Gillette Children’s Charge Nurse for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit, Stephanie Lurken, RN, has devoted 35 years to giving families excellent service. Being a nurse was not her original dream. Meet Lurken and her daughter, Larissa, who is also a Gillette nurse.

Pediatric nurse practitioner, Jean Stansbury, APRN, has cared for some of Gillette Children’s most fragile patients for 40 years and counting. She has the distinction of being the nurse practitioner at Gillette who has the longest tenure. Gillette prides itself on its dedicated staff and medical providers who are devoted to its mission and to helping children write their own life stories.

Gillette Children’s pediatric craniofacial and plastic surgeon, Courtney Carpenter, MD says she’s finally found her “happy place.” She enjoys working with children and looks forward to forming relationships with Gillette families.

Gillette's Children’s Black and Brown Employee Resource Group (GBERG) is a cornerstone of inclusivity. Gillette continues to strive to become a more equitable, more diverse, and more inclusive institution and recognize the varied perspectives that come along with that, and place value on those perspectives to enhance our ability to provide culturally sensitive care to our patients and families.

Gillette Children's pediatric neurologist, Charbel El Kosseifi, MD, says a photo of a young girl inspired him and changed his life. "I even dreamed of that photo," El Kosseifi shares. This new member of the neurology team is helping children care for their muscles, nerves and bones.

When Tammy Sinkfield-Morey began her career as a nurse at Gillette, she was the first black woman to do so. Through the years, she’s been a tireless advocate for building a more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace at Gillette. We recently spoke with Tammy about an article she co-authored in Creative Nursing, and what celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day means to her.