"I don't want one of my colleagues who is at even more risk being on that frontline. That meant for many of us, we took more shifts to try to get them out of the frontline and help them fulfill other roles where their expertise could be utilized and that felt good.

Episode 5 - Interview with Trey Sinyard 

Trey Sinyard, MD, is a general surgery resident at Massachusetts General Hospital with dreams of building effective, efficient, financially sustainable surgical centers to meet the growing global burden of surgical disease.

In this episode, Trey shares his insights on how his co-residents supported each other during this challenging time.

"I had twenty different emotions all day, every day, from anxiety to complete utter disbelief. I always thought I'll deal with it when it comes. It will be terrifying but I'll face it."

Episode 2 - Interview with Nicole Johnson

Nicole Johnson is an ICU nurse with over a decade of experience caring for the critically ill. She treated the nation’s first patients with COVID-19 in the State of Washington.

Nicole shares her experiences on the frontline and her insights on the physical and emotional toll of the pandemic among healthcare workers.

"In twelve months, there will be three main emotional threads: sadness, relief, and moral reckoning."

Episode 1 - Interview with Byron Crowe

Healthcare by Design Co-Founder Byron Crowe, MD was a physician in internal medicine at the University of Colorado and Associate Medical Director at Solera Health when the COVID pandemic began.

In this interview, he shares his experience working in the ICU of Denver’s largest safety-net hospital during the initial outbreak of March 2020, guiding friends, family, and colleagues through the winter surge and vaccine rollout, and perspectives on the year ahead as he transitions to a new role at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

"People were saying, 'I'll get the vaccine after I see some other people get it.' I am more than happy to be that other person."

Episode 3 - Interview with Kirsten Hughes

Kirsten Hughes is an MD/MPH Candidate at Tulane University School of Medicine and a Healthcare by Design Ambassador. Kirsten shares her experiences with working in the emergency department and a COVID testing tent in the early days of the pandemic and how she has influenced people about the COVID vaccine decisions.

"I would expect that a virus will find a way to spread everywhere by design in such a globalized world, but looking back I did not reckon with it could become so life-altering.."

Episode 4 - Interview with Matthew Stanton

Matthew Stanton is an MD Candidate at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Matthew shares his experiences with the life-altering impacts of the pandemic from a design thinker's perspective.

Are you a healthcare worker and would like to share your experience on the pandemic?

We invite you to share your story with us as part of Project 1A. Reach out anytime and one of our interviewers will be in touch.