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AARC Members Making Headlines in RT Leadership, Education, and Community Service

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December 8, 2025 

AARC member Jithin Sreedharan, BScRT, MScRT, FISQua, FNIV, FIARC, PhD, was featured in an interview on the University of Manitoba website about the global vision he will bring to his new role as head of the respiratory therapy department at the university. Read it Here

AARC member Todd Thomas, RRT, was featured in an Ithaca Journal article about what it means to be diagnosed with COPD. Read it Here

AARC member Todd Austin, BSc, RRT, RRT-NPS, RPFT, was featured in an article in HME News about his recent appointment to the position of CEO at Nonin Medical. Read it Here

AARC member Donna Germuga, BS, RRT, was featured in an article on yahoo.com about a program at her hospital that donated more than 20 cystic fibrosis vests to countries in need. Read it Here

AARC member Willie Lockett, Jr., PhD, RRT, was featured in an article on the Coahoma Community College website, noting he was scheduled to be the guest speaker at the upcoming Short-Term Programs Pinning Ceremony at the college. Read it Here

AARC member Gene Gantt, RRT, FAARC, was featured in an article on news-medical.net about the difficulties of finding care facilities that can accommodate patients requiring long-term mechanical ventilation. Read it Here

AARC member Shawn Patterson, MPH, MHA, MBA, FACHE, RRT, RRT-NPS, was featured in an interview on KGET News about new services available at his hospital that will allow more kids to be treated in their own community. Watch it Here

AARC member Samantha Davis, MS, RRT, RRT-NPS, CHSE-A, FAARC, was recently promoted to manager of simulation, education, and innovation at Henry Ford Health. Samantha will lead hospital-based simulation initiatives for the organization’s two hospital campuses.

AARC member Joan Kreiger, EdD, RRT, RPFT, FAARC, FNAP, was recently featured in News at Southern on the respiratory therapy education program receiving the 2026-2027 Apex designation. Read it Here

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