COMMUNITY PARTNER IN HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP
Community Partner in Healthcare
We are your community partner in healthcare quality, safety, and innovation. We are a team of collaborative, courageous, experienced, and innovative people whose focus on quality and thirst for advancing healthcare and nursing sets us apart.
We care deeply about each other, each patient, each client, and our relationship with the healthcare and local community.
We are experts in our field who help people and make a difference in all lives we touch.
Community Partner in Healthcare
Business Leadership Team
Jennifer T. Etkin
CEO
Jennifer directs business strategy, communications, marketing and advertising initiatives. In addition to her ownership and involvement with Vascular Wellness, she owns and operates a plumbing services company based in Raleigh, NC (FixedNC.com). Her previous industry experience includes managing software marketing and partner marketing for IBM and for Vignette, as well as various operations management roles in Wachovia Bank (now Wells Fargo). Jennifer holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Jennifer and her husband, Alan, have two children who are also in healthcare; their son (NCSU grad) is at EPIC and their daughter is a junior in the School of Nursing at the University of Pittsburgh. Jennifer enjoys reading and helping others through her extensive volunteering over the years, including serving in leadership positions on multiple boards.
“As a community partner in healthcare, I believe it is critically important to make vascular access services more accessible, from basic IVs to dialysis treatments, especially to those in rural and outlying areas where access to care can be challenging. ”
~ Jennifer Etkin
“The past few years with our company have proven to me that vascular access is a very important channel that can often be taken for granted or overlooked. We believe in clinicians having the power and influence to drive patient wellness and safety decisions and being a community partner in healthcare. Training our clinicians to excel in this field is rewarding and allows our company to offer the very best patient care outcomes in the market.”
~ Nancy Warden
Nancy W. Warden
Chief Operating Officer
& Chief Clinical Officer
Nancy supports Vascular Wellness clients’ top business and clinical management, maintains and fosters industry relationships, and oversees, trains, and performs all services including the most advanced vascular access procedures. She has over twenty years of nursing and nurse leadership experience to include Level IV Pediatric Intensive Care and Flight transport, Pediatric Trauma, and Ecmo Heart Lung Bypass Implementation. Nancy also has a background in Clinical Sales, Program Development, and Clinical Education within the medical device market. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from Winston-Salem State University and a Master’s Degree in Business and Healthcare Management from the University of Texas at Austin.
In her free time, Nancy lives on a large working farm in western North Carolina with her husband and two children.
“I greatly enjoy working with our team at Vascular Wellness and seeing the positive impact they make on our wide-ranging patient and client base through our vascular access solutions. Our clinicians are top-notch and their aggregate and diverse experience makes our collective team the best in class. We are a true community partner in healthcare.” ~ Alan Etkin
“Building an infrastructure to help Vascular Wellness clinicians deliver the highest caliber vascular access program available enables us to reliably provide services to a rapidly growing list of diverse clients and serve as a community partner in healthcare.” ~ Brad Reedstrom
Alan R. Etkin
President & General Counsel
Alan leads operations, administration, and serves as in-house legal counsel. His previous experience includes serving as CEO of a medium-sized internet marketing and advertising company, corporate associate with Akin, Gump and senior auditor with Deloitte. He is a member of the North Carolina and Texas State Bars and is a licensed (inactive) Certified Public Accountant. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, magna cum laude, from Washington University, and a Law Degree from Emory University where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif.
Alan and his wife, Jennifer, have two children. Along with discussing college sports with his wife, NCSU alumni son, and daughter who is at the University of Pittsburgh, Alan enjoys supporting local universities and sports teams, connecting with people, and serving on the Board of the American Red Cross.
Bradley K. Reedstrom
Chief Financial Officer
Brad oversees the company’s human resource, information technology, supply chain, accounting and financial functions. Previously he has led a wide range of domestic and international areas including strategic planning, business development, and profit and loss in early-stage and multi-billion-dollar settings. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Science from the University of Vermont and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Purdue University.
Brad and his wife currently enjoy having their four children, their spouses and a growing number of grandchildren all within the same time zone on the same continent. In his spare time, he enjoys active pursuits in the great outdoors.
John Giorgio
EVP, Business Development
John leads the sales team and is responsible for the creation, development, and implementation of sales process and strategies and company revenue and expansion. John has worked in various domestic and international consulting positions across sales, marketing and operations, and served as a Regional Vice President-Sales with MicroAge Technology Services for over 12 years leading large teams and overseeing a substantial annual sales portfolio. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business from Syracuse University where he also played Soccer.
John and his wife have one child. They enjoy traveling, raising their daughter, and being with family. From 2008 until 2019, John lived in Europe where he owned and operated two businesses.
