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Members in the News | RTs Taking On New Positions, and Saving Lives

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By Debbie Bunch  

February 3, 2025 

AARC members Amanda Leightner, PhD, RRT, RRT-SDS, RPSGT, CCSH, FAARC, Megan Koster, EdD, RRT, RRT-NPS, and Kristen McHenry, EdD, RRT, RRT-ACCS, FAARC, were featured in an article on the Boise State University website about the university’s decision to name Amanda as the inaugural Merrick Family Professor in Respiratory Care. Read it Here

AARC member Georgia Marie Hayworth, BBA, RRT, was featured in an article on the Iredell Health System website about her new position as director of respiratory therapy. Read it Here

AARC member Shelley Mishoe, PhD, was featured in an article on the Augusta University website about Bashir A. Chaudhary, MD, an emeritus faculty member at the university. Read it Here

AARC member Angela Prush, RRT, was featured in a TV report out of Michigan on how she and others helped to save the life of a high school basketball referee who suffered a cardiac arrest during a game. Watch itPrush was also featured in another clip, which discussed the importance of learning to use an AED.

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