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November 10, 2025 

AARC members Melanie McDonough, MS, RRT, RRT-ACCS, Stephanie Parlamento, MBA, RRT, RPFT, and Misty Carlson, MS, RRT, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, were featured in an article on the Hometown News website about the Apex designation recently received by their cardiopulmonary sciences program at Dayton State University. Read it Here

AARC members Mike Hess, MPH, RRT, RPFT, Jaimee Burgess, RRT, and Richard Kopca, MSc, RRT, RRT-ACCS, RPFT, were featured in an article on Healio.com about a partnership aimed at raising awareness of COPD among Chicago firefighters. Read it Here

AARC members Chris Russian, PhD, RRT, RRT-NPS, RPSGT, FAARC, and Anna Kehl, RRT, along with student member Ashley Harmell, were featured in an article on the Texas State University website about how five seniors in the TSU program volunteered to serve in the medical tent at the recent Austin City Limits music festival. Read it Here

AARC member Risa Aaronson, RRT, was pictured in an article in the Altoona Mirror about a Student Career Education Event held in her community to encourage kids to consider careers in health care. Read it Here

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