Awards and Honors: January 28, 2009

Audrey Strain, RT, CT technologist, received the January Wingspread Award from the former recipient, Pablo Rodriguez, CRT, ARRT, for her excellence in Radiology. The Wingspread Award is given by one employee to another who has proven that he or she is a "special performer" by demonstrating exemplary performance in areas such as job knowledge; work ethics; communication skills; inter- and intradepartmental relationships; versatility; and judgment. This award gives employees the opportunity to recognize who among them has gone above and beyond the fulfillment of his or her usual duties. Wingspread awardees can keep the award for as long as they wish or until they discover another "special performer." Monthly awarding of the Wingspread honor is encouraged as part of the Stanford Hospital & Clinics (SHC) departmental staff meetings.

Mrs. Strain was first employed at SHC in July of 2001, after graduating from the Foothill College Radiologic Technologies Program in June of 2001. Within one year, she obtained her mammography license and trained in the Stanford Mammography Department. From 2003 to 2004, Mrs. Strain worked for Lucile Packard Children's Hospital as their lead technologist, returning to SHC in 2004 as the lead technologist at the new Cancer Center. Simultaneously, she served as a clinical instructor to the second-year students from Foothill College. After having her first daughter in 2006, Mrs. Strain began her current position in the CT Department as a staff technician, which allows her to spend more time with her daughter by working 16 hours on Saturdays and two additional 8-hour shifts during the week. She also taught at the Foothill College Radiology Laboratory for one quarter but declined further teaching appointments because she did not want to spend more time away from her daughter. On January 14th, Mrs. Strain passed her CT registry exam and is now a licensed CT technologist. She is currently on maternity leave, awaiting the arrival of her second daughter.

(Image courtesy of Mark Riesenberger)

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