Category: Central

• Soul of CentraCare: Lori Mader, Senior Director, Orthopedics

  I’ve always been drawn to helping and caring for people.

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• This Is Why I Am a Nurse: Donna Deutsch

  I was always the one wrapping my doll’s arms and putting band-aids on my sisters.

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• My Why: Dr. Hilary Ufearo

  Going to see the doctor with my dad when I was a little kid in Nigeria, I was amazed by the doctors’ attitudes.

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• Whatever It Takes

  The St. Benedict’s Community maintenance team responded to every curveball thrown their way.

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• Respiratory Therapy: Bucking A Trend

  Collaboration has been a big reason for the early success in Paynesville.

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• Soul of CentraCare: Debra Klaverkamp, Social Worker

  What’s most rewarding is when I work with people who really are doing the best they can with what they have, and they just need a little bit of extra help.

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• Soul of CentraCare: Atlas Anagnos, Director of Operations

  My dad’s family is Greek. His parents and older brothers came to the U.S. from Greece in 1951 and my dad was the first of his family born in America.

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• Leading By Example

  Jenn Tschida, director of Family Medicine in Melrose, has been a ringleader since she was 15 years old.

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• Soul of CentraCare: Karla Donlin, Director, Physician and Provider Recruitment

  My first job was at St. Cloud Hospital, working in the bakery when I was 16 years old. Sister Joan Schafer was my boss and she was awesome. So when people ask me where I get my work ethic, I tell them I had nuns for teachers!

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• This Is Why I Am a Nurse: Dena Walz

  “I had two experiences when I was 16 years old that led me to nursing. “

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