Start! To us, it’s all vital

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  • Parma Hospital's Heart Walk team included (from left): Barry Franklin, chief financial officer; Terrence G. Deis, president & CEO; and Kevin Zupancic, director of Pharmacy and Lab.

  • A large contingent of the more than 200 walkers from Parma Community General Hospital gathered before the Start! Heart Walk 2010 in downtown Cleveland.

  • Physicians like Timothy Gallagher, MD, far left, brought his dog along for the walk, which was either a one-mile or three-mile stroll through the downtown streets. David Miller, second from left, organized the Parma Hospital team.

  • The Heart Walk is a family affair for many Parma Hospital walkers, like De'Jarnira Carlisle of the Radiology Department, and her husband, Adrian, of the Emergency Department, who brought their granddaughter, Darionna, along.

  • Some canines sported their own Parma Hospital T-shirts.

  • Some canines sported their own Parma Hospital T-shirts.