Dignity Health | hello Healthy | Summer 2018

Why you should put your heart in our hands Experience. Expertise. Innovation. These are some of the superlatives that best describe St. Joseph’s Heart & Vascular Institute. Just ask Joann Marks, MSN, RN. She’s the director of cardiovascular services at St. Joseph’s, which has been healing hearts for nearly 50 years and has one of the top heart and vascular programs in the state. “We give our patients amazing opportunities here,” Marks says. “It’s a hidden gem. When people find out how large our program is, they are quite surprised. And we’ve been doing this for a long time.” In fact, when you think of the big hospitals in heart and vascular care, you should think of St. Joseph’s. Why? Because of the depth and breadth of what their experts can offer you and your family—right here in Stockton. History of firsts in the community First Cardiac Cath Lab Open-Heart Surgery Echocardiography; Cardiac Rehab Coronary Angioplasty 1970 1980 1990 Rotoblation; Heart Center Opens Beating-Heart Surgery Carotid Stent