Recognizing Chesapeake Regional's 2025 Healthcare Heroes

CHESAPEAKE, Va. –  For several decades, Healthcare Heroes has honored outstanding individuals and organizations making a difference in health care across Hampton Roads. This year, three of the 17 honorees are from Chesapeake Regional Healthcare. All are recognized for innovating in their specialty and finding solutions to ongoing and complex community-wide challenges.

HEALTHCARE STAFF
Barbara Jergenson
Barbara Jergenson is the Director of Lab Services at Chesapeake Regional Healthcare. For almost 40 years, she has, in some capacity, worked behind the scenes, dedicated to providing quality patient care. She has been instrumental in shaping the evolution of the hospital’s lab services by building and maintaining the lab information system, and has helped the hospital gain recognition as a Sentinel Lab. Barbara is a supervisor, trainer, and builder in all facets of the lab.

CORPORATE ACHIEVEMENTS IN HEALTHCARE
The Cardiac Rehab program
It takes a dedicated team and a motivated patient to recover from a heart condition. They work together to create a plan and achieve short and long-term goals. For the past 36 years, a skilled team of health care professionals has offered patients a unique continuum of care under one roof. In 2011, it was the first in the area to be nationally certified by the AACVPR (the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation). They help over 600 patients a year create healthy habits focused on improving their hearts and reducing the risk of further damage. The program’s convenience, services, and clinical expertise are favorites among physicians and patients. It offers a comprehensive, well-respected program that includes exercise, stress management, blood pressure management, education about medications, nutrition, and heart failure warning signs, and a staff that works closely with physicians to ensure the patients' safe recovery.

NURSE LEADER
Shannon Roberts, MS, BSN, RN, RNC-OB 
Shannon Roberts is the Director of Women’s and Children’s Services at Chesapeake Regional Healthcare. A compassionate nurse leader, she worked for more than 20 years as nurse manager of the labor and delivery unit. She began her tenure as a candy striper at age 14 and cares deeply about health care excellence and community involvement. Shannon has dedicated her career to supporting women and families in Hampton Roads through pregnancy, childbirth, and parenthood.

Chesapeake Regional Healthcare is proud to support the Inside Business Healthcare Heroes recognition.

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