May 02, 2006

Governor appoints three to the Respiratory Care Council

Julia Downs, Mavis Glenn and Beverly Urmey have been appointed to the Respiratory Care Council, Governor Sebelius announced today. 

“Kansans deserve quality health care,” Sebelius said. “The Respiratory Care Council has the experience and knowledge needed to help achieve that goal.”

Downs, Overbrook, has worked as a Respiratory Care Lead Practitioner at Olathe Medical Center since 2004. She has also worked as a registered Respiratory Therapist for Children’s Mercy Hospital and is a member of the American Association of Respiratory Care. Downs will serve a three-year term.

Glenn, Topeka, retired from the American Lung Association of Kansas in 2004 after 27 years of service. She worked as an information and referral coordinator, scheduling statewide tobacco cessation and prevention programs. She also received the Congress of Lung Association Staff Excellence Award for Administrative Support in 2003. Glenn will serve a two-year term.

Urmey, Derby, has worked at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita since 1976. She serves on the Interdisciplinary Electronic Documentation Team, where she maintains a role as the respiratory care special projects coordinator/educator consultant. Urmey is also a member of the Kansas Association for Respiratory Care, where she has served on the Board of Directors since 2003. She will serve a three-year term.

Grace Marion, Eudora, and William Rea, Pratt were reappointed to the council. Marion will serve a two-year term; Rea will serve a three-year term.

The Respiratory Care Council conducts examinations and registrations of applicants in the field of respiratory therapy.