Brad Kuch

Timothy Morris

Rich Branson

Gwen Saunders

Joe Guerra

Richard Hinds

Dian Slavens

• Brad Kuch is profiled in this article in the Pittsburgh, PA, Tribune-Review. The article notes Brad has just been named the AARC’s 2008 Surface & Air Transport Specialty Practitioner of the Year.

• Dr. Timothy Morris is listed as an expert in respiratory health in this press release from the University of California San Diego on California’s 2007 wildfires and their effect on the environment and health. Among other positions, Dr. Morris serves as medical director of respiratory care at the UCSD medical center.

• Pam Lake shares great information about National Respiratory Care Week and what her hospital is doing to mark the occasion in this article in the Greenwood, SC, Index Journal. A small, critical access hospital, Abbeville Area Medical Center is celebrating in a big way, with free testing for the public and fundraisers to benefit the hospital foundation.
  
  Abbeville Area Medical Center RT staff: front row, from left to right, Andrea Schrerier, RRT; Margaret Reedy, CRT, RPSGT; Jennifer Reynolds, CRT; back row, from left to right, Mack Rolin, RRT, director of respiratory care services; Pamela Lake, RRT, technical director of respiratory care service; David Lyerly, RRT; Jennifer Raines, RRT; Haley Shaw, administrative assistant to respiratory care. (Not pictured Alicia Pope, RRT, and Sue Colaw, administrative assistant to respiratory care.)

• Jessica Caputo weighs in on the economic bailout in this article in the Fairmont, WV, Times-West Virginian.

• Rich Branson talks about two new oxygen studies he’s conducting at the University of Cincinnati's Institute for Military Medicine this article in the Cincinnati, OH, Enquirer. Both are looking at new ways to deliver oxygen to injured soldiers.

• Bill Moore notes the growth of his sleep lab in this article in the Steamboat Springs, CO, Pilot. 

• Robert Wong comments on retirement prospects in a down economy in this article in the Santa Rosa, CA, Press Democrat, noting he isn’t that worried. “I have a pretty secure job," the 58-year-old was quoted as saying.

• Gwen Saunders isn’t thinking about retirement right now either. In fact, she went back to school to become an RT after retiring from Qwest in 2001. "I am glad I have done this,” she told reporters in this article and video on the Sioux Falls, SD, Argus Leader web site. “It is never too late to completely change careers and start over.''

• Nancy Colletti is noted for winning the Ohio Society for Respiratory Care’s Ohio Education Practitioner of the Year award in this article in the Dayton, OH, Daily News.

• Marlene Salowitz comments on an upcoming talk by a sleep specialist in this article in the Warwick Advertiser out of Orange County, NY.

• Joe Guerra, who’s running for a seat on a local school board, receives the endorsement of the San Antonio, TX, Express this article about the race. The paper notes Joe “has been a member of several school district committees and has a genuine interest in education. He will serve the district well.”

• Michael Quinlan voices his support for legislation on “never events” in this article in the Manchester, NH, Union Leader.

• Richard Hinds is once again noted for his bid for a local school board seat in this article in the Rochester, MN, Post-Bulletin. The 24-year-old tells the paper he was raised by a single mother and says “Education was virtually all I had.” His mission is to ensure quality schools for future generations.

• Dian Slavens is also getting more coverage for her race for the state legislature. You can read all about it here, here, and here. The first story appeared in the Royal Oak, MI, Mirror, the second was published in the Canton, MI, Eagle, and the third appeared in the Detroit, MI, News.