Credo Award Winner
With each pediatric heart surgery she schedules, Alicia Kepley builds a rapport with families
By Nancy Humphrey
Alicia Kepley. Photo by Erin O. Smith. When parents receive a call from Monroe Carell…
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Photo Feature
More than 60 VUMC volunteers came together to offer surgical treatment on Orthopaedic Outreach Day
By Nancy Humphrey
The annual event provides necessary surgery to uninsured patients
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Five Pillar Leader Award
Terri Brady is driven to improve mental health services for children
By Nancy Humphrey
"When you get up every day and know the work you do matters, and the people you work with feel the same way, it’s pretty easy to be inspired.”
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Credo Award Winner
Kristen Kerkhove aims to ease the transition home for palliative care patients
By Nancy Humphrey
“My goal is to make sure our patients have everything they need when they leave the hospital so they can spend their time focusing on what’s important to them.”
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Employee Spotlight
Kathleen Gallagher is a surgical resident and former combat medic. She traveled to Ukraine to help train emergency response teams.
By Nancy Humphrey
"With my background in combat medicine, it felt like there was something I could actually do to help.”
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Patient and Family Choice Award
Sylvia Groth once commuted to work on cross country skis to keep an appointment with her patient. As a native Minnesotan, a little snow couldn’t stop her.
By Nancy Humphrey
Her dedication earned her a Patient and Family Choice Award.
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Credo Award Winner
With a “give-it-your all attitude,” Heather Winters is devoted to helping children reach their full potential
By Nancy Humphrey
As a pediatric occupational therapist, Winters is always thinking how she can better serve the children she encounters each day.
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Employee Spotlight
Health Policy’s Sheelah Blankenship’s family named “Ultimate Host Family” by cultural exchange agency
By Nancy Humphrey
The program, overseen by the U.S. State Department, allows young adults from other countries to live with an American family as an au pair
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Credo Award Winner
Lisa Bond, master surgery scheduler, helps thousands of people achieve better hearing each year
By Nancy Humphrey
Surgery scheduling is not as simple as looking at one calendar and picking a day. But Bond makes it her mission to ensure everyone is happy.
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