Rana Gidron

Rana Gidron is a Certified Surgical Technician with 22 years of experience supporting surgical teams. Her daily responsibilities include preparing operating rooms based on upcoming procedures, ensuring all necessary instrumentation is available for patient safety, passing instruments during surgeries, and assisting with patient positioning. She works closely with nurses, anesthesiologists, and surgeons, and has been known to pray with patients when requested. Gidron graduated from Bloom Technical High School in Chicago and later from Dayton Job Corps, where she earned her certification as a nursing assistant along with her diploma, becoming the first person in Job Corps history to achieve this at her age. She remains active in professional and community organizations, including the National Hookup of Black Women Northwest Indiana chapter for two years and as an alumnus of Bloom Technical High School. Gidron has joined Rush Hospital on mission trips twice to Ecuador, Paraza, and the Dominican Republic to provide care to underserved communities. She is a dedicated suicide prevention advocate who has participated in walks for six years and continues to give back to her high school. Passionate about education and empowerment, Gidron plans to pursue nursing studies to educate within her community, emphasizing that knowledge is power and that professionals should be more than their instrumentation by taking pride in their work as integral members of the surgical team.