On Assignment: Pro golf star Cristie Kerr opens women’s health center at JCMC

JERSEY CITY, N.J., SEPT. 15, 2010 —  Ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Cristie Kerr Women’s Health Center on the Jersey City Medical Center campus. Here, Kerr is interviewed in front of a painting by artist Alfred Gockel which she donated to the center from her own collection. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

Cristie Kerr poses near the entrance to the women’s health center where her name greets patients.

Cristie Kerr takes a tour of the facility with, from left to right, Hudson County Clerk Barbara Netchert, Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise, Thom Filicia from the television show “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” and her mother Linda who is a breast cancer survivor.

Radiology Director Linda Saguil show Cristie Kerr, right, and other visitors the ultrasound room during a tour of the facility.

Cristie Kerr takes a look at the center’s MRI machine.

Thom Filicia from the television show “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” designed the waiting area of the Cristie Kerr Women’s Health Center.

A skeletal imaging machine for osteoporosis assessment.

The center’s state-of-the-art digital mammography equipment.

Cristie Kerr, left, shares a laugh with the center’s director, Julie DiGioia, and LibertyHealth President & CEO Joseph F. Scott, right.

Cristie Kerr and Thom Filicia, from the television show “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” walk over to the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Cristie Kerr cuts the ribbon with the staff of JCMC and distinguished guests.