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Yale Surgery’s ‘Great Place to Work’ Initiatives, Initiated

November 07, 2021
by Cecelia Smith

Executive Vice Chair of Operations, Dr. Mehra Golshan, presented the Department-level commitments toward the AY22 'fourth mission' goal of creating a 'great place to work,' across the surgical sites. The proposal comes as a response to feedback shared at the September 2021 Faculty Retreat, where several requests were prioritized (see Hero image).

Several initiatives are already in-progress:

  • The Department hosted its inaugural 'Night Out,' with a Happy Hour for Faculty at El Segundo.
  • An on-call, midnight-snacks initiative launched over Halloween weekend with a late-night cookies delivery to each of the system hospitals
  • We welcomed a new (ah-mazing) custodian to FMB (thank you, Warren!)
  • YM's Epic support team joined us at a dedicated Town Hall, and laid the groundwork for Division-specific Epic training.

The optimization of meeting start times, the faculty lounge, and cell phone contacts centralization are in fact-finding phase. Watch this space ...

Submitted by Stevi Kramer on November 08, 2021