Members in the News: From Transplant Patient to RT, Student Achievers, and an Apex Award Spotlight

October 26, 2026 |  1 min read

Female Medical Staff In White Coats And Scrubs Use Digital Tablet In Informal Meeting In Hospital

AARC member Angela Kohelis, RRT, was featured in an article and video on the UPMC Health Beat website about her journey from double lung transplant patient to respiratory therapist, and how the RTs who cared for her played a big role in her decision to join the profession. Read and Watch it Here

AARC student members Presley Escue, Andrea Green, Aaliyah Hunt, Keiaysha Seabrain, Meleah Arnold, Diamonds Wells, Caroline Janes, Kaylee Judd, Jailyn Allen, Abbie Bryant, Raegan Sztanya, and Brooklyn Beam, were featured in an article on K105.com for being admitted to the Elizabethtown Community and Technical College’s selective admission respiratory care program. Read it Here

AARC member Alani Charboneau, BSHS, RRT, was featured in an article in the Orange Observer about Dr. P. Phillips Hospital’s receipt of the AARC’s Apex Recognition award. Read it Here

AARC member Liliana Hoffnagle, BS, RRT, RRT-NPS, was featured in an article in the Kirkwood News about a Haunted Hospital event being put on by students in the Respiratory Care Club at Kirkwood Community College. Read it Here

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