Jan. 5, 2009

Bismarck, ND— Will Beachey, Ph.D., RRT, professor and director of respiratory therapy at the University of Mary, was inducted as a fellow in the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) in conjunction with the AARC's 2008 International Respiratory Congress in Anaheim, CA, Dec. 13-16. The AARC confers this fellowship upon individuals who have made "significant and sustained" contributions to the profession of respiratory care and whose research and publications have iNFLuenced the national professional community.

Beachey holds a doctoral degree from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, and is a Registered Respiratory Therapist through the National Board for Respiratory Care; he is also licensed by the North Dakota State Board of Respiratory Care. In addition, Beachey is a member of the Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC). As director of the professional phase of the respiratory therapy program at the University of Mary, America's Leadership University, since 1990, he is involved in program development, evaluation and accreditation. He has given numerous professional presentations and authored professional publications including a physiology textbook. His office is located on the St. Alexius Medical Center campus, where the physical facilities for the professional phase of the U-Mary program are located.

Now in its 17th year, the University of Mary Respiratory Therapy Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health education Programs upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care.

 

 

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