Shirley Ryan AbilityLab reviews

RIC is just an amazing place. We serve people who have been tragically injured in accidents or who are dealing with serious diseases and coming to grips with life-altering impairments that they never imagined would be their fate. I’m proud to work at the hospital that is number one in the country at helping these patients get better – in many cases beyond what they had imagined would be possible. Our docs, nurses and therapists are incredible and have been recognized in every way possible for the quality of the work they do. We also have researchers right in the hospital who invent devices and therapies that can help our patients quickly – so as a hospital we are always getting better, improving our practices and delivering better outcomes. We are a year away from moving into a new research hospital that will allow us to deliver a new model of integrating researchers, scientists, doctors and therapists. They will all work side by side, surrounding the patient and be totally focused on outcomes

The patients and families, hands down! I’m admin here so I don’t do patient care, but just talking with patients and families, you understand how important RIC is to them. It’s inspiring. I always feel like I make a difference and have never felt such strong purpose. No matter what I work on, I’m helping RIC help patients. Being surrounded by the best doctors and therapists and scientists, and such brave patients, it feels like a huge privilege to work here, even after more than 2 years full-time. The mentoring and learning opportunities are great. I’m mentored in my job duties, but I’m also mentored by the people who care for patients so that I learn about our patients and what we do to treat them that has made RIC the best. It’s great for your resume, but it’s even greater for your life. “Visionary” is an overused term, but sometimes it applies. The CEO truly is a visionary. Messages from the top down are 1) make life better for our patients, 2) excellence is the baseline, 3) creativity and change are essential to help our patients get better and better and better.