Members in the News
By Debbie Bunch
April 30, 2024
AARC President Carl Hinkson MS, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, FAARC, and Executive Director Dan Garrett were featured in the AARC press release about the introduction of the new bill in Congress to reform oxygen payment for Medicare beneficiaries that was posted on Yahoo! Finance and GlobeNewswire. Read it Here And Here
AARC member Henry Oh, PhD, RRT, RRT-NPS, FACSc, FRSB, FAARC, was featured in an article on medium.com for being selected as an International Distinguished Scholar by the Extraordinary People and Williams Elite Award, an honor recognizing his excellence in leadership, education, and scholarly works. Read it Here
AARC member Heaven Sturdivant-Neal, CRT, was featured in an article in the Washington City Paper about black infant mortality and efforts to combat it in the Washington, DC, area. Read it Here
AARC member Brandon Burk, MS, RRT, RRT-ACCS, and his students, AARC members Phillip Welden and Liza Francka, were featured in an article on the Ozarks Technical Community College website about the dramatic growth of the school’s bachelor’s degree program for RTs.Read it Here
AARC member Dustin Goodman, RRT, RRT-NPS, was featured in an article on 715newsroom.com for receiving an Outstanding Recent Alumni award from his alma mater, Chippewa Valley Technical College. Read it Here
AARC member Hope Appelbaum, MEd, RRT, was featured in an article on kc.edu about a creative assignment she gave to her students – pick a famous cultural or movie character, give that character a particular disease, and then dress up as that character and present the condition to the class. Read it Here
AARC member Gina Sanguinetti, RRT, was featured in an article on the Business News This Week website about her new book titled “Clock Out and Heal,” a collection of true stories from the frontlines of health care. Read it Here
AARC member Lesley Coleman, RRT, was featured in an article in the Fort Worth Star Telegram about COPD self-care tips. Read it Here
AARC members Santiera Brown-Yearling, MA Law, MSHA, RRT, and Shari Toomey, MBA, RRT-NPS, FCCM, were featured in an article in the Augusta Free Press about recent appointments made by Virginia Governor Glenn Toungkin; Santiera and Shari were appointed to serve on the Advisory Board on Respiratory Care. Read it Here
AARC member Keith Siegel, MBA, RRT, CPFT, FAARC, was featured in an article on the AARP website about how to be a caregiver for someone with COPD. Read it Here
AARC member Tyler Richards, DHA, MBA, RRT, was featured in an article in the Coshocton Beacon about a new respiratory care program being established at Central Ohio Technical College. Read it Here
AARC members Brian Duvak, MBA, RRT, Sara Tibbett-Wright, DBA, MSM-HCA, RRT, and Elizabeth Hurley, RRT, AE-C, were featured in an article in the Cape Gazette about a new partnership between the Bayhealth respiratory team and the Southern Delaware COPD Coalition to facilitate home or virtual visits by an RT for COPD patients. Read it Here
