When you're diagnosed with breast cancer, it's scary. There's no denying that. But at Virtua, our team offers the combined strength of the Penn Medicine | Virtua Health Cancer Program and is here for you through every phase and so much more. After successful treatment, see how Catherine is thriving and still very much part of our Virtua family.

At 16 years old, Allegra was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. She says it "felt like a dragon was breathing in my intestines." And while you can't cure Crohn's yet, you can manage it – and our team is Allegra's support system for life! With Virtua GI & Digestive Health, Allegra has a partner to develop personalized treatment plans to manage symptoms and keep them at bay.

“They’re like my guardian angels,” says Allegra.

As a 45-year-old former firefighter, David has seen it all. Massive fires, car accidents, structural damage, you name it. But when his heart was failing – that was the scariest thing he's ever been through. That's when the Advanced Heart Failure Team stepped in. Through advanced therapies and the latest innovations, David feels better than ever!

James had an enormous tear in his aorta. Unfortunately, most people in his position don't make it through. But thankfully for James and his South Jersey neighbors, one of the most advanced centers for heart care is right in their backyard.

After more than two years of exhausting three-times-a-week dialysis treatments, Pastor Gatling received a life-saving kidney transplant three days before his 54th birthday. But receiving a new organ wasn't the end – it was the beginning.

If you've ever seen Bobby perform live, having hip arthritis just won't do. But thanks to minimally invasive, augmented reality hip surgery - a new technology that empowers us to see, focus, and treat bones and joints like never before - Bobby is back on stage and rocking a new hip.