2016 Halloween Door Decorating Contest
Fourteen doors, nine judges and one winner: General Medical Disciplines.
At the All-Staff Meeting on November 8, judges announced that the very witchy display from General Medical Disciplines – complete with costumes, ravens, black cats and a cauldron – was the winner of the department-wide Halloween door decorating contest.
Judges say all the decorations surpassed their expectations. At the presentation of the winner, Cathy Garzio, vice chair of finance and administration, thanked everyone for their enthusiasm and said, “The competition was a lot of fun, and our Employee Recognition Committee had a lot of fun judging it."
In case you didn’t have a chance to see them all, here’s a recap of the decorations, along with some photos:
Biomedical Informatics Research with a spoof on the “American Gothic” painting.
Blood & Marrow Transplantation with a very spooky orange and black jack o’ lantern theme.
Cardiovascular Medicine with an extreme close-up of a wicked witch face.
Endocrinology with a grim reaper bearing RIP messages for both diabetes and hypothyroidism.
Gastroenterology & Hepatology with a cry for help from the souls trapped behind the door.
General Medical Disciplines with witch hats, ravens, black cats and a cauldron.
Hematology‘s release of a bat colony.
Immunology & Rheumatology with a Halloween-themed minion it crafted with tiny squares of paper.
Medicine Operations with a job listing for Dracula’s blood bank nurse.
Oncology’s homage to the zombie apocalypse.
Primary Care and Outcomes Research with its ghostly pirate ship.
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine‘s spirited medical student/mad scientist.
Residency Office with a googly-eyed mummy; and
Stanford Center for Clinical Research with the bloody scene of a zombie attack.