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Featured Buzz March 11

AARC Members In The News | New Degree Program and Hawaii COPD

September 07, 2023 AARC member Pam McMillian was featured in an article on bigislandnow.com about the Hawai’i COPD Coalition’s 17th annual COPD Education Day. Read it Here AARC member Jerin Juby, DMgt, MA, RRT, was featured in an article on whyy.org about a partnership between Thomas Jefferson University and National Jewish Health to create new … Continued


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Members in the News | New COPD Classes, Awards, and Outreach

By Debbie Bunch  September 3, 2024  AARC member Lou Milanesi, RRT, RPFT, AE-C, was featured in an article in the Chattanoogan for teaching a harmonica for health class for COPD patients in his community. Read it Here AARC member Darlene Johnson, RRT, RPFT, was featured in an article in the Herald-Tribune for receiving one of … Continued


Members in the News  | Awards, and COPD Misconceptions Discussion

By Debbie Bunch  July 29, 2024  AARC member Jonnie Korinko, RRT, RRT-ACCS, was featured in an article on the Everyday Health website about common misconceptions about COPD. Read it Here AARC members Jordan Emro, BASc, RRT, and Shana Kent-Smith, EdD, RRT, were featured in an article on the Polk State College website about their respiratory … Continued


Members in the News | Apex Recognitions, RT Volunteerism, and COPD Awareness

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, … Continued


Featured Buzz June 2, 2025

By Debbie Bunch June 2, 2025  Thirdhand Smoke Puts Children with Asthma at Risk Ensuring that kids — and especially kids with asthma — are not exposed to cigarette smoke is essential in keeping them healthy. But what if the kids live in a household where no one smokes? Can they still be exposed? According to … Continued


Virtual Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Opportunities for RTs

By Debbie Bunch December 2, 2024 The COVID-19 pandemic sparked a new wave of initiatives aimed at delivering care to patients in their own homes. One area that benefited was pulmonary rehabilitation, with studies suggesting these programs are not only as effective as in-person programs but offer a range of efficiencies as well. For example, … Continued


Vision Becomes Reality for New RT Degree Program in Guyana

After more than 10 years and countless hours of work, a new cohort of respiratory therapists will begin their healthcare journey this fall in the small South American country of Guyana. This is due in no small part to two AARC members, Sharon Armstead, EMBA, RRT, Concordia University – Texas Professor, and Waleema Bacchus-Ali, BSc, … Continued


Featured Buzz March 11

By Debbie Bunch March 11, 2024 Gasping for Air, Explained The Hering-Breuer reflex, which is triggered by neurons that sense the airway is being stretched and works to protect the lungs from over-inflation, was discovered in the 1860s. Researchers from Harvard Medical School believe another group of neurons is behind a newly discovered reflex of … Continued


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