Here is some work that I did for Saint Joseph Healthcare System back in the fall. It all came together in December with their magazine Common Thread. The lead story featured the executive chefs at Saint Joseph and their regional hospitals, along with the garden variety food that is literally grown on each hospital’s campus. I especially had fun photographing Chef Pedro Green at Saint Joseph’s main hospital in Lexington, as he brought flames into his stir fry. And with Saint Joseph London’s Chef Terry Crist who fixed an organic, homegrown pizza, and then let me eat the prop after we were done with the shoot.

Other shoots that I did for the magazine included Saint Joseph employee Steve Martin, and how a simple employee screening discovered that he had 90 percent blockage of the blood flow to his right leg.

RJ Croman employee Noel Rush was another example of how a simple health screening alerted him that he had unknowingly had a heart attack. After recognizing it at the Saint Joseph-Jessamine RJ Corman Ambulatory Care Center, Rush was taken to Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington and underwent an angioplasty; two stents were placed in Rush’s heart.

I did a nice group shot with Saint Joseph ER nurse Pat Jarnigan and her co-workers. Jarnigan was a breast cancer survivor who returned to work after surgery only to find her entire unit wearing pink T-shirts emblazoned with “Positive Attitude,” with a breast cancer awareness ribbon on the front and back. Team ER demonstrated her co-workers’ unity and support.

My photography for Common Thread also included a shoot with the Virtual Nurse Coach Program, which is a robot of sorts that allows new graduate registered nurses to receive virtual support and coaching from expert, experienced nurses via texting, voice, and videoconferencing.

Saint Joseph London Executive Chef Terry Crist

Saint Joseph Hospital Executive Chef Pedro Green

Saint Joseph Berea’s Hunter Purdy, with her garden on the Berea campus.

Steve Martin

Pat Jarnigan

Noel Rush

Virtual Nurse Coach Program