Speakers and Topics
(Speakers are listed by alphabetical order)
Declaration of Brain Death and the Respiratory Therapist (Clinical Practice CRCE)
Sponsored by the NJ Sharing Network
Alan John Sori, MD, FACS
Director of Surgical Intensive Care Services
St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Paterson, NJ
Medical Director
The New Jersey Sharing Network, New Providence, NJ
The Affordable Care Act – Five Years Later: Its Impact on Health Care Organizations, RT’s and Other Health Professionals (Clinical Practice CRCE)
Al Heuer, PhD, MBA, RRT, RPFT
Associate Professor and Program Director
Masters in Health Care Management Program
Rutgers School of Health Related Professions, Newark, NJ
Bronchial Thermoplasty – New Treatment for Unstable Severe Asthma (Clinical Practice CRCE) (Asthma CRCE)
Andrew Martin, MD
Chair, Pulmonary Department
Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Brown Mills, NJ
Building Effective Respiratory Care Teams: First Understand Self (Management CRCE)
Al Quinones, DHA, MA, RT, RRT-NPS, RPFT, RPSGT, CCT, AE-C, FACHE
Director of Respiratory Therapy and Pulmonary Function Laboratory
North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York
President, Quinones Healthcare Seminars
What You Need to Know About State and Federal Activities (Law)
Anne Marie Hummel
AARC Director of Regulatory Affairs
Woodbridge, VA
Respiratory Therapists as Disease Manager (Clinical Practice CRCE)
Sponsored by Hill-Rom
Bill Pruitt, MBA, RRT, CPFT, AE-C, FAARC
Senior Instructor and Director of Clinical Education
Dept. of Cardiorespiratory Care
University of South Alabama
Negligence and Malpractice in Respiratory Care – A Review of Selected Cases (Ethics and law CRCE)
Craig Scanlan, EdD, RRT, FAARC
Professor Emeritus
Rutgers School of Health Related Professions
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Newark, NJ
NJ Sharing Network, The Power of One (Clinical Practice CRCE)
Sponsored by the NJ Sharing Network
Ed McKernan
Lung Transplant Recipient, Bloomingdale, NJ
Jackie Lue Raia
Assistant Director, Resource Development
The New Jersey Sharing Network, New Providence, NJ
Making the Transition from Volume to Value (Clinical Practice CRCE)
Sponsored by Monaghan
Garry Kauffman, RRT, MPA, FACHE, FAARC
Healthcare Consultant and Educator
Winston Salem, NC
Smoking, Vaping & Quitting (Clinical Practice CRCE)
Ken Capek, MPA, RRT
Director, Cardiopulmonary Services
Bergen Regional Medical Center, Paramus, NJ
The NJSRC – Charting the Course – 40 years and counting! (Education CRCE)
Lori-Ann Ligon, RRT
NJSRC President
Director, Cardiopulmonary and Harborage Long-Term Care Unit
Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ
The Rhythm of Life (Clinical Practice CRCE)
Michael Nolledo, MD, FAASM
Attending Pulmonologist
Medical Director of the Institute for Sleep Medicine
Medical Director of Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the Balance Center
Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Brown Mills, NJ
Occupational Asthma and the Role of the Respiratory Therapist (Clinical Practice and Asthma CRCE)
Madhuri Singal, PhD, RRT, DABT
Senior Product Safety Associate
Reckitt Benckiser LLC, Parsippany, NJ
The Rhythm of Life (Clinical Practice and Asthma CRCE)
Michael Nolledo, MD, FAASM
Attending Pulmonologist
Medical Director of the Institute for Sleep Medicine
Medical Director of Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the Balance Center
Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Brown Mills, NJ
Strive 2 Quit Program (Education CRCE)
A 2-part series that equips Healthcare Professionals with techniques and strategies, including Motivational Interviewing, to have more effective conversations about smoking cessation with your patients.
Sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline
Michael Conahan, CTTS
National Account Manager and Educator
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, Parsippany, NJ
Lower Lung Sampling and the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (Infection Control CRCE)
Sponsored by Hollister Inc.
Michael Hewitt RRT, ACCS, NPS, RCP, FAARC, FCCM
Clinical Manager, Respiratory Care Services
Rhode Island Hospital / Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
Principal Teaching Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Chair, Respiratory Section
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Lung Cancer: Early Detection and Diagnosis (Clinical Practice CRCE)
Navdeep Brar, MD
Attending Pulmonologist, Board Certified in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Multidisciplinary Oncology Clinic (MDOC) Program, Lung Cancer Screening
Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Brown Mills, NJ
Project Respiratory Care 2015 – Where are we today? (Management CRCE)
Patient-Ventilator Synchrony – The Impact on Patient Outcome (Clinical Practice CRCE)
Sponsored by Covidien and Medtronic
Robert Kacmarek, PhD, RRT, FCCM, FCCP, FAARC
Professor of Anesthesiology
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Director of Respiratory Care
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
High Flow Nasal Cannula – An Alternative Form of Non-invasive Respiratory Support (Clinical Practice CRCE)
Sponsored by Westmed
Robert Tero, RRT-NPS, CPFT
Assistant Director, Respiratory Care Department
Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
Medical Marijuana and the Respiratory Therapist (Clinical Practice CRCE)
Stephanie Lefkaritis and Sean Mullin
2015 Graduates, County College of Morris Respiratory Care Program
Randolph, NJ
Sponsoring Faculty: John Rutkowski and Kathleen Smith-Wenning
Current Management Strategies for Cystic Fibrosis
Yasmeen Khan, BA
2015 Graduate, Rutgers Respiratory Care Program North
Newark, NJ
Sponsoring Faculty: Albert Heuer
