>> [MUSIC] It's National Hospital Week,
a time to celebrate our amazing team
here at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
You are the heart of this hospital.
The reason patients and families immediately think of JHH,
they trust your expertise,
they value your hard work,
and they are comforted by your kindness.
Our patients aren't the only ones drawn to JHH,
you are as well,
as consider your career in health care,
and so many of you have chosen to stay for 10,
20, 30 years, or more.
Why this job and why Hopkins?
What's your why? I'll tell you mine.
I remember borrowing my father's viewing to drive here
from small-town Ohio for my medical school interview.
Johns Hopkins was the place to be.
It had a reputation for being the best and as I walked
the halls through Billings and Nelson and Marburg and Osler,
Ziad and Bloomberg hadn't even been built yet.
There was this ever-present feeling of
promise and excellence and I wanted to be a part of that.
Fast-forward, 35 years later, I'm still here.
Why? Because of the people.
Underpinning the excellence that drew me here,
is that collaborative culture.
People who support each other and learn
from each other and are there for each other,
all on behalf of our patients. But that's just me.
Since it's National Hospital Week,
we thought it would be fun to ask some
of our colleagues who have been here 10 years or
more about their own personal why. Here goes.
>> Hi. My name is Ryan Eggleston.
I started here, working in nutrition,
then went to EBC and
became apprentice in 2000. Show me what you got.
>> Everything is ready to rock around.
>> Meanwhile I had got my journeyman license,
got my master license and now I'm the plumbing shop supervisor.
I've been here for 32 years.
I grew up in this place.
As years go by,
you learn from a lot of different people.
They call us the A-Team because we get a lot of stuff down.
When doctors have procedures,
we install a medical gas,
oxygen, air, things that people don't know.
We just don't plunge dollars.
Just being here with sick patients and stuff like that,
I just feel good to help people and I love what I do.
I love Hopkins because it gives you
an opportunity to learn and grow.
>> I'm Jenna Montgomery.
I work in the CT Department here at Hopkins.
I've been here for 17 years.
I came from a very small town in Northern Minnesota.
Right out of college,
I applied at Johns Hopkins,
just on a whim thinking how am I going to get
hired at this world-renowned hospital,
and it truly changed my life, moving here.
It's a great hospital.
At Hopkins, we're trained here.
We're board-certified technologists.
We have the best equipment.
I would trust anyone getting a scan here.
Guys, we're all done.
It has been the best decision I've ever made.
I'm Melissa Richardson,
I'm Vice President of Care Coordination and Clinical
Resource Management at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
What does that mean?
Nobody knows what my title means.
What it means is that I work with social workers,
nurse case managers, analysts,
and a bunch of really smart and caring people.
We come up with solutions for our patients every single day.
I've been with Hopkins it seems like forever.
I started in the late 1980s.
At that point in time,
I was working on my MBA and I thought I would be leaving
healthcare and going to some think tank in Washington DC,
and here I am, and I'm not going to leave.
Forget the think tanks,
we're doing good things at Hopkins.
Why do I stay?
Because I have the ability to with all the people
across the house make a difference
in the lives of the people who come here.
I can't think of anywhere else I'd rather be.
>> We know there are a multitude of whys among the thousands of
you who make up our extraordinary Johns Hopkins Hospital team,
and we plan to share more of your stories in the coming months.
We hope you'll enjoy them and choose to share your own.
I am honored and thrilled to celebrate you.
Signing off, Happy National Hospital Week. [MUSIC]