Vigneau named senior Christiana Care honored for vice president, Heart leading role in Gift of Life program & Vascular Health
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he Philadelphia Chapter of the Gift of Life organ donor program presented a plaque to Christiana Care to recognize Christiana Care's leading role in the program. More than 42 families have donated 100 organs for transplant through Christiana Care, which is the leading health care facility for transplant donations to Gift of Life's Philadelphia chapter.
Penny Vigneau, MSW, MBA
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enny Vigneau, MSW, MBA, has been appointed appointed senior vice president of the Center for Heart & Vascular Health. Vigneau earned her masters degree in social work from West Virginia University and her MBA from the University of Chicago. She joined Christiana Care as vice president in 2005. Since then, she has led the numerous transformative initiatives, such as:
Transitioning the cardiac surgery program from private practice to a hospital-employed physician group n
n Initiating the cardiac surgery program at Beebe Medical Center. n Facilitating the Christiana Care Vascular Specialists sub-corporation. n
Implementing the neurovascular
Accepting a plaque from Gift of Life from Philadelphia Chapter Gift of Life Director of Hospital Services Gwen O'Shaugnnessey (right) are, (from left) Christiana Care Chief Operating Officer Gary Ferguson, Veronica McCall of Gift of Life-Philadelphia, Joanne Matukaitis, RN, MSN, CNA, BC, director, Cardiovascular /Critical Care Patient Care, Critical Care Medicine, and Gerard Fulda, M.D., FACS, FCCM, FCCP, director of Christiana Care Surgical Critical Care.
interventional program for acute stroke rescue.
Electrophysiology labs, HVIS, noninvasive services, E-tower practice offices and nuclear medicine.
n Launching the cardiovascular specialty programs for screening and pre- Vigneau assumed executive responsivention, pulmonary hypertension and bility for the Kidney Transplant adult congenital. Program in 2008 and is one of the three Christiana Care executives n Overseeing several construction leading our strategy in our southern projects, including new service area.