National Organization Honors Leading Respiratory Therapist With Lifetime Scientific Achievement Award
Dallas, TX (January 17, 2008) – The American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC), a 45,000-member national association for respiratory therapists, honored Robert L. Chatburn, RRT-NPS, with its Forrest M. Bird Lifetime Scientific Achievement Award at its recent International Respiratory Congress held in Orlando, FL.
Chatburn, who serves as clinical research manager in the section of respiratory therapy at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland , OH , received the honor for helping to lead the way in scientific study in the respiratory care profession. He has authored more than 200 papers in scientific and medical journals and has published in six textbooks dealing with respiratory care topics. He is also actively involved in a new project aimed at garnering research for a benchmarking program for the profession.
In addition to his position at the Cleveland Clinic, Chatburn serves as an adjunct associate professor of medicine at Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University and is a member of the editorial board for Respiratory Care , the premier science journal in the respiratory care profession, published by the AARC.
Respiratory therapists are specialized health care providers who take care of people with lung conditions ranging from asthma to COPD. They work throughout the acute care hospital on the general wards, in the emergency department, and in the intensive care units, and are also increasingly being found in sleep centers, physician offices, outpatient clinics, pulmonary rehabilitation programs, skilled nursing facilities, and patients' homes.
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RRT-NPS stands for Registered Respiratory Therapist-Neonatal Pediatric Specialist
About the AARC
The American Association for Respiratory Care, headquartered in Dallas , is a professional association of respiratory therapists that focuses primarily on respiratory therapy education and research. The organization's goals are to ensure that respiratory patients receive safe and effective care from qualified professionals as well as supporting respiratory health care providers. Further information about the AARC and how to become a respiratory therapist are available at www.AARC.org .
Contact:
Beth Binkley
972-243-2272
binkley@aarc.org
