About 20 years ago, Dennis Chaltraw remembers leaving an insurance industry leadership conference with an important takeaway from the featured speaker. He doesn’t recollect the specific phrasing, but the takeaway was, “Regardless of how hard you work, make sure you bring balance into your life, and find a way to live outside of work.”
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Off The Clock: Mariah Garcia
Jul 1, 2022
Back when she was a college student growing up in New Jersey, Mariah Garcia was on a pre-law track, at the insistence of her parents. But by her own admission, “school wasn’t going that great, and I didn’t really enjoy it.”
Off the Clock: Emma R. Schachner, Ph.D.
Jun 1, 2022
“One of the most important things when I teach anatomy is teaching students about variation and evolution,” Schachner said. “When I talk about the spine, I always talk about how the discs in between the vertebrae originally evolved to be under tension instead of compression. I describe how the serratus anterior, which straps your shoulder to your body, shifts the arm position in a biped relative to how it would be in a quadruped, and how the function changes. It puts the limb in a different perspective.”
Off the Clock: Kitt Shaffer, MD, Ph.D., FACR
May 1, 2022
For Kitt Shaffer, MD, Ph.D., FACR, art has always been a major part of her life. Growing up in a family that supported and enabled her creative endeavors, Shaffer was making jewelry in junior high, and netting awards for her realistic paintings and figure drawing by high school. But in medical school, when all her time was occupied by the work of completing her professional education, those creative efforts largely went by the wayside.
Off the Clock: Bradley Spieler
Apr 1, 2022
Bradley Spieler is a native New Orleanian through and through. With a group he christened “Saints Fans Being Saints,” Spieler partnered with staff at Louisiana State University Medical Center Spirit of Charity Foundation to donate money and gifts-in-kind to patients being cared for at the Level I trauma center.
Off the Clock: Eric Hooper
Mar 1, 2022
Growing up in Granite City, Illinois, just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Eric Hooper enjoyed a childhood full of outdoor activities. From waterskiing to bow hunting to riding minibikes, Hooper developed a taste for action mixed in with the excitement of exploring wild places.
Off the Clock: John Mayes, President of Client Services at South Texas Associates of Radiology LLC
Feb 1, 2022
By Matt Skoufalos Growing up on a small farm near Greenfield, Iowa, John Mayes remembers driving tractors and doing field work from the time he was 11 years old. His family...
Off the Clock: Michelle Sparrow, MBA, RN
Jan 6, 2022
In February 2020, when her youngest daughter graduated college, Michelle Sparrow started planning for opportunities outside of the health care field.
Off the Clock: Mary Dickinson
Dec 1, 2021
In addition to shepherding breast cancer patients through the process that helps them navigate their health concerns, Dickinson also leads fundraising efforts that help support the expense of their treatment.
Off the Clock: Patricia Hammer
Nov 1, 2021
Patricia Hammer is transforming her home into a wildlife habitat, feeding her family, and pushing back against the degradation of the planet.