Cheryl Thomas

Registered Nurse II
Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology

First UTSW job: Staff Nurse in Medical Surgical ICU at the former St. Paul University Hospital.

Best part about my job: Working in all the departments: Cardiology, Electrophysiology, Heart Catheterization, and Non-Invasive Cardiology.

How co-workers describe me: An entertainer. I love to sing, but I can’t hold a note.

Recipe for success: I’m approachable. My co-workers say I’ll talk to anybody.

Best UTSW memory: When the Cath Lab was being remodeled, some procedures were done in a mobile lab trailer. We transported patients there using wheelchairs or stretchers through the Professional Office Building (POB). Looking at patients’ expressions as we traveled through the POB on carpeted floors was quite amusing.

I wish I were an instant expert at: Fitness training.

Hobbies: Gardening and traveling.

Surprising fact: I was in the Navy Nurse Corps.

Claim to fame: I was instrumental in getting nurses on the units to perform the bubble studies for echocardiograms.