Celebrating the people who care for our community

They’re your neighbors, your friends, your family. They’ve held your hands in times of crisis and coached your child’s soccer team. They’ve served as Big Brothers and Big Sisters and hammered nails in Habitat for Humanity homes. They’ve built school butterfly gardens, planted trees in parks and helped after natural disasters. They’ve trekked thousands of miles to raise funds for cancer research with Bounce Back from CancerTM, as well as to increase autism awareness and to bring an end to heart disease, among other worthy causes.

And, they have saved lives.

These are the faces of Baptist Health.

As we celebrate National Nurses Week, May 6-12, and National Hospital Week, May 7-13, I would like to put thespotlight on the more than 27,000 individuals who work at Baptist Health from the Florida Keys through Palm Beach County. I have personally witnessed their selflessness and dedication to patients and each other, even during the most difficult circumstances. I am constantly amazed and humbled by their passion for purposeful work. And while Baptist Health has beautiful facilities filled with the latest technology, it is really about our people and the difference they make in the lives of our patients every day.

Our employees are compassionate and inspiring. Among them are the nurse at your bedside, the doctor who performs emergency surgery in the middle of the night and the dietitian who develops a special recipe just for the patient with a life-threatening food allergy. They include the nurse who arranges an impromptu wedding for a hospitalized patient, the environmental worker who cleans and prepares a room to ensure it’s comfortable for care and the security guard who jumps your car battery in our parking lot.

Their jobs do not end with the day-to-day care they provide for patients at their most vulnerable times. Our teams are also looking to the future to ensure that we are here to help you and your families for many years to come. They are busy conducting research, developing new and innovative technologies that will lead to breakthrough medical cures and treatments, and advancing digital initiatives to improve the patient experience. They are also training and educating future generations of physicians, nurses, technologists, fellows, pharmacists and many others who will advance healthcare.

It is our mission at Baptist Health to improve the health and well-being of those in the communities we serve, and it is this mission that is possible only because of the strength of our workforce. I am proud to call Baptist Health employees, physicians and nurses my colleagues. They are making South Florida a better place to live, and I hope you will join me in saluting the faces of Baptist Health.

Bo Boulenger President and Chief Executive Officer

By: Tracy and Sean McDonald