Only at Craig

In the first episode of our "History of Craig" series, we looked at Craig's early days and focused on the man who founded it all - Frank Craig. 

In this episode, we pick up where we left off and dive into Craig's origins. We go from 1914, the year of Frank Craig's passing, up to 1954 and the real start of the Craig we know today. While the focus was still on tuberculosis up until 1954, those in-between years...

We teamed up with two members of the Adaptive Transportation Program – Barry Doyle and Natalie Uyeno – to try our skills on the adaptive driving simulator while answering trivia questions aimed to distract us. You’ll hear from Barry and Natalie on how we did on the virtual course (spoiler alert: not great) and learn about why it’s so easy to become distracted on the road, even while engaged in basic things like listening to the rad...

We all learned during new hire orientation that Craig Hospital traces its roots back to Frank Craig, who established a tuberculosis colony in Colorado in the early 1900s. You may have also seen his black-and-white photo in the 1W corridor on our history wall. But do you know anything else about him and the founding of our hospital?
It turns out, not so surprisingly, that Craig Hospital was founded by one really impressive perso...

To shower you with love on Valentine’s Day, we asked Sereno Bruzgo, president of the Craig Hospital Foundation, to share a few love letters from patients and families.

We’ve always known that many of our patients leave Craig profoundly grateful for the dedicated work our staff put in to helping them achieve their best possible outcomes – and we have it in writing! 

The Craig Hospital Foundation team handpicked a f...

We speak with Craig’s director of therapeutic recreation and Operation TBI Freedom about his involvement with adaptive sports for over two decades. We also have some cringe-worthy dad jokes sprinkled in throughout, courtesy of Tom and one of the podcast’s co-hosts.

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In celebration of the most wonderful time of the year, Craig’s CEO Jandel Allen-Davis joined the podcast to answer some holiday-related questions. Who on our staff is most like Buddy the Elf? What new holiday tradition should we bring to Craig? What’s the weirdest white elephant gift Jandel has ever received? What would Jandel put in a snow globe? Let’s find out!

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We talk with executive chef, Bryce Orblom, and sous chef, Erica Goncalves, about the inner workings of our five-star nutrition services team at Craig. What’s the most popular entrée at Craig? How many meals are served every day? How are the recipes created? What does it take to plan a Halloween menu…or any holiday menu? We serve up all that and more!
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Special guests and self-professed Halloween lovers Sarah Purdy and Sara Wells take us through the history and hijinks of this one-of-a-kind day at Craig, including some of the creative, outlandish and slightly scandalous (if you’re a doctor, at least) Halloween costumes our staff and patients have worn through the years.

Craig Hospital in Denver, Colorado, is a world-renowned rehabilitation hospital that specializes exclusively in t...

For SCI Awareness Month, we share some of the more lighthearted moments of living with an SCI (while not brushing under the rug the many challenges people with SCI face on a daily basis). Rachel Wilson and Ashley Jack, two staff members who use wheelchairs, both have unique perspectives on what they’ve gained from living with a SCI, which makes for an entertaining, often humorous and uplifting conversation.

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We go behind the scenes and speak to two Therapeutic Recreation specialists about some of the random, unscripted moments that make Adventure Program trips so special. You’ll hear about crowd-surfing at an Afroman concert, digging out ATVs from a wall of snow on the Continental Divide, and moments of incredible determination and resilience from our Craig grads.

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We sit down with the man behind the finances – our CFO, Dan Frank. We hear about his poker-playing side hobby, his commitment to keeping Craig independent, and his experiences at our hospital that made him think, “Well, that could only happen at Craig.” We also get to the bottom of one of our pressing questions – why he has a South Park character of himself.

Craig Hospital in Denver, Colorado, is a world-renowned rehabilitation hosp...

We learn why Jandel was compelled to respond to a ransom note demanding donuts in return for a flamingo, why members of the nursing team vacated a room in a hurry, and why Dr. Spier is the proud owner of a dress that looks like it came straight out of “The Sound of Music.”

Craig Hospital in Denver, Colorado, is a world-renowned rehabilitation hospital that specializes exclusively in the neurorehabilitation and research of patients w...

The first episode, Stories on the Night Shift, focuses on a side of Craig that few of us get to experience. We asked two members of the night shift team to tell us what really happens inside these walls when the sun goes down. What’s the wildest patient story they can recall? Is it true that no one wants to work during a full moon? What about ghost stories or unexplained events? We explore it all and then some.

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