“As a community partner in healthcare, Vascular Wellness is a patient centric service organization that places the wellbeing of the patient first. I’m very proud to be part of a culture that places people at the pinnacle of all decision making and this is clearly evident by the actions we take daily.” ~ John Giorgio
Community Partner in Healthcare Clinical Leadership Team
Stephen Harris
Director of Research & Development
Stephen creates a variety of innovative clinical programs that have elevated Vascular Wellness to leadership status inpatient care. Realizing that for many clinical scenarios the traditional sites of PICCs/Midlines were not desirable, Stephen created the Advanced Vascular Access pathway so Vascular Wellness clinicians could utilize the jugular, axillary and mid-thigh femoral approach. He has over twenty years of experience serving as a nurse and clinical specialist at WakeMed and Bard. He holds a BA from SUNY-Buffalo and an AD in Nursing from Ellis Hospital.
When not at work, Stephen and his wife enjoy spending time in the mountains of North Carolina, hiking with their three dogs Peachy, Banjo and Moo.
Rachael Rama
Director of
Central US Region
Rachael’s passion is helping good teams become great, and bringing care and compassion to her teams, clients and patient groups. When not at work, Rachael enjoys spending time with her husband, two daughters, and two dogs.
Kathryn Small-Robinson
Director of Clinical Operations & Territory Manager, NE-VA
Kathryn enjoys traveling with her husband and children and is an avid Carolina Tarheels fan.
“I enjoy driving our innovation initiatives. I am excited to promote the ‘right access, right time’ model, enhancing patient satisfaction and cost reduction for our client facilities, and a dependable community partner in healthcare.”
~ Stephen Harris
“I have been given the opportunity to grow throughout my career at Vascular Wellness and now I thoroughly enjoy teaching new and experienced nurses the art of vascular access. I love being a community partner in healthcare.”
~ Kathryn Small-Robinson
Lisana Austin
Territory Manager
Central Virgina
Lisana has spent the past 30-plus years providing compassionate healthcare services across a broad spectrum of disciplines. She earned her RN degree, graduating Magna Cum Laude, from Bryant & Stratton College. Her patients, clients, and fellow clinicians regularly share their appreciation for LIsana’s clinical skills, professionalism and team approach. Lisana enjoys quality time with her daughters, granddaughters, family and friends, traveling and karaoke.
“I’m so grateful to have found my niche in nursing amongst such a dedicated, supportive, inspirational, innovative, quality focused (I could go on…) team! The trust and leadership that Vascular Wellness has afforded me is deeply appreciated.”
~ Lisana Austin
Whitney Hale
Territory Manager
Sandhills & Eastern, NC
Whitney started her nursing career as a Pediatric Emergency Room RN, where she honed her skills as a professional and dedicated nurse to her patients. Originally from Indiana, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from Fayetteville State University where she studied Nursing.
“I truly enjoy being part of the Vascular Wellness team. There is something special about empowering nurses to challenge themselves to take on new and advanced procedures. I look forward to growing and pushing the boundaries for nurses all over the country.”
~ Whitney Hale
Lauren Jones
Territory Manager
SW-VA, Triad NC
Lauren graduated in 2007 with a BSN from Radford University. Her nursing background includes critical care, cardiac cath lab, and interventional radiology. Lauren also has experience as a nursing supervisor, clinical instructor, and director of an inpatient unit. In her downtime, Lauren likes to spend time with her husband and their 3 children on their small farm in Virginia.
“Working with Vascular Wellness has allowed me to expand my nursing skill set beyond what I thought possible! I love being a part of a team that empowers nurses to be able to provide the best options for our patients and clients!”
~ Lauren Jones
Whitney Page
Territory Manager
SC & Western NC
Whitney graduated from Piedmont Tech and Walden University and was a member of the nursing honor society. Whitney’s experience in health care includes urgent care, cardiac and post-cardiac care, general surgery step-down care, and medical patient care. She was also a unit educator and clinical instructor for new and student nurses. Whitney enjoys spending time with her family and friends, outdoor adventure, and fitness.
“Vascular Wellness empowers me as a nurse everyday. I’m so grateful for new opportunities to learn and continue to grow in my career as a nurse.“
~ Whitney Page
Want more than just a PICC Service or PICC Team?
Email us below or call 877-284-4435.
We are Vascular Access Specialists and here to help and answer your questions.
Let us be part of your trusted Healthcare Team.
Vascular Wellness provides comprehensive, quality, timely, and innovative vascular access services, including standard and advanced line placement, pediatrics, program management, education, training, and infection control and prevention to all healthcare settings such as Tertiary Hospitals, Community Hospitals, Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals, Hospital at Home Programs, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Surgical and Outpatient Centers, Hospice, and At-Home care. We support a 98+% Success Rate with 0% Insertion-Related Infection Rate across all lines, with an average response time of 3 hours. We help our clients improve patient outcomes, enable faster therapy, reduce costs, infections, and readmissions, decrease hospital length of stay, and reduce transportation expenses.
OFFICE ADDRESS
Corporate Headquarters & Mailing Address
Vascular Wellness
151 Quarrystone Circle
Suite 112
Cary, NC 27519
919-226-3694
CLINICAL HOURS FOR DISPATCH
Service Hours extend 2+ hours after Dispatch
Monday-Friday: 8am - 6pm
Saturday-Sunday: 8am - 3pm
Holidays: 8am - 1pm
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