AARC Election 2025 — Maria Madden

AARC Activities:

• AARC Board of Directors (member) 2020-2023
• Chair of the Adult Acute Care Section, AARC, 2020-2023
• Philips Respironics Fellowship in Mechanical Ventilation – AARC Congress 2019
• Member of all the Specialty Sections
• AARC Clinical Practice Guidelines, 2018–2019, 2023 & present
• Moderator at the AARC Congress
• AARC Abstract reviewer
• AARC Congress Presenter
• AARC Adult Acute Care Specialty Section Practitioner of the Year, 2015

Affiliate Activities:

• Maryland/District of Columbia Society for Respiratory Care Board 2019-2020
• Chair, Respiratory Education Committee, UMMC, 2016
• Co-Chair, Respiratory Education Committee, UMMC, 2010-2015
• Member, Prevention Committee for the American Spinal Injury Association, 2011-2012
• Adult Critical Care Specialist (ACCS) February 2013

Related Organizations:

• NBRC Consultant 2023

Education:

• Master of Science Respiratory Care Leadership, Northeastern University, Boston, MA September 2018
• BS Respiratory Therapy, Columbia Union College, Takoma Park, MD, 1992
• AS Respiratory Therapy, Columbia Union College, Takoma Park, MD, 1991
• Adult Critical Care Specialist (ACCS) February 2013

Publications:

• Andrews P, Shiber J, Madden M, Nieman GF, Camporota L, Habashi NM. Myths and Misconceptions of Airway Pressure Release Ventilation: Getting Past the Noise and on to the Signal. Front Physiol. 2022 Jul 25;13:928562.
• Madden M, Martin M. “”Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO): Be Sure as to Why”” AARC Times, January 2020
• Nieman GF, Al-Khalisy H, Kollisch-Singule M, Satalin J, Blair S, Trikha G, Andrews P, Madden M, Gatto LA, Habashi. A Physiologically Informed Strategy to Effectively Open, Stabilize, and Protect the Acutely Injured Lung. N.M.Front Physiol. 2020 March 19;11:227
• Piraino T, Madden M, J Roberts K, Lamberti J, Ginier E, L Strickland S. Management of Adult Patients With Oxygen in the Acute Care Setting. Respir Care. 2021 Nov 2:respcare.09294. doi: 10.4187/respcare.09294. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34728574.
• Nieman GF, Al-Khalisy H, Kollisch-Singule M, Satalin J, Blair S, Trikha G, Andrews P, Madden M, Gatto LA, Habashi. A Physiologically Informed Strategy to Effectively Open, Stabilize, and Protect the Acutely Injured Lung. N.M.Front Physiol. 2020 March 19;11:227
• Wheeler C, Madden M. Chapter 30: Specialty Gas Administration. Foundations in Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care 2nd Edition. 2022
• M.G. Madden, P. Andrews, J. Satalin, G.F. Nieman, N.M. Habashi, Lung Recruitment Decreases Driving Pressure, Not the Clinician. American Thoracic Society, May 2019 Abstract P986
• Madden M. Diagnosis and Management of Shock. AARC Times, April 2019
• Nieman, G. F., Andrews, P., Satalin, J., Wilcox, K., Kollisch-Singule, M., Madden, M., Aiash, H., Blair, S. J., Gatto, L. A., … Habashi, N. M. (2018). Acute lung injury: how to stabilize a broken lung. Critical care (London, England), 22(1), 136.
• Madden M, Andrews P, and Habashi N. “Comparison of Chest Radiograph to Electrical Impedance Tomography”. Respiratory Care October 2018, 63 (Suppl 10) 301523
• Madden M. Diaphragm Pacing System – An Underappreciated but Valuable Option. AARC Times, July 2016.
• Andrews P, Nieman G, Kollisch-Singule M, Madden M, Habashi N. Mechanical Ventilation: Airway Pressure Release Ventilation. 2015; Chapter in Critical Care Emergency Medicine; McGraw-Hill Education
• Madden M, Andrews P, Cho S, Habashi N. Successful Apnea Testing During Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VV-ECMO). Poster Presentation (#82) at the 10th Annual Neurocritical Care Society Meeting, October 5, 2012. Neurocritical Care Vol 17, 2012

Elections Committee Questions:

What do you see as the biggest challenge facing the AARC, and what do you recommend to address it?

A major challenge facing the AARC is to fortify the membership base and effectively promote and advocate for the respiratory therapy profession. A collaborative effort is essential to enhance respiratory therapists’ awareness of the advantages of AARC membership, advocacy endeavors, and the support provided for the advancement of our profession.

Healthcare is changing more rapidly than ever. What ideas do you have to help today’s respiratory therapist meet these changes?

Our foremost challenge today is addressing the shortage of respiratory therapists. We must direct our efforts towards promoting and recruiting more students to join this profession.

Your role as Director-at Large is to represent the general AARC membership. If given the opportunity to represent, what will be your strategy in advocating for the everyday respiratory care professional?

If entrusted with the role of Director at Large, I am keen to engage in collaborative ventures with educational institutions and organizations to champion respiratory therapy as a fulfilling career path.