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Mission Statement
The American Respiratory Care Foundation is dedicated to promoting respiratory health through the support of research, education, and patient-focused philanthropic activities in respiratory care.
Financial Reports
ARCF regularly files IRS Form 990. These forms are available online at GuideStar.
Board of Trustees
ARCF Trustees will serve four-year terms with no more than three consecutive cycles. Trustee nominations will be solicited yearly by the ARCF in collaboration with AARC and NBRC. Board of Trustees will appoint new trustees during the last quarter of the year from this list.
Chair
Carl R. Hinkson
Vice-Chair
Dana Evans
Secretary/Treasurer
Kari Neville, BSRC, RRT, RRT-NPS, FAARC
Kari has been a respiratory therapist and AARC member for over 27 years. She is currently a Senior Clinical Specialist for Bunnell, Incorporated. Her primary job responsibility is education on high frequency ventilation for neonatal and pediatric patients. Kari has worked mostly in pediatric and neonatal care, transport, ECMO, management/leadership, and education. She has been in volunteer leadership roles for the past 23 years within the Colorado Society for Respiratory Care, AARC House of Delegates, and the AARC Board of Directors. Kari is currently serving as Secretary/Treasurer of the AARC and is involved in various committees within the organization.
Trustee
Neil MacIntyre, MD, FAARC
Professor of Medicine, Medical Director of Respiratory Care (emeritus)
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Past recipient of Forrest Bird MD PhD Lifetime Achievement Award and Jimmy Young Medal.
Trustee
Teri Miller, MEd, RRT, CPFT, FAARC
Middle Georgia State University
Macon, Georgia
Teri currently serves as Chair for the Department of Respiratory Therapy and Health Sciences at Middle Georgia State University. A respiratory therapist for over 32 years, Teri has worked in adult, pediatric, and neonatal critical care, pulmonary functions, management/leadership and education. She has served in higher education for the past twenty-one years. Teri has served in volunteer leadership roles in Respiratory Therapy with the Georgia Society for Respiratory Care as GSRC President and Delegate and was elected and served as AARC House of Delegates Speaker. She now serves on the Vice President of Internal Affairs for the AARC and chairs the AARC Workforce Recovery Taskforce.
Trustee
Georgianna Sergakis, PhD, RRT, RCP, AE-C, FAARC, FNAP
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Dr. Georgianna Sergakis is a Professor of Clinical Practice in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences in the College of Medicine, where she is also the Director of the undergraduate respiratory therapy and the graduate advanced practice respiratory therapy programs.
Dr. Sergakis is a registered respiratory therapist and a certified asthma educator. She has dedicated her 25-year academic career to the advancement of Respiratory Therapy in the areas of advanced practice (APRT), interprofessional collaboration, nicotine dependence treatment, and innovations in RT education. She has served on the AARC Board of Directors as the Vice-President for External Affairs and Education Section Chair.
Trustee
Sheri Tooley, RRT-NPS, CPFT, AE-C
Draeger-STIMIT
Respiratory Therapist for 42 years. Graduated from SUNY Upstate Medical University with a BS in advanced Cardiopulmonary Care. Currently completing a MS in Respiratory Education at Canisius College in Buffalo NY. Holds NBRC credentials RRT-NPS, CPFT and AE-C. Has worked in multiple care settings with over 35 years in leadership and management. Most recently as the supervisor of education and quality of a large 5 hospital system and 3 nursing home system in Rochester, NY. Two years ago she left the hospital to join STIMIT as clinical support in a FDA IDE clinical trial developing a novel therapy for mechanically ventilated patients.
Emeritus
Michael T. Amato, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
InspiRx
Durham, NC
Emeritus
Dale Eiserman
Vice President of International Sales, Critical Care Division
VIASYS Healthcare
Palm Springs, CA
Emeritus
Sam P. Giordano, MBA, RRT, FAARC
Carrollton, TX
Emeritus
David J. Pierson, MD, FAARC
Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, WA
Emeritus
Bruce Rubin, MEngr, MD, MBA, FRCPC, FAARC
Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Richmond, VA
Emeritus
Gary A. Smith, RRT(HON), FAARC
Olathe, KS
Emeritus
James K. Stoller, MD, MS, FCCP, ATSF, FAARC
Chair, Education Institute
Jean Wall Bennett Professor of Medicine
Cleveland, OH
ARCF Executive Office
The Board of Trustees shall appoint an Executive Office to oversee day-to-day operations of the ARCF. The Executive Office will be charged by the ARCF Trustees to execute agreed upon duties and will be empowered by to represent the ARCF in agreed upon negotiations, program development, financial matters, personnel matters, and other administrative duties.
