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.”  Based on votes from peers and patient families, participants braved 37 buckets and more than 10 gallons of slime. The “green-slimed” winners walked to the pully to celebrate being named the “People’s Choice” and received an extra bucket of slime.

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. 

Congratulations to the winners:

Family Support Services:

Katie Campbell, Director of Family Support Services

Nurses:

Aly Anthony MSN, RN, CPN

Advanced Practice Providers:

Dani Harrington, MSN, APRN, CPNP

Administrative Staff:

Matthew Carroll, M.D., Vice President, Associate Chief Quality Officer

Volunteers:

Ted Taylor

Social Workers:

Christina Reed, Director, Neighborhood Health Centers & Out-patient Psychiatry

Wild Card:

Bryan Pyrc, Physical Therapist, DPT

Physicians:

Taha Muntajibuddin, M.D., Cook Children's Hematology and Oncology Center

We thank all doctors worldwide and the incredible physicians at Cook Children's Health Care System for their dedication and contributions. At Cook Children’s, our doctors do more than just fix boo-boos. They give hope and high-fives to little ones and their families. The work they do every day makes a difference in the lives of children.

Slime-A-Doc 2025

Ahead of National Doctors' Day on Sunday, March 30, we celebrate our doctors with some slime! 

On Thursday, Cook Children's employees, patients, and patient families helped us celebrate with some slime at our annual Slime-A-Doc. We had six categories of participants: doctors, nurses, child life specialists, advanced practice providers, volunteers, and members of our administrative team. Watch the Facebook Live here. 

Thank you to everyone who participated! A big shout-out to the Facility Appearances team, and our incredible host, Kimberly Johnson, for making this event possible!

Congratulations to each of our winners:

Administrative Staff: Orlando Chapa, Vice President of Nursing and Patient Care

Child Life Specialists: Erin Reid, CCLS

Volunteers: Steve Stelter

Nurses: Courtney Campbell, RN

APPs: Jay Pearson, PA-C, NP/PA

Physicians: Hector Grajeda, M.D., F.A.A.P.