Meet the experts
Our Team
The robust Continued Respiratory Therapy course library is developed and overseen by an experienced team of RTs and industry professionals.
Farzana Vela
MS, CCC-SLP, BSRC, RRT-NPS
Managing Editor
Jenny Morrison
BSRC, RRT
Sr. CE Administrator
Kimberly Rojas
CLSSBB, CMP, CLP
Continuing Education Producer
Featured Presenters
The instructors and guest editors who present our respiratory therapy courses are skilled experts in topics such as COVID-19, critical care, and noninvasive ventilation.
Dr. Collins, a father of four, including a son with asthma, is a certified asthma educator and associate professor of respiratory care at Texas State University. His research centers on asthma education at the college level, with a specific focus on training healthcare providers at student health centers in asthma care.
Kelly Massa graduated from West Chester University of Pennsylvania in 2008. She started her career at Nemours Children's Health in Wilmington, Delaware, where she joined the CMO and Cardiac OR team and then became the PICU Clinical Lead. In her role as the PICU Lead, she enjoyed providing education not only to RTs but to nurses and physicians as well on mechanical ventilation and other Respiratory topics. Her love of educating and research landed her the current role of Clinical Instructor and Research Coordinator. Since in this role, Kelly has submitted over 30 abstracts to the AARC as well as multiple manuscripts. Kelly also enjoys volunteering her time presenting talks with ICON Academy and at AARC Congress and providing care during medical mission trips to Nigeria.
Dr. Lori Taylor completed her associate’s degree in respiratory therapy at the University of the District of Columbia, and her bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Washington Adventist University. Dr. Taylor completed both her Master’s degree and Ph.D. in postsecondary and adult education at Capella University. She has over 23 years of experience as a registered respiratory therapist. Dr. Taylor is an associate professor, the program director for the respiratory therapy program at the University of the District of Columbia.
Advisory Board
All Continued Respiratory Therapy content is vetted by a distinguished Advisory Board that provides topic-specific content and curriculum development.
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