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( continued from page 31 ) began looking for residency programs near Todd ’ s family and she came to Louisville via the Match program in 2012 . Her husband was shortly behind her , landing a job working on research and development for coatings and adhesives here in Louisville .
She joined the Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine at the University of Louisville and excelled through the first two years of the program , being named as Chief Resident in her PGY-3 and PGY-4 years . During the third year , she had more focus on the medical student process while her fourth year was more administrative and scheduling .
During that fourth year , her daughter Camille was born . While the couple was overjoyed to welcome their first child , Camille was born prematurely and with congenital heart disease , requiring her to spend several months in the NICU at Norton Children ’ s Hospital . “ It was a lot . It was a very intense year . The last year of my residency was sort of living in the hospital between being with her and working .”
Dr . Hartlage was so thankful for her husband and his support , and they were both appreciative of his normal work hours during her demanding residency schedule . She also praised the staff and providers they saw during their months in the NICU , saying they often made sure to see her daughter first on rounds , so that Dr . Hartlage could make it to her own program .
Her family is now very involved with the pediatric cardiac ICU program at Norton Children ’ s Hospital and has done several rounds of fundraising . On Camille ’ s first birthday , they did a big social media campaign called “# IHeartCamille ” and raised more than $ 10,000 . With this money , they were able to sponsor a room on the pediatric cardiac ICU unit , with a door now highlighting Camille ’ s name and “# IHeartCamille .” The family stays very involved with the unit , doing fundraising for each birthday of now-5-year-old Camille . They have also helped with aspects of design and functionality of the unit .
After the trials of 2016 , she jumped back into academia with a position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine at UofL . In this role , she was able to practice clinical medicine while also doing in-class instruction , enjoying this hands-on hybrid role . In addition to teaching future physicians , she continues to educate herself . Dr . Hartlage got her second master ’ s degree in December 2020 through the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Healthcare Simulation . This degree focuses on the principles of adult education , as well as technology and what ’ s available for simulation modalities , “ beyond just the mannequin that you intubate ,” she said .
As she was wrapping up that degree in the fall , she was looking for a new venture , something with less demanding clinical hours . A position opened at the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness ( LMDPHW ) and soon after , Dr . Hartlage entered the public health world . She joined the team in September as Associate Medical Director , with the intention of supporting some of the non-COVID-19 programs . Two weeks after she started , the then-Medical Director left for a new position and Dr . Hartlage ’ s role morphed into something new .
“ That ’ s how I landed as the vaccine lady !” she said , laughing .
In October , Dr . Hartlage was named the Interim Medical Director and now oversees a variety of programs , but most notably spearheaded the LouVax vaccine clinic at Broadbent Arena .
“ The first thing I did was to draw on the expertise of the team ,” she said . “ There were some folks in the communicable disease division who had been doing COVID-19 work for a while and I had them give me an executive summary of what was going on . It ’ s a huge team effort and it was about allowing those people to do the work that they do well .” Along with Dr . Ruth Carrico and others , she ’ d spent untold hours for four long months out at Broadbent until it closed its mission there , some 100,000 shots later . All winter , Dr . Hartlage ’ s office was a folding table underneath the bleachers in the arena . “ I never would have imagined practicing medicine in a dusty arena , but here we are having served more than 100,000 patients .”
The key to hitting that major milestone was perfecting the logistics . At the site , there were three zones which patients completed entirely from their cars . Zone 1 was the pre-injection area , where
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