Respiratory Critical Care

About David W. ChangGary WhiteJonathan WaughRuben Restrepo

David W. Chang EdD RRT is professor of cardiorespiratory care at the University of South Alabama in Mobile Alabama. Over the years he has served in different capacities in the American Association for Respiratory Care Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care and National Board'for Respiratory Care. Dr. Chang has also authored Clinical Application of Mechanical Ventilation and co-authored Respiratory Critical Care. Gary White MEd RRT RPFT is Program Director of Respiratory Therapy at Spokane Community College Spokane Washington. He has served as board member and in many other capacities in the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC). He has published many textbooks including Basic Clinical Lab Competencies for Respiratory Care An Integrated Approach and Equipment Theory for Respiratory Care.'' Jonathan Waugh PhD RRT RPFT FAARC is a Professor for the Respiratory Therapy program at Liberty University in Lynchburg Virginia. He received a BS in Respiratory Therapy from the Cardiopulmonary Sciences program at the University of Central Florida in 1985. He earned a masters degree in health science (1990) and a PhD in cardiopulmonary sciences (1994) from the Ohio State University. He conducts research in ventilatory monitoring capnography high flow therapy medical device testing and tobacco prevention and treatment. Ruben Restrepo MD RRT FAARC FCCP is a Tenured Professor and Coordinator of Research for the Division of Respiratory Care at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Dr. Restrepo earned his diploma as Physician and Surgeon from Colombia South America. He graduated from the Respiratory Therapy program at Georgia State University in 1994. In 2007 Dr. Restrepo was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for Respiratory Care and in 2017 as Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians. He is a member of the editorial board for Respiratory Care the Open Journal of Allergy and the World Journal of Critical Care Medicine. He is well known international speaker with over 60 peer-reviewed publications.