WBZ-TV’s Dr. Mallika Marshall to host Heroes in Health Care Gala benefitting VNA of Boston

WBZ-TV News Medical Reporter Dr. Mallika Marshall will return as mistress of ceremonies for the 11th annual Heroes in Health Care Gala to benefit VNA of Boston on Saturday, Nov. 12, at 6 p.m. in the Mandarin Oriental, 776 Boylston St., Boston.

The Gala is VNA of Boston's largest fundraising event and has raised nearly $2.5 million in essential funding for VNA of Boston’s direct patient care and support for vulnerable, underserved populations through the nonprofit’s Maternal Child Health Program and Charitable Care Fund. Presenting sponsors for this year’s Gala are Amy and Joshua Boger.

Heroes in Health Care celebrates individuals and organizations that have made profound and sustained contributions to the health and wellbeing of the citizens in our community. This year’s honorees are Diane Bergeron, RN, former vice president of hospice and advanced illness management for VNA Hospice & Palliative Care; Michael Minogue, CEO, president and chairman of Abiomed; and Mutual of America (to be accepted by John R. Greed, president and CEO).

VNA of Boston, the first organized visiting nurse association in the United States, is celebrating 130 years of caring for the community. The nonprofit provides vital, home-based health care to residents of Greater Boston. VNA of Boston has an office at 500 Rutherford Ave., Charlestown.

Dr. Marshall is an Emmy-award winning journalist and physician who serves as the regular Health Reporter at WBZ-TV in Boston. A practicing physician who is Board Certified in both internal medicine and pediatrics, Marshall serves on staff at Harvard Medical School and practices at the Massachusetts General Hospital’s (MGH) Chelsea Urgent Care Clinic and MGH Revere Health Center.

For sponsorship inquiries and more information, please contact Laura Wise, manager of fund development, at 617-886-6460 or visit http://www.vnacare.org/gala.