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THE PALM BEACH POST REAL NEWS STARTS HERE | TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2015 D5 <PAGELABELTAG> MORE ONLINE Read about the latest issues involving baby boomers and their health at mypalmbeachpost. com/boomerhealth. reconstructing the in- jured man’s ear — deli- cate surgery that would last deep into the night — Mardirossian met with the man’s father. “He was still in his run- ning clothes.” Mardirossian ex- plained to the gentleman that he was concerned that the man’s son had al- so suffered facial nerve damage, but that they wouldn’t know until “I did testing on him the next day.” Sure enough, testing confirmed that one of the injured marathoner’s pri- mary facial nerves had been transected. Time was now of the essence. “There’s a 72-hour win- dow in which to repair that kind of damage,” Mardirossian explains. Without the second procedure, the man’s forehead muscles would no longer function and he’d look disfigured. Mardirossian surgically repaired the nerve dam- age the following day (Wednesday) — although full regeneration would take months, even years, to occur. Two years later, Mard- irossian reports the pa- tient — who has kept in contact with Mardirossian via Facebook — says he’s pleased with the results and his facial muscles are functioning properly. So touched was Mard- irossian by the runner’s gratitude that he called it “the best compliment I have ever received.” Bomber’s capture Lest you think Mard- irossian’s involvement with the bombing’s aftermath was over that Wednesday, think again. The manhunt for sus- pect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev concluded two days later landed on his block. “My wife, who was eight months pregnant at the time, and I were liv- ing in Watertown. Every- thing was on lockdown. We couldn’t leave our house. The police cap- tured Tsarnaev 50 yards from our front door.” Tsarnaev, who was convicted last week on all 30 charges, had suf- fered severe facial gun- shot wounds at the time of his arrest. He’d require imme- diate medical care — in Mardirossian’s specialty. “I was on call at one of the two hospitals he could have been taken to,” Mardirossian says. Tsarnaev was trans- ported to the other facil- ity. Mardirossian assures that, had the need arisen, “Of course I would have treated Tsarnaev to the best of my abilities.” That said, Mardiros- sian was pleased with last week’s guilty verdicts and, as for sentencing, believes “Tsarnaev is an example of true evil, so I hope he gets what he has coming to him.” While Mardirossian treasures the official Bos- ton Medical Center Cer- Dorfman continued from D1 Living in Watertown, Mass., when the Boston Marathon bombing occurred, Dr. Vartan Mardirossian says his home was just 50 yards from where now-convicted Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured. CONTRIBUTED tificate of Appreciation he received for the ex- ceptional medical care he provided after the bomb- ing, he balks at the idea that he did anything spe- cial. “I was just one of countless doctors and nurses who were treat- ing victims. I just did my small part.” HEALTH NEWS Diabetes support group meetings Tuesday: 2 p.m., Boca Raton Regional Hospital (650 Glades Road, Boca Raton); call 561-731-4321. Thursday: 7:30 p.m., Whitehall Boca Skilled Facility (7300 Del Pra- do Circle South, Boca Ra- ton); call 561-731-4321. Monday: 7 p.m., Delray Medical Center (5352 Lin- ton Blvd., Delray Beach); call 561-731-4321. Kidney Association support group Tuesday: 6 p.m., North County Senior Center (5217 Northlake Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens); call 561-471-2588. ACTS Life Care open house Tuesday: 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m. at St. Andrews Estates (6045 Verde Trail South, Boca Raton), which is owned by ACTS Life Care, will be showcasing its safe, healthful retirement-life services; call 561-487- 1270. Child abuse prevention seminar Wednesday: Noon to 2 p.m. at West Palm Hos- pital (2201 45 St., West Palm Beach); visit west- palmhospital.com/be- havioralhealth to regis- ter. Ongoing support groups Regents Park Boca Ra- ton (6363 Verde Trail, Bo- ca Raton) offers the fol- lowing free weekly sup- port groups: Mondays,7 to 9 p.m.: Co-Dependen- cy Anonymous 12-Step Program; 7:30 to 9 p.m.: Overeaters Anonymous; Tuesdays, 8 to 9 p.m.: Co-Dependency Anony- mous 12-Step Program; Wednesdays, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and 7:30 to 9 p.m.: Overeaters Anony- mous; Thursdays, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.: Overeaters Anonymous; Fridays, 7 to 9 p.m.: Overeaters Anonymous. Call 561- 483-9282. 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