KU Men's Basketball Coach visits Peds Unit

Staff photo front row: Andrea Smith, Child Life Specialist, Lindsey Bell, HCA, Sarah Pederson, RN, Unit Coordinator, Kris Brees, RN, Nurse Manager, Chelsea Montgomery, SNA. Back Row: Pam Madden, RN, staff nurse, Coach Bill Self, Steve Martin, MD and Kirsten Evans, MD.

The KU Men's Basketball Coach Bill Self made a visit to the University of Kansas Medical Center in early May.

Coach Self presented to more than 200 audience members as part of the Campus-Wide Leadership Series, while he was here he thought it would be nice to drop by to visit some of the patients on the Pediatric Unit.

Kris Brees, RN, Nurse Manager for the Pediatric Unit had this to say. "It was great to have Coach Self visit our patients and it is obvious by the way he was interacting with them that he really connects to kids.  He sat down and pulled his chair up to the bedside and had a chat with them.  It was fun and refreshing.  He said that he would try to come back and I hope that he does."

He may not have had much time when he was here - but he certainly had enough time to make an impression on all those that met him. Here is what Kirsten Evans, MD, had to say about him; “What impressed me most about Coach Self was his concern for the children he met on the Pediatric Unit.  He asked questions about each child's illness, prognosis, and quality of life, and he was genuinely concerned about their future.  I thought he showed tremendous empathy.”

patient: Lynsey Fitzgerald

Patient: Jordan Larkin

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