Department: Extraordinary People

A recent BScN grad seeks to promote careers in nursing – particularly among his fellow men.

A diagnosis of cancer prompted a woman to found a program that teaches all types of healthcare professionals how to deliver exceptional care through compassion.

Who was the first woman to obtain a medical degree in the United States?

Members of a Neuro Trauma ICU family support group discuss the "ingredients" for recovery.

The chairman of an imaging and radiation sciences department talks about the changes and advances she's seen in education and practice.

Susan Bryson wants to make identification and treatment for autism happen faster and sooner.

Reflecting on the life lessons taught by a young doctor who learned that she had a brain tumor.

Who discovered the causes of TB and cholera?

Victims of abuse often carry their pain with them. Carol Stalker, a social worker/professor, helps to ease it.

Who founded the American Red Cross?

Imagine, not clinical detachment but a therapist who cries with you. Elena Avila is a Curandera who meets your spiritual as well as your physical needs.

Hope for women requiring open-heart surgery.

Considered the founder of modern nursing, she was also a statistician!

Nurse Anita Fisher knows the secret to successfully working abroad, and she's happy to share it.

A volunteer knows that pay doesn't always come in check form.

While working with MSF, a Canadian doctor sees that a world of difference exists between her original view of "hospital" and that which others experience.

From Q fever to Ebola, when there's a dangerous outbreak, Marta Guerra is on the disease's trail.

Kids put on a show for other kids about how to prevent diabetes.

Dying with dignity seems like a simple request – Dr. Balfour Mount wants to make sure it really is.

Psychologist Martin Gittelman helped to establish mental health programs for schizophrenics around the world.