Commissioners and Staff in the News
Dr. Scott has been busy helping promote with the following…
- FOX 32 Chicago: Chicago air quality alerts prompting cause for concern – August 1, 2025
- ABC 7 Eyewitness News Chicago: AccuWeather Alert: Chicago’s air quality ranked worst in the world due to Canadian wildfire smoke – July 31, 2025
- FOX 32: Tips for managing humidity this summer – July 18, 2025
- FOX 32: What to know as wildfire smoke triggers Chicago air quality alert. – July 15, 2025
This is an article Dr. Scott was interviewed for in US News and World Report that published on July 28, 2025
Is It Safe to Exercise Outside in Poor Air Quality? | U.S. News
Dr. Scott recently spoke at the 9th Oriental Congress of Respiratory Medicine, held June 27–29, 2025, in Shanghai, China.
Congratulations on receiving the promotion to full professor Mrs. Fox.
Dr. Varekojis at the Texas Society for Respiratory Care meeting. Pictured with Tammy Kurszewski (TSRC President), Dana Evans (AARC President), and Christa Mitchell (PD and Site Vistor).
Dr. O’Neil recently published in CHEST
https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(24)05556-9/fulltext
Dr. Varekojis recently published in CHEST
Dr. Scott recently gave a CoARC Update at the Missouri Society for Respiratory Care meeting on April 24, 2025.
Dr. Varekojis recently gave a CoARC Update at the Michigan Society for Respiratory Care meeting on Tuesday 4/8.
The Society of Critical Care Medicine is a partner organization with CoARC. The SCCM Respiratory Care Section Journal Club is hosting their next meeting on Tuesday April 22. You and your students, colleagues, clinical partners, and physician partners are invited to attend! Please see announcement below.
Our next SCCM Respiratory Care Section Journal Club will feature Professor Brady Scott discussing “Ventilation and Oxygenation During and After Adult Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Changing Paradigms” on April 22 at 2-3 PM EDT.
You can register here: https://duke.zoom.us/meeting/register/cvlbliApTCSheHU5npaHhw
Please share with your teams, colleagues, and friends! This is a great opportunity to learn from one of the world’s leading experts!
Recently Dr. Scott was interviewed for an article recently for Medscape about environmental and socioeconomic factors that fuel respiratory health disparities in rural and urban areas.
Here’s the link for your view: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/environmental-and-socioeconomic-factors-fuel-respiratory-2025a100022n
Kristen McHenry EdD, RRT, RRT-ACCS
Nicholas Prush, PhD, RRT, RRT-ACCS
Tammy Alsup, MSHI
Shane Keene, DHSc, RRT, RRT-NPS, CPFT, RPSGT, FAARC
https://www.aarc.org/membership/specialty-sections/education/respiratory-care-education-annual/
Staring on page 28 of the 2024 issue.
Dr. Jones recently presented “Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) as a Novel Framework for Assessment in Successful Respiratory Therapy Programs” to the 2024 Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) Annual Conference in Atlanta GA. The presentation outlined 19 characteristics and 8 defining cultural attributes of successful entry to practice respiratory therapy programs. The attributes of socio-academic culture align with core interdisciplinary professional competencies and support SEL as a novel framework to support student success and develop desired professional traits.
Congratulations on receiving the 2024 Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award!
Congratulations to the 2024 AARC Fellows, recognized through the esteemed AARC Fellowship Program established in 1998!
Dr. Brady Scott (CoARC Commissioner, Professor and Program Director in the Rush University Respiratory Care program) just returned from Saudi Arabia, where he served as part of the inaugural faculty for the Fundamentals of Respiratory Care Support (FRCS) course. The goal of the FRCS course is to enhance respiratory patient care globally by training professionals to safely and effectively perform respiratory therapy.
Thomas has been selected to present at the 2024 ASAHP Annual Conference October 8th-10th in Atlanta, Georgia, “Blazing the Trail: Navigating the Changing Landscape of Higher Education and Health Professions.”
Abstract Submission Title: Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) as a Novel Framework in Successful Respiratory Therapy Programs.
Taken on June 2nd
From Steve’s Wehrman’s Facebook post.
Legendary professor Bill Galvin talking about communication! He’s so engaging!! Here at the RCSW 50th conference.
You can ALWAYS learn more!!!
Dr. McKinney was recognized by the Alvin Community College Foundation at the Honoring Excellence Reception.
League for Innovations and the Excellence Award: https://www.league.org/excellence
Presentation for the ALS Association- “Addressing Respiratory Challenges in ALS”- ALS Association: Living with ALS Webinar Series 9/18/23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRAeUHCpv6o
Publication in Respiratory Care– McHenry, K.L. (2023). Airway Clearance Strategies and Secretion Management in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Respiratory Care [Open Access- In Press]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.11215
Congratulations to all of the 2023 American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) Specialty Practitioners of the Year!
I have good news to share with you. Just this morning, Tom Jones defended his doctoral dissertation and was bestowed the honor of Dr. Thomas Jones. I was privileged to be invited to the presentation that concluded just a hour ago and I expressed our congratulations to his Committee members. He did a great job and presented a valuable body of work entitled, A Multiple-Case Inquiry to Identify the Socio-Academic Attributes of Successful Entry-to-Practice Respiratory Therapy Programs.
William (Bill) F. Galvin
