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                        <title>Slime-A-Doc 2026: Doctors&#039; Day Celebration Like No Other</title>
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                        <guid>https://www.checkupnewsroom.com/slime-a-doc-2026--doctors-day-celebration-like-no-other/</guid><pp:caseid>740740</pp:caseid><pp:subtitle>Patients and Peers Team Up to Slime Staff for National Doctors’ Day at Cook Children’s</pp:subtitle><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.cookchildrens.org/">Cook Children’s Health Care System</a> celebrated doctors and medical staff on <a href="https://www.ama-assn.org/topics/national-doctors-day" target="_blank">National Doctors' Day,</a> March 30, with its annual <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DVb1adCjzXj/" target="_blank">Slime-A-Doc event</a>. More than 10,000 employees including doctors, administrative staff and volunteers help fulfill <a href="https://www.cookchildrens.org/about/promise-report/">Cook Children’s <span>Promise</span></a><span>, &nbsp;to improve the well-being of every child in our care and our communities, every day.</span></p><p>Blue and green slime took center stage at Cook Children’s as employees, volunteers, patients and families gathered to give their doctors a messy “thank you.”&nbsp;<span> </span>Based on votes from peers and patient families, participants braved 37 buckets and more than 10 gallons of slime<span>.</span> The “green-slimed” winners walked to the pully to celebrate being named the “People’s Choice” and received an extra bucket of slime.</p><p>More than 25 participants across eight categories - including family support services, doctors, nurses, child life specialists, social workers, advanced practice providers, volunteers, and members of our administrative team - donned their best outfits to find out who would be the “People’s Choice” for a green-slime bath.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Congratulations to the winners:</strong></p><p><strong>Family Support Services:</strong></p><p>Katie Campbell, Director of Family Support Services</p><p><strong>Nurses:</strong></p><p>Aly Anthony MSN, RN, CPN</p><p><strong>Advanced Practice Providers:</strong></p><p>Dani Harrington, MSN, APRN, CPNP</p><p><strong>Administrative Staff:</strong></p><p>Matthew Carroll, M.D., Vice President, Associate Chief Quality Officer</p><p><strong>Volunteers:</strong></p><p>Ted Taylor</p><p><strong>Social Workers:</strong></p><p>Christina Reed, Director, Neighborhood Health Centers & Out-patient Psychiatry</p><p><strong>Wild Card:</strong></p><p>Bryan Pyrc, Physical Therapist, DPT</p><p><strong>Physicians:</strong></p><p>Taha Muntajibuddin, M.D., Cook Children's Hematology and Oncology Center</p><p>&nbsp;</p>]]></description><category><![CDATA[Slime A Doc,Slime,national doctors day,doctors day,#healthy,#kindness,#kindnessmatters,#WeAreCookChildrens,Feature,Featured,Features]]></category>
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