Dr. Luis Garcia

And the most important piece that you think when you get a mission trip that you're helping people?

It's just amazing.

You go there and the way you are changed is just something that I cannot explain.

It's until you live it when you realize that people that have nothing are happy.

People that have nothing have a lot more to offer that sometimes we offer nothing.

Truly, the way it changes you to help others is something that is very difficult to explain.

Rush, well, what it's like, Ed, is that Rush is a tremendous organization that I'm lucky to belong to.

I think Roche is very well known in the industry for a system that is very high in quality and very high in community engagement.

We take care of the people in most need in the Chicagoland area, and we do it with tremendous amount of pride and a tremendous amount of effectiveness.

So when the opportunity came to become part of that mission, it was a no-brainer.

You know, I spoke about how proud I was to be part of Sanford, but this represented another opportunity to be part of something big, something impactful in a very different setting that I had experienced before.

So now I have the privilege to lead the Rush Medical Group.

We have about 1,000 employed physicians, both in the academic and community setting, and about 500 APPs all across the footprint of Rush in the Chicagoland area.

And my job is to create the integration and create the platforms that would allow to find the operational efficiencies

to be sustainable and grow and continue to have that impact into our community.

So that's my job.

I'm passionate about it, love it.

And I'm super lucky that I get to have these opportunities every day.

I think that the general teaching around leadership

by default allows you to concentrate on your strengths and exponentially continue to support those strengths in your development.