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SNAPSHOTS UAB School of Health Professions • Impressions of Alumni Excellence • Summer 2018 E-Magazine GET INVOLVED SHP HEROES FEATURE AWARDS AND RECOGNITION ALUMNI IN ACTION HEROES ISSUE /uabshp UAB School of Health Professions /uab_shp /uabshp /uab_shp Join our GLOBAL CONVERSATION on your favorite MEDIA OUTLET. Heroes Every Day What makes someone a hero? Not the cape. Not the mask. Certainly not the underwear on top of tights look! What actually makes a hero is what you cannot see. Heroes are courageous, selfless and caring. Inside we introduce you to School of Health Professions alumni who are everyday heroes. They face one-time events like floodings and shootings. They face daily health battles like HIV/AIDS and paralysis. They all perform heroically. They make us proud by what they do. They make us proud because they represent you – our alumni. Each of you chose health care because deep down you are courageous, selfless and caring. This issue is dedicated to each of you – heroes every day. HEROIC HELPERS ISSUE THE 411 ON 911 ◗ Senator Rankin Fite made the first 911 call ever in Haleyville, AL on February 16, 1968. ◗ 240M calls estimated annually ◗ 71% of calls are from mobile phones { SNAPSHOTS } Impressions of SHP Alumni Excellence • Summer 2018 2call for DON’T MISS OUT: update your contact info at uab.edu/shp/alumni to receive alumni news & more. Go. Give. Serve. Your SHP education is the foundation that built your future. Today, the place that helped build your future offers many ways for you to help build others’ futures. JUNE 21: Excellence in Business Awards Ceremony JULY 25-27: National Symposium for Healthcare Executives, Destin SEPT 14-15: OT 50th Anniversary Celebration OCT 14: JAB Dodging for Degrees Tournament OCT 14-20: Homecoming Week ONLINE: uab.edu/shp/give PHONE: Answer the call from a student in the Annual Giving Office or call us at 205-996-5469 MAIL: Send a check ESTATE: Leave a legacy with a planned gift MATCH: Ask your employer to match your gift HOST Breakfast with Blazers GIVE a guest lecture BECOME a preceptor or clinical instructor BE a mentor WRITE welcome notes to incoming students PARTICIPATE in one of our many service opportunities See all upcoming events! Visit our event page: uab.edu/shpevents Make a difference! Contact Katie Adams: katiedav@uab.edu Get involved today! Contact Amanda Sherman: asherman@uab.edu GET INVOLVEDGIVE BACKSERVE OTHERS Visit uab.edu/SHPAlumniAwards to nominate our best and brightest alumni — deadline is October 15. DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI • YOUNG ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT • ALUMNI SERVICE 2018 SHP ALUMNI AWARDS SHP ALUMNI E-MAGAZINE • SUMMER 20183Donna Martin (MS/DI, 1977) Rodgerick Williams (HCM, 2015, EMSHA, Class 51) Katie Norton Neal (OT, 2014) Krystle Glasgow (NMT, 2011) received the 2017 Distinguished Service Honor Southeastern Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging – Technologist Section Alumni Excellence Our alumni are consistently recognized for service to their professions and to others — here are some of our most recent honorees. SHARE YOUR SUCCESS: Tell us about your honors & achievements. shpalumni@uab.edu • 205-975-8415. Barbara Adams (MSHI, 2003) received the 2017 Women in Technology Award from the Dallas Business Journal Patricia Currie (MSHA, Class 15) and Dawn Ahner (DSc, 2018) were named to Becker’s Hospital Review “130 women hospital and health system leaders to know” Leigh Ann Lazarus (DPT, 2012) received the Emerging Leader Award from APTA Rachel Ashcraft (OT, 2011) received the Emerging & Innovative Practice Award from AOTA Nathan Clark (MSHA, Class 44), Tiffani Collins (MSHI, 2012), D’Rondrell (Ron) Hamner (RT, 2006; MSHA, Class 43) and Martin Smith (MSHA, Class 43) were named Rising Stars in Health Care in the Birmingham Business Journal YOUNG ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT ALUMNI SERVICE DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI ALUMNI RECOGNITION 4HIMSS Networking Lunch — Las Vegas, NVAPTA CSM — New Orleans, LA Leading Forward — Birmingham, AL HSA PhD 40th Event — Birmingham, AL Hill Day — Washington, D.C. JAB Retreat— Birmingham, AL Breakfast with Blazers — Birmingham, AL ALDA Conference — Birmingham, AL Alumni in Action Oh the places our alumni go! No place is too far or too close for our alumni to get together. Alumni from all five departments tested their analytical skills and bonded at Breakout Birmingham during their annual