I’m going to fix it.’ At that point, I knew I was in good hands, and they scheduled me to receive two stent placements the following morning.” Champ recalls, “While it wasn’t good, Dr. Champ had experienced a heart attack resulting from blockages in two descending arteries. Wood, the team quickly moved me into the Cath Lab to identify the problem.”ĭr. Champ explains, “As part of the Emergency Department’s Trauma Services, WakeMed has an overnight Cath Lab team, so under the leadership of Dr. Upon arrival, WakeMed interventional and structural cardiologist, Dr. Champ into an ambulance, quickly whisking him off to WakeMed Raleigh Campus Emergency Department. The emergency medical services (EMS) team loaded Mr. He says, “I thought to myself ‘There’s something going on here.’ So, after my practice, I got up from the piano, went into the family room to see my wife, Meredyth, and said to her, ‘You need to call the squad.'”įirst responders were on the scene within minutes. Champ was sitting in his living room playing the piano when he suddenly began perspiring heavily. President to Patient Nearly Two Decades Later Well acquainted with patient services through WakeMed Wake Ortho, in 2022, he experienced care associated with three of the service lines he helped to develop. He has received two artificial knees, an artificial hip and a spinal fusion - all resulting from a highly athletic lifestyle. Champ know, many times over the years he would reap the benefits of the sacrificial care offered through our WakeMed multidisciplinary teams. The Trauma Centers, Heart Center, Rehabilitation Hospital, WakeMed Cary Hospital and WakeMed North Healthplex (expanded into WakeMed North Hospital) all came about during my tenure.” I also enjoyed identifying the needs within the community and then meeting those needs. I went into the hospital quite often to establish relationships, so I could get to know the staff. Champ says of his years as the top leader, “I enjoyed relating to the employees. Champ had a heart for both the people and the mission of WakeMed. In memory of Judy Lynn (Gervais) Wicker, please visit our floral store.Ray Champ was the President and CEO of WakeMed from 1983 to 2003. There will be a service of family and friends at a later date. Judy would want everyone to carry on and live each day to the fullest. She was often the glue that held everybody together and she had a passion for traveling and the ocean, where she had hoped to move after her retirement. Judy was full of love, life, and compassion. Judy is survived by her mom, Avis of Vermont brother, David Gervais of Vermont a special nephew who she loved like a son, Simeon “Sam” Gervais and his wife, Jenessa and their two boys, Parker and Hudson of Vermont several nieces and nephews her North Carolina family – a very special group of friends and beloved companion, her dog, GG. She was dedicated to both her job and community and her death will leave a very big void for all who knew and loved her. Judy was a telecommunicator supervisor with the City of Sanford for the last 24 years. In addition to her father, Judy was preceded in death by her loving husband, Mark and brothers, Steven, and Michael Gervais. Albans, Vermont to Avis Garrett Gervais and the late Normand “Gus” Gervais. Judy Lynn Gervais Wicker, age 61, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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