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Grant will expand internship program for students with physical disabilities

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This blog is part of the series entitled Surgical Successes.

Feb.12, 2020 – Eskenazi Health is now accepting applications for its 2020 VolunTEEN Summer Program. The annual VolunTEEN program allows teenage students on a path to becoming health care professionals the opportunity to experience volunteerism in a health care environment. Teenagers 14 to 19 years old who are interested in a career in health care and are in good academic standing are invited to apply for the program. All applicants must turn 14 years old by Friday, April 10, 2020 to be eligible.

Feb. 4, 2020 – Eskenazi Health will host a Nursing and Imaging Recruitment Event Tuesday, Feb. 11, from 3 to 6 p.m. at its downtown campus. Nursing specialties highlighted at the event include critical care, acuity adaptable (medical/surgical/telemetry), Cardiac Diagnostic Lab, mental health, women’s and children’s services, operating room, PACU, regional burn center and primary care. Imaging positions will include radiologic technologists, CT, cath lab, ultrasound technologists, ultrasonographer and nuclear medicine technologists.

Kathleen Blackham works for the City of Indianapolis in metropolitan development and zoning as a senior planner. The active mother of two adults, Blackham loves spending time playing with her three rescue dogs and working in her yard. As she was looking forward to being outside after the seemingly never-ending frigid early months of 2019, Blackham had no idea that her plans for enjoying springtime as she was accustomed to would be short-lived.