Clarissa Craig

Doug Pursley

Shelly Johns

Ron Rohlfing

Jack Fried

• Clarissa Craig is noted for her recent promotion to dean of the new division of Health Care Professions and Wellness at Johnson County Community College in this article in the Kansas City Star.

• Sheri Trindle, Doloris Warner, and Kristine Warner all comment on their asthma camp for kids in this article in the Grand Island, NE, Independent.
  
  Sheri Trindle, Doloris Warner, Kristine Warner

• Carl Willoughby offers advice on dealing with the smoke from recent wildfires in his area of the country in this article in the North Coast Journal out of Arcata, CA. The story also notes Carl’s receipt of the 2007 Continuing Care & Rehabilitation Specialty Practitioner of the Year award.

• Doug Pursley is featured for his recent presentation at the AARC Summer Forum in this article in the Springfield, MO, News-Leader. Doug says he was one of four therapists to present an abstract at the meeting, and also wants to recognize his fellow presenters,  Dr. Amy Ceconi, from Bergen Community College in Paramus, NJ; Shawna Strickland, from the University of Missouri in Columbia; and Emily Zyla, from Spectrum Health Respiratory Care in Grand Rapids, MI.

• Bob Tero comments on the use of Vapotherm in his facility in this article in the Baltimore, MD, Sun.

• Vera Chayka, who immigrated to the U.S. from the Ukraine 11 years ago, is featured for earning her RT degree in this article in the Greenwood, SC, Index Journal. “It feels great. I’m graduating!” she was quoted as saying. “I finally got my dream: an American education.”

• Susan DiFabio is noted for speaking on pulmonary fibrosis at a Better Breathers Club-Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group meeting in this article on Westchester.com out of Westchester Country, NY.

• Shelly Johns weighs in on a recent music and film festival in this article in the Winston-Salem, NC, Journal.

• Ron Rohlfing is noted for his promotion to vice president of operations at West Chester Medical Center in this article in the Business Courier of Cincinnati out of Cincinnati, OH.

• Lauri Croy is mentioned as a volunteer at Camp Pelican, an annual camp for children with chronic lung conditions, in this article in the New Orleans, LA, Times-Picayune. (We’ll have our own article on this innovative camp in the September issue of AARC Times.)

• Jack Fried is named a Health Care Hero in this article in Utah Business. Jack was recognized for helping his hospital achieve its goals for the respiratory and neurodiagnostics department and also for taking an active role in representing the profession on the state and national levels.