The Adult ED is an environment like no other. Sarah’s willingness and desire to take on such a challenging role in the most challenging time for healthcare is beyond admirable. She jumps in everyday with both feet and her whole heart. Her ability to balance advocating for the ED patients and team while building positive working relationships outside of the department requires something that can’t be taught.

Sarah is reliable, present, engaged, passionate, reasonable, humble, and kind. She is also hilarious. We laugh a lot, which is at times what feels like the only thing that keeps us going. Sarah is also always seeking feedback, and wanting to be better. She takes feedback, reflects, asks great questions, and really makes an effort to improve. When you’re in the ED it is evident that the team feels supported by Sarah. She can be found with the charge phone, rounding on patients, de-escalating an upset patient, putting an IV in a difficult stick patient, assisting with hygiene in overflow, transporting patients, assisting in a code, and at times even doing CPR in the Portland Avenue Garage. When she is able to step off the floor, her door is always open for the team. I couldn’t imagine a more capable person for this role and I am fortunate to work alongside her.