48th Annual Symposium by the Sea 2026
Embassy Suites by Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront Resort – Discount Deadline 4/24
May 18th-20th, 2026
Speakers/Topics (subject to change)
- Emilee Lamorena, MSc, RRT, RRT-NPS, FAARC– “Better Conflict, Stronger Culture: The Secret of High Performing Teams”
- Hanns Billmayer, RRT – Volumetric CO2
- Sherleen Bose, BA, RRT, CHT-Admin – Legislative Updates
- Bessie Brooks-Garnett, DHA, RRT, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS – AARC/VSRC Membership
- Kellie Carroll, NPA, RRT, RRT-ACCS, AE-C, C-ELBW– NBRC Updates (Plus: Student Breakout Session)
- Quyen Duong, RRT – Understanding Oscillating Lung Expansion Therapy
- John Emberger, RRT, RRT-ACCS, FAARC, CPHQ– Electrical Impedance Tomography: A Look In the Lungs
- Eric Kriner, RRT, FAARC – Patient-Ventilator Assessment: They’re Talking To Us, But Is Anyone Listening?
- Keith Lamb, RRT, RRT-ACCS, FAARC, FCCM – Respiratory Critical Care: A Year in Review
- John Lindsey, PhD., RRT-NPS, FAARC – Respiratory Care: More Than Just a Profession
- Maria Madden, MS, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, FAARC – Breathing Beyond the Injury: Respiratory Care and Diaphragm Pacing in Spinal Cord Trauma
- Michael O’Brien, MSc, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, RRT-SDS, RPFT, AE-C – Proposing A Theory of Caregiver Competency
- Kimberly Smith, RRT, RRT-NPS – ECMO 101: Exploring Basic Concepts
- Karen Wockenfuss, BS RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS – Congenital Cardiac Defects for the Respiratory Therapist: From Physiology to Practice
- & MORE WILL BE ANNOUNCED!