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Olivia Decker

Heroes, right here.

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, from all walks of life, and are right here in our communities, tackling one of the greatest challenges modern healthcare has ever faced. Read, watch and listen to their stories.

The phlebotomist who, after a long shift at the hospital, spends her free time cooking and delivering hot meals to seniors and truck drivers. A physical therapy assistant plucked from her normal duties and redeployed to screen her friends and neighbors in a tent outside the ER. The environmental services workers who sanitize, disinfect and deep-clean our hospitals and clinics, putting their own health at risk in the process.

We’re surrounded every day by heroes.

Whether you’re locked down in a self-quarantine, you’re directly caring for friends and family or you’re out there on the front lines screening and educating our communities — we’re all connected at this moment in history. Together, we move through these unsettling and unprecedented times — and together, we will come out stronger on the other side.

In honor of those working tirelessly to get us through the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re sharing the stories of our heroes and the incredible work they do. 
 
Here are a few — among the countless we’re surrounded by — who work endlessly inside and outside our hospitals’ walls bringing hope and better health to our communities. Each and every day.
 
Want to nominate your hero? Email us at innovate@geisinger.edu.

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Business at Resurrection Movement Studio has been impacted by the spread of the coronavirus

'Our actions, no matter how small, impact our entire community'

One small business owner shares his plea to the community: “When people reach out and ask how they can help — it’s to follow the guidelines anywhere you go.”

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Corey Rossi, certified physician assistant, screens patients for COVID-19 in tents outside the hospitals’ Emergency Department.

Wearing many hats to treat COVID-19

Temporarily reassigned due to the pandemic, physician assistant Corey Rossi’s new role takes him from working inside the Emergency Department to outside of it.

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Ellie Sikorskas

Long live heroes: Stories from the front lines

Physical therapy assistant Ellie Sikorskas embraces her new role working night shift in the COVID-19 screening tents: “People staying at home are doing their parts, too. And that’s important to remember.”

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Patrick Naughton

Keeping the hospital clean during a pandemic

Patrick Naughton shares his experience as a team lead for EVS — the team responsible for keeping every square inch of Geisinger clean.

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Geisinger employee using life saving innovation

Life-saving innovation at lightning speed

What do a nurse anesthetist, a carpenter and a polycarbonate box have in common? They’re all part of a project to protect providers and patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Shahida Fareed

Telemedicine. Helping us keep it together while we’re apart.

To help her patients feel more connected even though they’re isolated at home, one clinical psychologist has developed a behavioral activation program with the help of telemedicine.

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Pragya Dhaubhadel

Long live heroes: Life in self-quarantine

They’re specialty-trained in the very thing keeping them apart from everyone else. Two infectious diseases specialists exposed to COVID-19 share their 14 days in self-quarantine, including how they kept their families safe.

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