Meet respiratory therapists Joe Cram and Jean DuBois. In honor of National Respiratory Care Week, we are highlighting Joe and Jean along with one of their patients, 6-year-old Kenedi Groves. Kenedi was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome – the left side of her heart was severely underdeveloped. After multiple surgeries, she was diagnosed with [...]
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‘I cannot imagine doing anything else’
Name: Jean DuBois, RRT-NPS Years as respiratory therapist: 27 Years at Children’s: 10 Area of expertise: Cardiac ICU Family: Alvin (husband), Doug (son), Heather (daughter), their spouses and four grandchildren - Danielle, Paige, Gavan and Gracie. Hobbies: gardening (especially roses), quilting, needlework, reading, photography and most of all - family. Why respiratory therapy: I pursued the field of respiratory therapy [...]
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‘I understand the stakes and take my job very seriously’
Name: Joe Cram, RRT-NPS, Certified Pulmonary Function Technologist Years as respiratory therapist at Children’s: 22 Area of expertise: Cardiac ICU Family: Michelle (wife), Lauren and Kristen (daughters) Hobbies: family, golf, travel Why respiratory therapy: My oldest daughter was born with a chronic lung disease, Cystic Fibrosis. Becoming a respiratory therapist was my way of helping [...]
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The Pulmonology Division at Children's Medical Center offers comprehensive consultative services for diagnosis and treatment of infants, children and adolescents with a variety of acute and chronic respiratory diseases.
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