Executive Director
Daniel Garrett
Irving, TX
ARCF CFO
LaVerne Davis
Irving, TX
ARCF Executive Assistant
Crystal Leighton
Irving, TX
2024 Award Recipients
TBA
Charles W. Serby COPD Research Fellowship
TBA
Philips Respironics Fellowship in Mechanical Ventilation
TBA
Vyaire Fellowship for Neonatal and Pediatric Therapists
TBA
Jeri Eiserman, RRT Professional Education Research Fellowship
TBA
Mallinckrodt Literary Award
TBA
Drager-Shreyas Roy, MD Memorial Literary Award
TBA
Forrest M. Bird, MD, PhD, ScD Lifetime Scientific Achievement Award
TBA
Hector Leon Garza, MD International Achievement Award
TBA
Dr. Charles H. Hudson Award for Cardiopulmonary Public Health
TBA
Thomas L. Petty, MD Invacare Award for Excellence in Home Respiratory Care
TBA
Mike West, MBA, RRT Patient Education Achievement Award
TBA
Mitchell A. Baran Achievement Award
TBA
Morton B. Duggan Jr. Memorial Education Recognition Award
TBA
Jimmy A. Young Memorial Education Recognition Award
TBA
NBRC William W. Burgin, Jr., MD and Robert M. Lawrence MD Education Recognition Award
TBA
NBRC Gareth B. Gish, MS, RRT Memorial Education Recognition Award
TBA
William F. Miller, MD Postgraduate Education Recognition Award
TBA
Koga Award
TBA
International Fellow
TBA
International Fellow
TBA
International Fellow
TBA
International Fellow
TBA
NBRC H. Frederick Helmholz, Jr. MD, Educational Research Grant
TBA
BOMA Travel Fund
TBA
1st Annual Bill Lamb Award
TBA
NBRC Gary A. Smith Educational Award for Innovation in Education Achievement
Respiratory Care Journal Conferences
Since 1982, Respiratory Care has presented Journal Conferences with the most important, timely, and proven information affecting the practice of respiratory everywhere. The proceedings appear in special issues of the Journal both in print and online.
Conference attendance is limited to the faculty and staff of the Journal. Each topic is thoroughly presented by an invited expert, followed by heavy discussion among the faculty. All state-of-the-art papers and discussions are then published in the Journal.
Journal Conferences are presented under the auspices of the ARCF. The ARCF invites corporations to become official sponsors after the topic of the conference is known. E-Mail us for more information about becoming a sponsor.
Upcoming Conference
61st Respiratory Care Journal Conference
Pediatric Asthma: Management Across the Continuum of Care
Conference Co-chairs:
Andrew Miller MSc RRT RRT-NPS RRT-ACCS FAARC
Denise Willis MSc RRT RRT-NPS AE-C FAARC
Ariel Berlinski MD FAARC
June 19–21, 2024 | Tampa, FL
Past Conferences
60th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Current Evidence and Future Directions”
Held June 22–23, 2023 in St. Petersburg, FL
59th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“COPD: Current Evidence and Implications for Practice”
Held June 21–22, 2022 in St. Petersburg, FL
58th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Monitoring Respiratory Function in Adult Acute Care”
Held June 10–11, 2019 in St. Petersburg, FL
57th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Noninvasive Respiratory Support in Adults”
Held June 14–15, 2018 in St. Petersburg, FL
56th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Respiratory Medications for COPD and Adult Asthma: Pharmacologic Actions to Clinical Applications”
Held June 22–23, 2017 in St. Petersburg, FL
55th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Pediatric Respiratory Care”
Held June 10–11, 2016 in St. Petersburg, FL
54th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Respiratory Care Controversies III”
“Held June 5–6, 2015 in St. Petersburg, FL
53rd Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Aerosol Drug Delivery in Respiratory Care”
Held June 6–7, 2014 in St. Petersburg, FL
52nd Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Adult Artificial Airways and Airways Adjuncts”
Held June 14–15, 2013 in St. Petersburg, FL
51st Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Adult Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Care: Issues and Controversies”
Held September 7–8, 2012 in St. Petersburg, FL
50th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Oxygen”
Held April 13–14, 2012 in San Francisco, CA
49th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“The Chronically Critically Ill”
Held September 9–10, 2011 in St. Petersburg, FL
48th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Pulmonary Function Testing”
Held March 25–27, 2011 in Tampa, FL
47th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care: What Does the Future Hold?”
