PRESIDENT
Daniel D. Rowley, MSc, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, RPFT, FAARC
Council President
University of Virginia Medical Center
Charlottesville, Virginia
ICRC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Daniel D. Rowley, MSc, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, RPFT, FAARC
ICRC President
Adult Critical Care Clinical Coordinator
University of Virginia Medical Center
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Andrew West, EdD, RRT, FCSRC
ICRC Vice-President
Delegate for Canada
Executive Director, Canadian Society for Respiratory Therapy
Canada
Bruce K. Rubin, MEngr, MD, MBA, FRCPC
ICRC Treasurer
ICRC Medical Advisor
Jessie Ball duPont Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, USA
Dorothy Honny-Bendah, MSRT, BSRT, RCP
ICRC Secretary
Delegate for Ghana
President, African Association for Respiratory Care
Accra, Ghana
Mohammed Al-Ahmari, PhD, RRT, CTTS, FAARC, FCCP
ICRC Director
Delegate for Saudi Arabia
Vice Dean for Postgraduate Studies & Scientific Research
Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences
Dhahran, Saudia Arabia
Cesar Bugaoisan, MPA, RTRP
ICRC Director
President and CEO, Association of Respiratory Care Practitioners, Philippines, Inc.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES
Chia-Chen Chu, PhD, RRT, FAARC
ICRC Director
Assistant Professor of Respiratory Therapy
China Medical University Hospital
TAI-CHUNG CITY, TAIWAN
Gustavo Olguin, MHA, CRT, PT
ICRC DIRECTOR
DELEGATE FOR ARTENTINA
BUENOS AIRES, ARTENTINA
Lisa Trujillo, DHSc, RRT, FAARC
ICRC DIRECTOR
DELEGATE FOR UNITED STATES
Association Professor, Graduate Program Director
Department Chair, Respiratory Care and Diagnostics Science
University of Kansas Health System
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, USA
Assistants to the Council President
Khalid Dahir Alenezi, BSRC, RRT
Director of Media Communications
Arar, Saudi Arabia
Chad Gibbs, BSRC, RRT
Manager, Surgical & Neurological Services, University of Virginia Health System
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
Council Members
Arzu Ari, PhD, MS, MPH
Delegate for Turkey
Chair, IERS committee
Istanbul, Turkey
Sigurd Aarrestad, MD
Delegate for Norway
University Hospital of Oslo
Olso, Norway
Hussain J. Al-Khatam, MHS, RRT
Delegate for Bahrain
Chief, Respiratory Therapists
Respiratory Therapy Department
Salmaniyia Medical Complex
Government Hospitals
Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
Abdelrahman A. Alhawamdeh, BS, RN, RT, PSGT
Delegate for Jordan
Head of RT Department, Abdali Hospital
Sleep Lab Director, Royal Hospital
Amman, Jordan
Khalsa Alsiyabi, BsRC, RCP
Delegate for Oman
Head of Respiratory Care Services Department
Oman's Ministry of Health
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Dr. Mohammad Saeed Altarawneh
Delegate for Jordan*
Assistant Professor of Respiratory Care
Jadara University
Irbid, Jordan
Khalid Alwadeai, PhD, RRT-NPS
Delegate for Saudi Arabia
Director, Respiratory Therapy Program
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Daniel Arellano, PT
Delegate for Chile
The Latin American Certification Board for Respiratory Care
Santiago, Chile
Professor Dr. Salman Ayyaz
Delegate for Pakistan*
Consultant, Pulmonology, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
ITTEFAQ Hospital Trust
Lahore, Pakistan
Bibi W Bacchus-Ali, BSc., MD, PGDip, MSc., MBA
Delegate for Guyana
Respiratory Medicine Specialist
HOD Spirometry Clinic and Lab, GPHC
Director (Onsite) Guyana Asthma and COPD Spirometry Program (GASP)
Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation
Georgetown, Guyana
Alberto Lopez Bascope, MD
Delegate for Mexico
President, CLACPTER
Head of Department, Perioperative Medicine & Respiratory Therapy
Hospital Angeles Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico
Dorothy Honny Bendah, MsRT, BSRT, RCP
Delegate for Ghana
President, Ghana Association for Respiratory Care
President, African Association for Respiratory Care
Accra, Ghana
Bin Zhang, RT
Delegate for China
Respiratory Therapist
Clinical Application Specialist
Hamilton Medical AG
Hangzhou, China
Chin-Jung Liu, Ph.D., RRT
Delegate for Taiwan
Vice chairman, Respiratory Therapists Society of Republic of China (RTSROC)
