HEALTH CARE HEROES
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – For this week’s Healthcare Hero, we recognize Dr. Carl Shrader. Shrader is the medical director at Sundale Nursing Home and a family medicine physician at WVU Medicine.
Shrader is a name that might be familiar, as he has been at the forefront of Sundale’s efforts to handle a coronavirus outbreak at the facility. The nursing home officially became COVID-19 free at the end of May.
With what Shrader and the nursing home have gone through this spring, it may come as a surprise that at one time, he was stuck deciding if he wanted to go into the medical field, or into engineering. Through experience and learning, he made his choice to pursue the medical field. Seven years later, he said it was the best decision he ever made.
“As a family physician in particular, people look to us for guidance often for things that aren’t medical related because we have that relationship with them,” said Shrader. “So, it’s an amazing feeling whenever you see people making progress, whether it’s in their personal life, professional life or their healthcare recovery.”