
Kimberly Shaw
Chief Executive Officer
Dignity Health
Las Vegas, NV USA
“if you love something, love it. Don't let anyone rain on your parade—just love doing it.”
Dignity Health
Las Vegas, NV USA
“if you love something, love it. Don't let anyone rain on your parade—just love doing it.”
Chief Executive Officer
We are responsible for the strategic vision and overall operation of our hospital, making sure we provide quality care.
My days are interesting in that I don't work regular office hours like most people. There are days that I start at 6-7 AM to meet with physicians, or stay late for events. Some days I may need to go out for some sort of community project or go meet with other people within the hospital association. My calendar can be a 6-hour day or a 16-hour day, it really depends. We also do things to try and stay involved in the community like fundraising or attending community events.
Here's the first step for high school students
Go volunteer at the hospital. That's the easiest way because the hospital doesn't pay you but if you go and participate in their volunteer program, you get to actually interact with their patients and staff, and you get to see the inner workings of the hospital. Afterwards, you can then figure out if this is something you would like to do. You get to watch different people doing different jobs so you can figure out what you might like.
"As a teenager, I told someone in my family I think I want to be a doctor that delivers babies. They would respond, "Think of all the dinners and holidays you'll miss. You'll always get called out." "
I love to travel. We have a condo in Costa Rica so we travel back and forth a couple times a year, but I like traveling anywhere. One of my favorite trips was when I took my 80 year-old dad on a trip to the safari in Africa.
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