This award, through the FACES Foundation is the only nationally recognized hospital-based recognition program dedicated to honoring outstanding respiratory therapists who provide exemplary care and treatment for patients with respiratory illnesses. Nominations may come from patients, family members and other caregivers. The PHIL Award was created in 2006 in honor of Philip C. Lamka, who […]
The Western NY Region was pleased to take part in the hosting of one of the AARC’s International Fellows this year. Jojie Toledo spent the week of October 3 in Rochester hosted by Rochester General Hospital. She spent most of her time at the hospital interacting with the medical team but also visited a local
Congratulations to SUNY Stony Brook student Elizabeth Lyton for winning our most recent essay contest earlier this year. She accompanied the Delegates to the House of Delegates meeting in San Antonio, TX which immediately preceded this year’s AARC Congress. NYSSRC started these essay contests in 2013 and to date 8 respiratory care students have taken
Since our new site was launched, we saw more visitor traffic than expected. As compared to past visitor traffic, our December early January traffic was nearly three times previous months. As such, we often experienced slowdowns or site stoppages like what occurred Wednesday. We have now acted to provide redundancy in our systems. This will
