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The first time neurosurgeon Andrew Reisner met Javaris “Terrell” Singleton, Singleton was a 16-year-old emergency-room patient at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Emory. A CT scan revealed a significant tumor that had caused hydrocephalus (a medical condition in...

by Matt Skoufalos “You have a better chance of being me than you do of being Ben Carson,” said Edward McKay. “To be a neurosurgeon, you have a better chance of being me than him.” But when you’re McKay, a surgical technician in the pediatric OR at Johns Hopkins...

By Matthew Skoufalos For Ohio native Danielle Hostler, nursing is a second career. When she and her husband moved from the Buckeye State to North Charleston, South Carolina, he was taking a firefighter job at Boeing, and she was working as a seventh-grade English...

By Matt Skoufalos Renee Pink’s career in health care began with a turn in the U.S. Army back in 1988. Stationed in Germany, Pink became a surgical technician, and liked it so much she took up the career in civilian life, too. After she returned to the United States,...

By Matt Skoufalos Ask most nurses what got them into the profession, and “the tree-climbing business” is not usually a response you’ll hear. But for a decade before John Steinmacher was at his patients’ bedsides, he was swinging from branches in homeowners’ backyards,...

By Matthew N. Skoufalos Sarah Matney has always had an ability to relate to children and a passion for their care. As she grew up, she says she was always up for babysitting; always willing to volunteer to help with kids’ activities. But the one career that persisted...