Chief Respiratory Therapist, RT Department, China Medical University
Taichung, Taiwan
Edwin Coombs, MA, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS, FAARC
ICRC Liaison for Industry
Senior Director of Marketing
Portfolio Solutions Training, Clinical Affairs, & Intensive Care
Draeger North America
Telford, PA
Brendan Cooper, BSc, MSc, PhD, CBiol, MIBiol
Delegate for United Kingdom
University Hospital Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Michael D. Davis, PhD, RRT, FAARC
Delegate for Liberia
Co-Founder, Partner Liberia
Assistant Professor in Pediatrics
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
Euda Arrieta Dooley RRT
Delegate for Venezuela
Respiratory Therapist
External Director CLCPTR
Global Clinical Manager
Venezuela
Rania A. El-Farrash, PhD, MD
Delegate for Egypt
Professor of Pediatrics and Neonatology Consultant
Children’s Hospital
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
Antonio M. Esquinas MD, PhD, FCCP, Internacional Fellow AARC, Fellow NIV
Delegate for Spain*
Director NIV Fellowship Program & International Non Invasive Ventilation College of Experts Intensive Care Unit
Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain
Director International School of Non-invasive mechanical Ventilation
President International Association of NIV and Ibero American Association Bioethics in NIV
Spain
Jesus M. Espinas, RMT, CRT, RTRP
Delegate for Philippines
Board of Examiner for Respiratory Therapists Professional Regulations Commission
Technical Committee Member for Respiratory Therapy Education Commission on Higher Education
Manila, Philippines
Gerardo Nicolas Ferrero, PT
Delegate for Argentina
Clinical Consultant, Hospital Maria Ferrer
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Simone Gambazza, PhD, PT
Delegate for Italy
IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Milano, Italy
Saleem N. Hamilah, BS, RCP
Delegate for Yemen
Director, Respiratory Care Services Administration
Ministry of Health
Mazada St. Sana’a, Yemen
Bui-Thi Hanh-Duyen, MD, PhD
DELEGATE FOR VIETNAM
Head, Intensive Care Unit
University Medical Center Ho Chi Minh City
University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Vice President, Ho Chi Minh City Society of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology (HSAACI)
VIETNAM
Norihiro Kaneko, MD
DELEGATE FOR JAPAN
Director, Pulmonary Department
Kameda Kyobashi Clinic
Vice President, Japan Respiratory Care Network
Vice President, Kameda Medical Center
KAMOGAWA, JAPAN
Sangit L. Kasaju, MD, FCCP
Delegate for Nepal
President, Nepal College of Chest Physicians
Nepal
Moustapha Khaywa, BSRT, RT
Delegate FOR LEBANON*
Respiratory Therapy Team Leader Clemenceau Medical Center
BEIRUT, LEBANON
Jose Landeros, PT, CRT
Delegate FOR CHILE
Robertodel Rio Children's Hospital
SANTIAGO, CHILE
Ivan G. Lee, EdD, RRT, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS, RPSGT
Delegate FOR SINGAPORE
Head, Respiratory Care Service
Woodlands Health
SINGAPORE
Ivan G. Lee, EdD, RRT, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS, RPSGT
Delegate for Singapore
Head, Respiratory Care Service
Woodlands Health
Singapore
Tan Herng Lee, MSc, RRT, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS
Delegate for Singapore
Senior Principal Respiratory Therapist
Children’s Intensive Care Unit
Department of Pediatric Subspecialties
KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Singapore
Hector G. Leon, MD, FAARC
DELEGATE FOR MEXICO
Presidente del Consejo LatinoAmericano Certificación Profesional en Terapía Respiratoria, Respiratory Therapy Private Clinic
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO DF
Hui-Ling Lin, PhD, RRT, RN, FAARC
DELEGATE FOR TAIWAN
Professor of Respiratory Therapy
Chang Gung University
TAOYUAN CITY, TAIWAN
Heidi Markussen, RN, Respiratory Specialist
Delegate for Norway
Assistant Director, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital
Bergen, Norway
Tetsuo Miyagawa, PhD, RRT, RPT, RCET
Delegate for Japan
Associate Professor, Showa University School of Nursing & Rehab
Yokohama, Japan
Moaaz Mohammed, MSc, RT
Delegate for Egypt
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Respiratory Gate Egypt, Inc.
