Virtua celebrates Seventh Annual National Wear Red Day
Johanna Timonen (left), wife of Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen, and Adrienne Kirby, Virtua Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Ambulatory Services and Programs of Excellence and Chairperson of the American Heart Association's Southern New Jersey Go Red for Women Movement.
Virtua employees were joined by Johanna Timonen, wife of Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen, and Adrienne Kirby, Virtua VP and COO and Chairperson of the American Heart Association's Southern New Jersey Go Red for Women Movement as they celebrated National Wear Red Day, part of the association’s Go Red for Women campaign.
Virtua has partnered with the American Heart Association to turn New Jersey red and is proud to be the “South Jersey Goes Red” sponsor supporting the association’s Go Red for Women movement in Southern New Jersey. National Wear Red Day brings attention to the No.1 killer of New Jersey and American females – cardiovascular disease. In addition to Ms. Kirby, other top leadership at Virtua is involved in the association, with Ninfa Saunders, Virtua Executive Vice President for Health Services, participating on the association board.
Virtua’s cardiovascular program provides board certified cardiologists, vascular surgeons, state of the art catheterization labs, a 24/7 Primary Stroke center that is staffed by a trained, multidisplinary stroke team, and a interventional radiology lab used to diagnose and treat complex vascular disease. Virtua also provides life-saving angioplasties.
Virtua is a comprehensive multi-hospital healthcare system headquartered in Marlton, NJ. Its mission is to deliver a world-class patient experience through its programs of excellence in cancer treatment, cardiology, orthopaedics, women's health, pediatrics, surgery, neuroscience and wellness. A non-profit organization, Virtua employs 8,400 clinical and administrative personnel, and approximately 1,800 physicians serve as medical staff members. Virtua has distinguished itself as one of the first Six Sigma organizations in healthcare, as an early adopter of clinical and digital technologies, and for its innovative partnerships with nationally renowned organizations such as
GE Healthcare,
Fox Chase Cancer Center and
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). It has been honored twice with the New Jersey Governor's award for Clinical Excellence and recognized with the Leadership Award for Outstanding Achievement by Voluntary Hospitals of America. Virtua has been honored as the #1 Best Employer in the Delaware Valley by the
Philadelphia Business Journal and is the recipient of the Consumer Choice Awards by National Research Corporation. Virtua is proud to be the official southern New Jersey sponsor of the Go Red for Women and Start! Walking Movements. For more information, visit
www.virtua.org or call 1-888-VIRTUA-3 (1-888-847-8823).