“Go Red” Spokeswoman is St. Joseph Heart Patient
Theresa Volpe could be described as having a heart of “Go Red.” First, her life was saved after she was helicoptered to St. Joseph’s Heart Institute from Hanover, Pennsylvania, where she had suffered a massive heart attack. The young mother of two received four stents implanted in her heart by Dr. Mark Midei, director of St. Joseph’s Cardiac Catheterization Lab.
Next, her dramatic story, featured in St. Joseph’s Housecall fall 2007 issue, came to the attention of the American Heart Association (AHA). Volpe went to a nationwide casting call and was chosen as one of nine national “Heart of Go Red” women for the AHA’s Go Red for Women movement to increase awareness of heart disease.
Not only was she featured in an NBC-TV special in September hosted by Marie Osmond, but she will be part of the February 2009 Go Red for Women national campaign.
