Legion names VA Healthcare Provider of the Year

Kimberly Nutt, an echocardiography technician at the Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia, was named the 2023 American Legion VA Healthcare Provider of the Year. Nutt accepted the award on stage at the Commander’s Call on Monday during the Legion’s annual Washington Conference. 

“I was extremely touched to hear that I was nominated for this prestigious award by one of my dearest patients,” Nutt said. “I was even more overwhelmed to get the news that I would be receiving this award for Healthcare Provider of the Year. I truly am very humbled by this. I have the amazing good fortune to get up every day and do something that I truly love, and it’s very meaningful to me.”

Nutt said that her job with patients as an echocardiographic technician is to do more than evaluate their heart. “To me it’s to talk to the individual themselves as a whole,” adding that you never know what someone may be going through or what kind of day they are having. “It doesn't take much to say ‘hi’, to compliment them, to ask them how they’re doing and to take a moment to listen. It’s not just about the job, it’s not just about their heart. It’s about them as a whole.

“I am blessed to be working with and for all of you every day.”