How Valerie D. Brooks Came to be CEO of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Valerie D. Brooks was appointed CEO of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. She was the first African-American woman to receive this honor. Trial and hardship of Valerie D. Brooks made her a strong woman today. Therefore, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital welcomes Mrs. Valerie Brooks to our hospital. She brings her expertise in the medical field. Valerie works at two top hospitals in the Philadelphia area, such as Temple University Hospital and Pennsylvania University Hospital.

Thomas Jefferson University and its related hospital merged with Abington Health in May and founded a new "Jefferson" and clinical department Jefferson Health. At the hospital there are Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Abington Hospital, Jefferson Neurosciences Hospital, Methodist Hospital, and Abington Landsdale Hospital with more than 1,700 inpatient beds.

Jefferson Hospital partnered with IBM and launched a program to create a cognitive hospital ward utilizing IBM Watson Internet of Things. Dr. Stephen Klasko is President and Chief Executive Officer of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Both Steve and I went to Leahigh University and the University of South Florida. Together we are advisory committee of Lehigh University of Technology. Steve is a trained gynecologist. He is also a highly skilled senior management, a leader of foresighted healthcare. He hopes Three Facilities at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital will have over 900 Emergency Medical Beds, using the latest technology including the use of cognitive computing.

The SHAPE-IT program consists of a project team and PAC. I live in Thomas Jefferson University and a hospital. The members of the project team are from various departments including Mr. Thomas Jefferson and the family of the Health Promotion Council of South Pennsylvania State, Department of Regional Medicine and Population Health Promotion Office. The PAC consists of 25 members, including two co - chairs. Members include stone maker African American representatives, National Color Improvement Association, National Health Promotion Program, Huntington Regional Health Project, Nice Town - Toga Improvement Group, American Cancer Society.