Members of the Respiratory Care Section are professionals who are committed to providing specialized respiratory critical care. All members of the healthcare team are welcome to join and contribute to the development and organization of the section.
Members of our section provide expertise in airway management, mechanical ventilation, physiologic monitoring, disease management, critical illness and injury of the pulmonary system, and all other aspects of the advanced care of critically ill patients.
This section communicates with the Society on issues dealing with respiratory care practice and provides technical expertise and guidance for the mutual interests of the healthcare team and the Society.
The section aims to provide support to the Society and section members through research and education in the areas of clinical, scientific, and technical aspects of patient care. It accomplishes this mission through communication, education, and research.
Communication: A key to the section’s success is developing a communication structure to relay information among the Society, the section chair, and section members.
Education: Develop a plan to ensure that the section becomes an integral part of the Society by educating both Society members and the special interests of the section members.
Research: Design a means to promote research among the section members through abstracts, posters, and studies.
Email the Community
You can send messages directly to the community by emailing SCCM-Respiratory@ConnectedCommunity.org
Messages sent to this address will be posted to the community without the need to log in. Please note that posts must be sent from the email address associated with your SCCM account. Messages from unrecognized addresses will not be delivered.
Leadership (2025-2027)
Chair - Pam Holly, BSRT, RRT, Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, USA
Chair-elect - Karsten J. Roberts, MSc, RRT, RRT-ACCS, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Secretary - Michelle Rausen, MS, RRT, RRT-ACCS, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
Past-chair - Donna Tanner, RRT, RRT-ACCS, FAARC, FCCP, Cleveland Clinic, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Members At-Large
Sarah Bazelak, MSc, RRT, RRT-ACCS, Advocate Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Simran Kaur Matta, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Will Smith, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCs, Lincoln Memorial University - DeBusk College of Osteopathic, Harrogate, Tennessee, USA
Council Liaison
Asha N. Shenoi II, MD, FAAP, FCCM, University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Board Liaison
David Y. Hwang, MD, FCCM, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA