Jeff is a Sr. Medical Science Liaison / Medical Affairs with Baxter Respiratory Health. His responsibilities include developing, maintaining, and presenting educational material for Baxter Respiratory Health. He is a licensed RRT-NPS in Minnesota and has been an active respiratory therapist since 1987 practicing in both acute and post-acute settings.

Jeff is a Sr. Medical Science Liaison / Medical Affairs with Baxter Respiratory Health. His responsibilities include developing, maintaining, and presenting educational material for Baxter Respiratory Health. He is a licensed RRT-NPS in Minnesota and has been an active respiratory therapist since 1987 practicing in both acute and post-acute settings.

Dr. Bryant practices adult critical care and is a member of the advanced respiratory failure/ECMO team at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

Dr. Caress is an expert in neuromuscular medicine.

As Patient Safety Coordinator for the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist market, Amanda knows that building a strong culture of safety lays the foundation for preventing patient harm. We learn about harmful events and system opportunities from frontline teammate reports. Our Patient Safety team works to grow a just culture based on the principles of high reliability where teammates are empowered to report events and concerns and where leaders are actively engaged in process improvement. 

Dr. Dugal is a previous ECMO patient and Wake Forest’s 2023-2024 ECMO Fellow. One of the few people out there who understands ECMO as a patient and provider.

As a speech language pathologist serving critical care patient populations, patients with tracheostomy receiving mechanical ventilation are a common occurrence on Holly's daily caseload. In working to restore communication, swallow, cough, secretion management, and quality of life, speaking valves are an important tool but require careful assessment and close collaboration with the patient’s RT to optimize outcomes and success. 

As an inpatient pharmacist with 10 years of experience, Dr. Mithawala have developed a deep familiarity with respiratory therapy medications. Her role in these 10 years  involved regularly dispensing and managing a wide range of bronchodilators, corticosteroids, mucolytics, and other respiratory agents used in the treatment of conditions like asthma, COPD, and acute respiratory distress. She collaborated closely with respiratory therapists and physicians to ensure optimal medication regimens, adjusted doses based on patient-specific factors, and monitored for potential drug interactions and side effects. Her extensive experience has equipped her with a thorough understanding of these medications, enabling her to contribute effectively to patient care in a hospital setting.

Dr. Palakshappa is a NIH-funded physician scientist and clinical intensivist with research focus at the intersection of critical care, aging, and implementation science. 

Dr Rodriguez has participated in surfactant trials over the last 25 years and lectured nationally and internationally about surfactant therapy. He has introduced minimally invasive surfactant administration to NICU at Brenner children’s Hospital.

Daniel worked in the Bronchoscopy Lab for over four years. He helped grow the Bronchoscopy Lab with new scopes, new technology, and increased success in lung cancer diagnosis.

As Patient Safety Coordinator for the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist market, Jamilah knows that building a strong culture of safety lays the foundation for preventing patient harm. We learn about harmful events and system opportunities from frontline teammate reports. Our Patient Safety team works to grow a just culture based on the principles of high reliability where teammates are empowered to report events and concerns and where leaders are actively engaged in process improvement. 

Dr. Woodruff is a pediatric intensive care physician in the Brenner Children’s Hospital Pediatric ICU He works with the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and is on the editorial board for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.