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Tentative Agenda (Subject to change)

There are registration options based on which day(s) of the conference you plan to attend. Choose to attend just one day for $80 or the full conference for $150 for BOTH days.  Registration for students is $40.
 

Day 1 – February 25, 2025

8 AM                    Participant Webinar Check-in

8:25 AM              Welcome Announcements

8:30 AM              Vaping & E-Cigarettes: Respiratory Effects (Impact of vaping on lung disease and younger populations, Best practices for prevention and                                              patient education)

                                  David Willard

9:30 AM              Employee Engagement-Critically Important for Employees, Patient Safety, and Outcomes

                                  Garry Kauffman, RRT, FAARC, MPA, FACHE

10:30 AM            Break

10:45 AM            ILD in Post-COVID Patients, Managing Persistent Symptoms and New Findings in Rehab and Treatment

                                  Jill Ohar, MD

11:45 AM            Lunch              

12:15 PM            Pediatric Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

                                  R. Drew Gardner, MD

1:15 PM              Break

1:30 PM              Long-term Results of Being Intubated/RT Experience Perspective

                                 Jeremy Wagner

2:30 PM              Sleep Solutions at Home: Medicare Pathways for COPD and Sleep Apnea Care

                                 Andrew Namen, MD, FCCP, FAASM

3:30 PM              Adjourn

  

Day 2 – February 26, 2026

8 AM                    Participant Webinar Check-in

8:25 AM              Announcements

8:30 AM              Pediatric Emergency Medicine

                                  Kim Askew, MD

9:30 AM              Shaping the Next Generation of Respiratory Care Providers: Lessons from Duke's Clinical Education Model

                                  Logan Emerson, MSRC, RRT, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, AE-C, RCP

10:30 AM            Break

10:45 AM            Pediatric/Neonatal ECMO

                                   Elijah Rohde, BSRC, RRT

11:45 AM            Lunch

12:15 PM            Personalizing Inhaler Therapy in COPD

                                  M. Bradley Drummond, MD, MHS

1:15 PM              Break

1:30 PM              Neonatal and PICU Respiratory Advancements

                                John P. Essick, RRT, RRT-NPS, RCP

2:30 PM              Exercise Limitations in the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Patient

                                Sharon Cornelison Greer, RCP, BSRT-NPS

3:30 PM              Adjourn

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Presenters

Kim Askew, MD
Associate Dean
Professor, Emergency Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Sharon Cornelison Greer, RCP, BSRT-NPS 
Pulmonary Transitional Care Specialist
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

M. Bradley Drummond, MD, MHS
Professor of Medicine
Vice Chief of Outpatient Services
Medical Co-Director, UNC Pulmonary Specialty Clinics

Logan Emerson, MSRC, RRT, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, AE-C, RCP
Clinical Team Lead – Education – Adult Respiratory Care Services
Duke Respiratory Care Services

John P. Essick, RRT, RRT-NPS, RCP
Pediatric Night Shift Supervisor, Respiratory Care
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

R. Drew Gardner, MD
Associate Program Director, Atrium Health Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Center
Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Pediatric Pulmonology, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC

Garry Kauffman, RRT, FAARC, MPA, FACHE
Manager
Kauffman Consulting

Andrew Namen, MD, FCCP, FAASM
Professor of Medicine, Oediatrics and Otolaryngology
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Jill Ohar, MD
Professor Emeritus
Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Immunology, Internal Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Elijah Rohde, BSRC, RRT
ECMO Specialist
Duke University Health System

Jeremy Wagner, RRT

David Willard
Region 3, Northwest Tobacco Prevention Coordinator
Appalachian District Health Department

 

Credit

Up to 12.0 Contact Hours from Northwest AHEC
           February 25 Only: 6.0 Contact Hours
           February 26 Only: 6.0 Contact Hours

Application has been submitted to the American Association for Respiratory Care for approval of up to 12.0 hours of credit. 

Note: AARC membership number is needed in order to obtain AARC credits.
Programs approved for continuing education credit by the AARC are accepted by the North Carolina Respiratory Care Board.

 

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