DR . WHO eye contact and can talk to them . There ’ s a room full of people telling them to push , machines beeping , people getting things ready , but when you make eye contact with the patient and can tell them things like ‘ Right now you need to embrace the pain and push ’ it ’ s like something clicks for them and next thing you know , we have a baby . That ’ s part of the faith and trust that patients put in us to help guide them through that .”
While her trusting and laid-back personality is essential in the office , the competitive side comes out when she gets home . Whether it ’ s a cooking competition – think 30 minutes to prepare and plate a soup and sandwich and then score it – or golfing or bowling with her husband and son , she thrives on competition .
They also love to host friends and family for celebrations at home and even started their own club among friends , jokingly known as “ Redneck Wine Tastings .” “ When we ’ d go to a wine tasting , they ’ d tell me what I was tasting , and I ’ d look at my husband and say ‘ No I ’ m not ’ so we decided to do a tasting at home . Each couple brings an appetizer and a bottle of their favorite merlot , for example , and we would sample each of them and look up the winery and learn about it and you got to decide what you were tasting instead of someone else telling you what you were tasting .”
She enjoys home improvements , painting and even dabbles with her inner rockstar . While she said she ’ s forgotten it since , she once taught herself how to play “ Uptown Funk ” on drums and says it ’ s great stress relief .
Also occupying her time are her leadership positions within the community and health care . While a hospitalist , she went back and got her MBA through Sullivan University . She also has served for several years alongside her mentor Dr . Wheeler , Dean of Admissions at the UofL School of Medicine , conducting interviews with student applicants . She is also on the Norton Healthcare Cesarean Reduction Committee . Beginning in 2020 , she became part of a cohort of the Norton Provider Leadership Academy . For the last two years , she ’ s been working on a project to improve physician preference cards in the OR and with the help of many , she has created a process that allows physicians to be trained in just 30 minutes on how to make the changes to what they need . “ It ’ s a frustration across the country . It actually helps a facility to have accurate preference cards because they ’ re not wasting the equipment that gets opened that you don ’ t use and you ’ re not wasting the time and efficiency when someone has to leave the OR to get the item that you needed .”
things more efficient . I ’ m always thinking about things three layers out . I ’ m a planner . I like to be a part of what makes things better , whether that be a part of the human body or part of an organization . I know that ’ s going to be a part of where I land , I just don ’ t know in what capacity .”
Kathryn Vance is the Communication Specialist at the Greater Louisville Medical Society .
She ’ s not sure what the future will hold but knows that she wants to be in the room where and when decisions are happening . “ I like being in a place where I ’ m able to solve problems and make
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