retreat. Lenetra King (MSHA, Class 38); Randa Hall (MSHA, Class 24); Samika Williams (EMSHA, Class 46) and Stephanie Peters (MSHA, Class 25) at inaugural event. PhD in Administration-Health Services student Roy McDonald and alumni Kim Davey (PhD, 2015) at the 40th Anniversary event. Alumni gathered to connect over lunch during the annual HIMSS conference. Alumni found time to have some fun together during APTA CSM with a reception. Carl Moultrie (CLS, 1996) shared his wisdom with current CLS students through informal conversation. DI alumni started the ALDA conference off with an alumni breakfast. Rachel Ashcraft (OT, 2011), Deek Cunningham (OT, 1998) and Veronica Juan (MSOT Student) at AOTA Hill Day event. ALUMNI RECOGNITION SHP ALUMNI E-MAGAZINE • SUMMER 201856In the comics, the heroes almost always have helpers. They can be near equals – like Robin to Batman – or mere mortals – like Jimmy Olson to Superman. In real life, though, the heroes are the helpers. Real life heroes are mere mortals doing extraordinary things at various times for ordinary reasons – like the fact that many are just doing their job. But to the heroes we know – the alumni of the School of Health Professions – just doing their job does not mean that what they do is just a job. Serving others is a passion for our heroic helpers. “When I was a boy and I would see Scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘look for the helpers. You will always find people who are HELPING.’” — FRED ROGERS TV Host, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood ALUMNI FEATURE 7 SHP ALUMNI E-MAGAZINE • SUMMER 2018odgerick Williams (B.S. in Health Care Management, 2014; and M.S. in Health Administration – Executive Format, Class 51) is a military veteran who served humanitarian missions for Hurricane Mitch (1998, El Salvador), Hurricane Katrina (2005, New Orleans) and Hurricane Irma (2017, Key West). He has this advice: “Know yourself.” “Ask yourself honestly if you are the type of person that serves others,” said Williams, who serves as Division Director at Community Health Systems in Gadsden, Alabama. “If you aren’t the type of person that serves others, ask yourself can you become the type of person that serves others. If not, then understand there are different helping roles – everyone doesn’t have to be at ground zero.” In this day and age, hospitals and their staff are trained to respond to a multitude of disasters and are prepared to treat a mass amount of victims. They are not expecting to be part of the disaster yet that can happen. “...light does the most good when shined in the places of the most darkness.” — RODGERICK WILLIAMS 8ate Willis (M.S. in Health Administration – Residential Format, Class 48) served as Director of Hospital Operations at Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital (MHSL) when Hurricane Harvey hit in August 2017. MHSL is a 149-bed hospital located in Sugar Land, TX and was the 2016 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige Award. MHSL sits along the Brazos River, which offers an idyllic setting for patients. However, as Willis and the team quickly learned, one of the longest rivers in the U.S. is not an ideal neighbor when a tropical cyclone makes landfall. Willis was part of the administrative leadership team that kept a watchful eye on Hurricane Harvey for 4 days. The team knew the levys could only hold 60 feet so when the Brazos River reached 58 feet and the National Weather Service was projecting higher waters - they began to prepare for evacuation. Evacuating 73 patients – including six newborn babies, some of which were born that morning – during a hurricane could have been a disaster itself. In addition to the extreme weather conditions, the MHSL team was also dealing with the human condition – their patients’ and their own. “We had people on staff who knew they were losing their homes and who didn’t know where their children were, yet they were focused on helping other people,” said Willis. “It was an effort by everyone on staff. In addition to physicians and nurses, I saw our CEO, Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Operations Officer all helping move patients. I saw a newborn baby on a stretcher and it was heartbreaking, but I knew they were getting out of harm’s way and that is what matters.” Using the Baldrige framework, Willis and the executive team carefully and strategically planned for evacuations that began at 2:00pm on August 28th. “... lead with common sense and how you would want to be treated yourself.” — KATE WILLIS 9Next >