Lisa M. Endee, MPH, RRT-SDS, RPSGT, FAARC

Lisa M. Endee, MPH, RRT-SDS, RPSGT, FAARC image

Education:

  • Institution name, City, State: State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY
  • Degree earned, year: Master of Public Health, 2018
  • Institution name, City, State: State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY
  • Degree earned, year: Bachelor of Science, Respiratory Care, 1999
  • Institution name, City, State: Fordham University, Bronx, NY
  • Degree earned, year: Bachelor of Science, Biology, 1996

Present Position:

  • Job title: Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Respiratory Care
  • Institution name, City, State: School of Health Professions, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York
  • Start year – End year (or ‘to present’): Sept 2019 – Present

Job title: Expert Witness

  • Institution name, City, State: Office of Professional Discipline, State Education Department, New York
  • Start year – End year: Mar 2024 – present

Previous Positions:

  • Job title: Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Respiratory Care
  • Institution name, City, State: School of Health Professions, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York
  • Start year – End year (or ‘to present’): Feb 2012 – Sept 2019
  • Job title: Clinical Coordinator
  • Institution name, City, State: Sleep Apnea Center, Good Samaritan Hospital, W.Islip, NY
  • Start year – End year: Sept 2005-Feb 2012
  • Job title: Lead Sleep/Respiratory Therapist
  • Institution name, City, State: Sleep Apnea Center, Good Samaritan Hospital, W.Islip, NY
  • Start year – End year: Sept 2002 – Sept 2005
  • Job title: Sleep Technologist/Respiratory Therapist
  • Institution name, City, State: Sleep Apnea Center, Good Samaritan Hospital, W.Islip, NY
  • Start year – End year: Dec 1999-Aug 2002

Years in the Profession: 26

Years as an AARC Member: 27

AARC elected positions/committee memberships:

  • Oct 2024 – p Chair, Annual Meeting Content Work Group for 2025 APSS/American Association for Sleep Technologists (AAST), Annual Meeting
  • Nov 2023 – p American Association of Sleep Technologists, Board Liaison, Standards and Guidelines Committee
  • Dec 2022 – p Appointed Director at Large, Board of Directors, American Association for Sleep Technologists
  • Nov 2022 – p Fellow (FAARC) Distinction, American Association for Respiratory Care
  • Jun 2022 – p American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation, AASM Foundation Community Sleep Health Grant Review Committee Member
  • Jan 2022 – p New York State Society for Respiratory Care, Co-Chair, Membership Services Committee
  • Nov 2021-23 American Association of Sleep Technologists, Chair, Standards and Guidelines Committee
  • Jan 2020 -p New York State Society for Respiratory Care, Chair, Education and Research Committee,
  • 2018-2022 New York State Society for Respiratory Care, Membership Services Committee Member
  • Jan 2019 – p New York State Society for Respiratory Care, Task Report Committee #2 Facilitator, Ad Hoc Committee for the Academic Advancement of the Respiratory Care Profession in NY State
  • Jan 2019 – p New York State Society for Respiratory Care, Secretary, Ad-Hoc Committee for Entry-Level BSRT Legislation
  • Jan 2019-21 American Association of Sleep Technologists, Standards and Guidelines Committee
  • Jan 2016 – p New York State Society for Respiratory Care, LI Regional Director
  • Jan 2016-18 American Association of Sleep Technologists, Chair, Fellow Committee
  • Jan 2015-19 American Association of Sleep Technologists, Speakers Bureau Taskforce
  • Jan 2013-16 Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists, Scholarship Committee
  • Jan 2014-20 American Association of Sleep Technologists, Board Member, Membership and Communications Committee
  • April-Nov 2008 National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC), Item Writer for the Sleep Disorders Specialists Exam

Brief bio narrative:

Lisa M. Endee is a Clinical Associate Professor in Stony Brook University’s School of Health Professions. She has over 25 years’ experience in the field of respiratory care, specializing in sleep diagnostics, therapeutics, and the treatment of sleep-related breathing disorders.

Lisa spent much of her career as a Clinical Coordinator, managing a hospital-based sleep laboratory. In that role, she obtained American Academy of Sleep Medicine Accreditation (AASM) for the facility, led the establishment of a satellite Pediatric Sleep Disorders Center, and managed the clinical operations of both the adult and pediatric testing facilities.

In 2012, after providing over 10 years of service to the Respiratory Care Program at Stony Brook as an Adjunct faculty member and Clinical Instructor, Lisa joined the program as a full time Clinical Assistant Professor. In 2019, she was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor. Her current responsibilities include teaching and clinical oversight of students in the Respiratory Care and Polysomnographic Specialty Option Programs.

Lisa has been an item writer for the National Board for Respiratory Care sleep specialty exam and has co-authored several peer-reviewed journal articles for the Journal of Respiratory Care and Health Promotion Practice. Her most notable publications include “The Future of Respiratory Care: Results of a NY State Survey of Respiratory Therapists,” and “A pre-pandemic evaluation of the state of staffing and future of the respiratory care profession: Perceptions of Louisiana respiratory therapists,” which report on the perceptions of current RTs on their future role and scope of practice. Lisa is also the author of the third edition textbook Spriggs’s Essentials of Polysomnography: A Training Guide and Reference for Sleep Technicians (2019), and numerous webinars and e-learning resources offered by the AAST and AASM for clinicians.

Lisa currently serves in many capacities for the New York State Society for Respiratory Care (NYSSRC), namely as Long Island Regional Director, Chair of the Education and Research Committee, Co-Chair of the Membership Services Committee, and as Secretary of the Ad Hoc Committee for the Academic Advancement of the Respiratory Care Profession in NY State, where she and her team have worked diligently over the past 7 years to develop and support legislation for entry-level Bachelor’s degree education for RTs. Lisa also serves as a Director for the American Association of Sleep Technologists (AAST) and as a Board Liaison for the AAST Standards and Guidelines Committee.

Lisa has received numerous awards and honors, which include: being inducted as a Fellow of the American Association for Respiratory Care in 2022; the Award for Outstanding Performance in the 11th Annual Open Forum of the Louisiana Society for Respiratory Care in 2022; the AAST Professional Development Award in 2021; the AAST Member of the Month in June 2016, and the Stony Brook University School of Health Technology and Management’s Outstanding Alumni Award in 2009.

Lisa’s professional areas of interest include public education related to sleep wellness. She has been actively involved in various community-based research projects focused on the prevention of drowsy driving and raising awareness about the importance of sleep to overall health. Over the past several years, she has secured many rounds of funding from the Governors Traffic Safety Committee (GTSC) and the National Road Safety Foundation to implement various initiatives and research projects, including the launch of the website stopdrowsydriving.org, which houses all her team’s educational deliverables.

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