New Website!

Have you seen GSRC’s new website? On the new gasrc.org you can now update your contact information, get the latest GSRC and AARC news, and register for upcoming continuing education events.

Head over to www.gasrc.org and check it out today!

GSRC Scholarship

Each year the GSRC awards four $500.00 scholarships to students currently enrolled in CoARC accredited respiratory programs in the State of Georgia. Thank you to all who applied for the GSRC scholarships! I am proud to announce the recipients for 2011:

Dr. Bruce Ott Scholarship
Jennifer Leverett

Heart of Georgia Technical College

Chrissy Spires Bittick Scholarship
LaShunda Nunnery
Georgia Northwestern Technical College

James Ancil Lewis Scholarship
Tamara Porter
Armstrong Atlantic Univeristy

Russell Davis Rivard Scholarship
Emily Cox
Georgia Health Sciences University

Congratulations to our winners!  The presentation of the scholarships was made at the GSRC Student Camp in Forsyth, GA on Feb 24, 2011.

Sincerely,

Alicia McCracken
Scholarship Committee Chair

Write the U.S. Congress Now!

from PACT: Political Advocacy Contact Team

The GSRC is activating the 435 Plan along with all the Respiratory State Societies around our country, to once again write Congress to gain support for the Medicare Respiratory Care Initiative.

This Initiative was in legislation last session and will soon be presented in this 112th Congress. Go to the AARC’s Capitol Connection or http://capwiz.com/aarc site, read about the legislation and choose a letter that suits you.

Briefly, the Medicare Respiratory Care Initiative would permit a bachelor degree registered respiratory therapist (RRT) to provide respiratory care, testing, and patient education in the physician practices without requiring the physician to be physically present. Currently the physician must be present.

WRITE CONGRESS TODAY! We will be in Washington D.C. March 8th representing over 4000 licensed Georgia Respiratory Therapists discussing this initiative with your U.S. Representative and Senator offices. Write them and ask them to support this initiative for the health of our pulmonary patients.

Thank you,

Karen Sicard RRT
GA PACT Rep

GSRC 2011 Winter Convention

Join us for the 2011 Winter Convention, February 11, 2011 at the Marriott Macon City Center Hotel!

The program will include

David Jones, MD :: Congenital Heart Disease

Anjali Parish, MD :: Changes in Respiratory Management of the Newborn in the Delivery Room

Lorenzo Carson, MD :: Radiological Assessment of the Chest

William Guest, MD :: Best Practices of the Pulmonary Function Lab

Jon Ramsey, RN & T. Bridges, MD :: Asthma

Todd Tyson :: Home Sleep Diagnostics

Seven AARC CRCE credits have been applied for. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Click here to see the full schedule.

The early registration deadline has been extended! Click here for registration information. Exhibitor information is available here. Online registration has closed, but on-site registration will be available.

To make a hotel reservation, contact the Marriott Macon City Center Hotel at 478-621-5300 and mention the GSRC room block.

We look forward to seeing you there!

GSRC 2011 Scholarship Applications

It’s that time again! The GSRC 2011 scholarship application packets are now available. All applications are due by February 11, 2011 and the recipients will be announced at the student meeting. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

There are three parts to the application. Instructions and information can be found here. The application can be found here and the reference form can be found here.

Contact the executive office at (404) 299-4641 with questions.

2010-2011 Election Results Announced!

Your votes have been counted, and the results are in!  Please extend your congratulations to the GSRC’s newest officers and directors for 2010-2011. These positions will take effect following the GSRC Summer Convention, July 29-August 1, 2010.

PRESIDENT-ELECT
Rhonda Bevis, EdD, RRT
Savannah, GA

VICE PRESIDENT
Jan Fernandez, BS, RRT-NPS
Rex, GA

TREASURER
Lynn Ingle, RRT, MSA
Macon, GA

NORTH GEORGIA REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Bruce Bray, RRT
Atlanta, GA

SOUTH GEORGIA REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Joel Presley, RRT
Tifton, GA

GSRC Scholarship

Each year the GSRC awards four $500.00 scholarships to students currently enrolled in CoARC accredited respiratory programs in the State of Georgia. Thank you to all who applied for the GSRC scholarships! I am proud to announce the recipients for 2011:

Dr. Bruce Ott Scholarship
Jennifer Leverett

Heart of Georgia Technical College

Chrissy Spires Bittick Scholarship
LaShunda Nunnery
Georgia Northwestern Technical College

James Ancil Lewis Scholarship
Tamara Porter
Armstrong Atlantic Univeristy

Russell Davis Rivard Scholarship
Emily Cox
Georgia Health Sciences University

Congratulations to our winners!  The presentation of the scholarships was made at the GSRC Student Camp in Forsyth, GA on Feb 24, 2011.

Sincerely,

Alicia McCracken
Scholarship Committee Chair