November 5–7, 2010 in Scottsdale, AZ
46th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Patient Ventilator Internaction”
Held March 19–21, 2010 in Cancun, Mexico
45th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Sleep Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment”
Held December 10–12, 2009 in San Antonio, TX
44th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Respiratory Care Controversies II”
Held March 13–15, 2009 in Cancun, Mexico
43rd Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Respiratory Care and Cystic Fibrosis”
Held September 26–28, 2008 in Scottsdale, AZ
42nd Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Non-Invasive Ventilation in Acute Care: Controversies and Emergency Concepts”
Held March 7–9, 2008 in Cancun, Mexico
41st Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Meeting the Challenges of Asthma”
convened on September 28–30, 2007 at the JW Marriott Camelback Resort & Spa in Scottsdale, Arizona.
40th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Mechanical Ventilation in Mass Casualty Scenarios”
Held July 16–17, 2007 in Reno, Nevada
39th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Airway Clearance: Physiology, Pharmacology, Techniques and Practice”
Held April 21–23, 2007 in Cancun, Mexico.
38th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Respiratory Controversies in the Critical Care Setting”
Held October 6–8, 2006 in Banff, Alberta, Canada
37th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Neuromuscular Disease in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine”
Held March 17–19,2006 in Ixtapa, Mexico
36th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Metered Dose Inhalers (MDIs) and Dry Powder Inhalers (DPIs) in Aerosol Therapy”
Held April 29–May 1, 2005 in Los Cabos, Mexico
35th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Ventilator Associated Pneumonia”
Held February 25–27,2005, Cancun, Mexico
34th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Applied Respiratory Physiology: Use of Ventilator Waveforms and Mechanics in the Management of Critically Ill Patients”
Held April 16–19,2004, Cancun, Mexico
33rd Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Computers in Respiratory Care”
Held October 3–5,2003, Banff, Alberta, Canada
32nd Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Translating New Understanding Into Improved Patient Care”
Held
31st Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Current Trends in Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care”
Held August 16–18, 2002, in Keystone, Colorado.
30th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Liquid Nebulization: Emerging Technologies”
29th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Invasive Mechanical Ventilation in Adults: Implementation, Management, Weaning, & Follow-up”
28th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Evidence-Based Medicine In Respiratory Care”
27th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Transtracheal Gas Insufflation (TGI): Current Status and Future Prospects”
26th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Palliative Respiratory Care”
25th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Consensus Conference V: Aerosols and Delivery Devices”
Held January 10–12, 1991, Cancun, Mexico
24th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Long-Term Oxygen Therapy”
23rd Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Artificial Airways”
22nd Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Inhaled Nitric Oxide”
21st Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Sleep Disordered Breathing”
Proceedings were published in Respiratory Care> journal, April 1998.
20th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Non-invasive Position Pressure Ventilation”
Proceedings were published in Respiratory Care Journal, April 1997.
19th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Emerging Health Care Delivery Models and Respiratory Care”
18th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Mechanical Ventilation: Ventilatory Techniques, Pharmacology and Patient Management Strategies”
17th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Resuscitation in Acute Care Hospitals”
16th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Consensus Conference III: Assessing Innovation on Mechanical Bentilatory Support”
15th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Controversies in Home Respiratory Care”
14th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Oxygenation in the Critically Ill Patient”
13th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Emergency Respiratory Care”
12th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Consensus Conference II: The Essentials of Mechanical Ventilators”
11th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Respiratory Care of Infants and Children”
10th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Consensus Conference 1: Aerosol Delivery”
Proceedings were published in Respiratory Care Journal and Chest, September 1991.
9th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Noninvasive Monitoring in Respiratory Care”
8th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Pulmonary Function Testing”
7th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“PEEP”
6th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Mechanical Ventilation”
5th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Neonatal Respiratory Care”
4th Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Monitoring of Critically Ill Patients”
3rd Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Perioperative Respiratory Care”
2nd Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“The Management of Acute Respiratory Failure”
1st Respiratory Care Journal Conference
“Complications of Respiratory Therapy”
Your Donations Support Our Mission
The American Respiratory Care Foundation is a nonprofit organization formed for the purpose of supporting research, education, and charitable activities.
The ARCF seeks to educate the public about respiratory health, assist in the training and continuing education of health care providers, and improve the quality of our environment.
62nd Respiratory Care Journal Conference
June 2–4, 2025
Norfolk, VA
Patient Ventilator Interactions: Discordance, Asynchrony and Pendelluft
