heart.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe doctor performed a cardiac ablation procedure to correct the rhythm problems with her heart. During the process, Hannah found herself intrigued.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I was just really fascinated by everything,\u0026rdquo; she said. \u0026ldquo;More than being scary, it was actually pretty cool.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt Tech, while attending a scholarship banquet, Hannah met a professional with expertise in mapping the heart during the very same procedure that helped her. This chance encounter convinced Hannah to choose biomedical engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFive years later, Hannah is a proud Georgia Tech graduate working at Abbott Laboratories, a healthcare and medical device company based in Illinois, with several locations in metro Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Now I am able to work in a job where I can help heal hearts the same way mine was healed.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A heart condition in high school led Hannah Geil to study biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech.  Now she\u2019s able to work in the medical field where she can help heal hearts the same way hers was healed."}],"uid":"34973","created_gmt":"2019-12-20 13:51:10","changed_gmt":"2019-12-20 14:00:16","author":"Evan Atkinson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-12-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-12-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"630286":{"id":"630286","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech 2019 Graduate: Hannah Geil 01","body":null,"created":"1576850043","gmt_created":"2019-12-20 13:54:03","changed":"1576850043","gmt_changed":"2019-12-20 13:54:03","alt":"Young Hannah Geil in Georgia Tech outfit","file":{"fid":"240001","name":"Baby Hannah Sr GT.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Baby%20Hannah%20Sr%20GT.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Baby%20Hannah%20Sr%20GT.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":53872,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Baby%20Hannah%20Sr%20GT.jpg?itok=MJDjxG-3"}},"630288":{"id":"630288","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech 2019 Graduate: Hannah Geil 02","body":null,"created":"1576850084","gmt_created":"2019-12-20 13:54:44","changed":"1576850084","gmt_changed":"2019-12-20 13:54:44","alt":"CHOA Heart Surgery","file":{"fid":"240002","name":"CHOA Heart surgery june 2015.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/CHOA%20Heart%20surgery%20june%202015.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/CHOA%20Heart%20surgery%20june%202015.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":768232,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/CHOA%20Heart%20surgery%20june%202015.jpg?itok=2Wxy1rST"}},"630289":{"id":"630289","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech 2019 Graduate: Hannah Geil 03","body":null,"created":"1576850121","gmt_created":"2019-12-20 13:55:21","changed":"1576850121","gmt_changed":"2019-12-20 13:55:21","alt":"Young Hannah Geil on Stamps Field","file":{"fid":"240003","name":"Baby Hannah on SAC field.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Baby%20Hannah%20on%20SAC%20field.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Baby%20Hannah%20on%20SAC%20field.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":457805,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Baby%20Hannah%20on%20SAC%20field.jpg?itok=joWOJA7f"}}},"media_ids":["630286","630288","630289"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"88821","name":"health and wellness"},{"id":"87311","name":"Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/eatkinson6@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EEvan Atkinson\u003C\/a\u003E, Institute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["eatkinson6@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}