Director of Respiratory Therapy
Air Force Specialized Hospital
Cairo, Egypt
Ernest Addo Ofosu-Appiah MD, FWACS
Delegate for Ghana
Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care Head, Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care University of Ghana Medical Centre
Accra, Ghana
Gustavo Adolfo Olguin, PT, CRT
Delegate for Argentina
Director, The Latin American Board for Professional Certification in Respiratory Therapy
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Soumaya Osen, PhD, MHA, RRT, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS
DELEGATE FOR LEBANON
Respiratory Clinical Specialist
Emory University Hospital
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Yorleny Vargas Prado, MS, RRT
Delegate for Costa Rica
Respiratory Care Director, Santa Paula University
Curridabath, Costa Rica
Anas Mahmoud Qamare, BSRC, RCP
Delegate for Palestine
President, Palestinian Respiratory Care Syndicate
Director, Respiratory Care Department
Hebron Governmental Hospital
Bebron, Palestine
Madhuragauri Shevade, PhD, MSRC, RRT-NPS, FIARC
Delegate for India
Manager, Training Programs
Chest Research & Training PVt, LTD
Pune, Haharasthtra, India
Muhammad Shoukat, BSRT, RT, RCP
Delegate for Pakistan
Head of Respiratory Therapy Department
Shifa International Hospital H-8
Clinical Instructor, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University
Islamabad, Pakistan
Dr. Do Ngoc Son, MD, PhD
Delegate for Vietnam
Director of Center for Critical Care Medicine, Bach Mai Hospital
Chairman of Faculty of Clinical Medicine, Bach Mai Nursing School
Deputy chairman of Faculty of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hanoi Natinoal University
Vice President of Society of Emergency, Critical Care Medicine, and Clinical Toxicology for Hanoi
Secretary General of Vietnam Society of Emergency Medicine
Vietnam
Marcela Spraul, RCP, BSRT
Delegate for Colombia
Manager Respiratory Care, Shriners Hospitals for Children
St. Louis, MO
Noel S. Tiburcio, PhD, MBA, RTRP, RRT-NPS, FAARC
Delegate for Philippines
President/Chief Executive Officer
Philippine Respiratory Care Professionals, Inc.
Adviser, Association of Respiratory Care Professionals, Inc.
Manila, Philippines
Lisa M. Trujillo, DHSc, RRT, FAARC
Delegate for United States
Program Director/Clinical Associate Professor
The University of Kansas Health System
Kansas City, KS
Yuqi Liu, MD
Delegate for China
ICRC Liaison for Fundamentals of Respiratory Care Support Course Development in China
Director of Respiratory Therapy and Critical Care
Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University
Quanzhou, China
Council Members At-Large
Michael T. Amato, MBA
Delegate-At-Large
President, InspiRx
North Carolina, USA
Jim Liu, MD
Delegate-At-Large
Aerogen Regional Manager for Greater China
Beijing, China
Bill Kashiwazaki
Delegate-At-Large
President, Pacific Commercial Inc
Forest Hills, NY
Liang Xu, MD
Delegate-At-Large
Director of Critical Care Department Wuhan Wuchang Hospital
Wuhan, China
Ruben D. Restrepo, MD, RRT, FAARC
Delegate-At-Large
Professor, Department Respiratory Care
The University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Bruce K. Rubin MEngr, MD, MBA, FRCPC
ICRC Medical Advisor
Jessie Ball duPont Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Richmond, VA
Council Emeritae
Graeme A’Court
New Zealand
Hassan S. Alorainy BSrc, RRT, FAARC
Delegate for Saudi Arabia
Executive Committee
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Airton Stingelin Crespo, MD, FCCP
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Vijay Desphande, MS, RRT, FAARC
Delegate for India
Manipal, India
Patrick J. Dunne MEd, RRT, FAARC
Delegate for USA
Executive Committee
Fullerton, CA
Pierre Emery
Versailles, Paris, France
Sam P. Giordano, MBA, RRT, FAARC
Director-at-Large
Irving, TX
Derek L. Glinsman, RRT, FAARC—Active Status
Loveland, CO
Louis M. Sinopoli, EdD, RRT, FAARC
Educational Advisor to Executive Committee
Jerome Sullivan, PhD, RRT, FAARC
President (1991–2020)
Abundio Leon Valedrrabano, MD
Mexico City, Mexico
Deceased
Toshihiko Koga, MD
Delegate for Japan
Tokyo, JAPAN
David Lu
Delegate-At-Large
Respiratory Care Association of ROC
Taipei, TAIWAN
Brian N. Oka, RRT-NPS, FAARC
Clinical Sales Specialist, Holden Hospital Supply, Inc.
HONOLULU, HI
Louis M. Sinopoli, EdD, RRT, FAARC
Educational Advisor to Executive Committee
Torrance, CA
Abundio Leon Valedrrabano, MD
Delegate-At-Large
Mexico City, MEXICO
* Candidate status