MSRC BOD & Progam & Education

President
Joe Higgins
jhig2@msn.com

Past President
Clair Daly
president01@msrcol.org

Senior Delegate & PACT
Michael Jackson
Brigham & Women's Hospital NICU
CWN 6 NICU Boston 02115
president99@msrcol.org

Chapter One
Bill Goding
president81@msrcol.org

Program & Education Committee

Val Bolduc

Joe Curro

Brenda Laurie

Cythnia Bowman
president97@msrcol.org

Stella Farquharson
PACT
stellaf@adelphia.net

Dr. Joseph Walek
Medical Director

Lauren Perlman
Perinatal/Pediatric

Lynn Sullivan
Camp Chestnut

Jackie Long-Goding
president88@msrcol.org

Peggi Robart
Lic. Board

Joe Curro
MTS Liaison, 2001 Treasurer
Dept. of Cardiopulmonary Sciences
100 Dockser Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, MA 02215

Scott Stanley
Membership Committee
Respiratory Therapist Program
Mass Bay Community College
50 Oakland Street
Wellesly Hills, MA 02181

Scholarship Committee
Mary Watson
Dept. of Cardiopulmonary Sciences
100 Dockser Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, MA 02215

AARC Accomplishments of Note:

* MUSE study - phenomenal outcomes to support using
RT's in SNF's -
> Medicare $$ were reallocated for respiratory
therapies because of
this
> study.
> * Indiana study - from the AARC million $ research
fund - compares
> curriculm hours in respiratory modalities for RN's,
LPN's and RT's.
Good
> hard data to support the use of RT's to deliver
respiratory therapy
and
not
> using unlicensed assistive personal as substitutes.
> * Officer status for RT's in the public sector of
the military - big
> job still in the workings but looking very positive.
This was
tremendous
> work done by an AARC special committee - again - big
benefit to every
RT
in
> that military position - not just AARC members.
> * Index Medicus status for our trade journals - talk
about getting
the
> word out about RT as a profession and the AARC -
this is huge among
the
> medical community. This didn't happen on it's own -
many, many
contacts
and
> hours of work over many years by the EO of the AARC
and our AARC
physician
> alliances.
> * Position statements for Pulmonary Rehab, Protocols
etc. - these are
> prompted by and many times drafted by the AARC for
the physician
groups to
> ratify - again, wouldn't happen if the AARC didn't
do all the ground
work.

hospitals utilizing EMT personnel to perform
respiratory care