Faculty Sketches
Home ] Instructions ] Program Menu ] Form and Evaluation ] Faculty ] Accreditation ]

Barbara A. Ludwig


Ms Ludwig has been on the faculty of the department of respiratory care since 1972. In 1992 she accepted the position of Interim Chair and has been involved with the strategic planning committees for the School of Allied Health. In 1999 she accepted the position of Chair. She has found time to co-author several CAIs, computer simulations, and a workbook for Clinical Applications of Blood Gases by Barry Shapiro, MD. 4th ed. Ms. Ludwig's expertise is in the theory of adult critical care and pulmonary pathology.

Paul J. Mathews

Dr. Mathews is an Associate Professor and Admissions Co-ordinator in the Department of Respiratory Care Education. He holds Adjunct Associate Professor status in the Center on Aging, is a content area consultant to the Cancer Center, and is a member of the Physical Therapy Education Graduate faculty. He is also an Honorary Professor at the University of Costa Rica. Mathews is a past president of the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC), a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, Lambda Beta (Respiratory Care Honor Society), Pi Lambda Theta (Educational Honor Society), and Sigma Xi (Scientific Honor Society). He is also an Honorary Member of the Philippine Society for Respiratory Care, a Life Member of the AARC, Life Member of the Respiratory Care Management Association, a Project HOPE International Fellow, and a Fellow of the College of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM) and of the American College of Chest Physicians (FCCP). He has served as a consultant to the FDA, USPHS, SUNY-Stony Brook, the government of Costa Rica, and the Mexican Respiratory Care Association. Professor Mathews has published numerous papers, essays, and columns in the professional literature, several books and book chapters, and has presented papers at many national and international professional meetings.

 

 

 

Michael P. Czervinske

Mr. Czervinske joined the faculty at KUMC in 1995 and became the Director of Clinical Education for the Department of Respiratory Care Education in 2004. He previously was the Manager of Cardiopulmonary Diagnostics at Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA. He accepted the pediatrics/neonatal and pulmonary diagnostics position here, and we are all glad he did. His most recent publication is the textbook Perinatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care published in 1995 by WB Saunders Inc. for which he was a co-editor with Sherry Barnhart. Mr. Czervinske wrote three chapters for the textbook. His writing also includes two chapters in another neonatal/pediatric textbook published in 1993. He is also on the ad hoc committee to develop perinatal/pediatric clinical practice guidelines for the AARC.

 

Bethene L. Gregg

Dr. Gregg has been on faculty since 1981 and teaches respiratory care procedures and mechanical ventilators. Both courses have labs which is where she spends most of her time. When she's not in lab she's on the computer doing this. Part of "this" turned out to be the first online CEU program for respiratory care approved by the AARC in 1997. The CEU program provides respiratory care practitioners with AARC approved Category 1 continuing education credits.

Our Students

Beth Gregg also teaches an education class which has a project as one of the requirements. Katie Tull '95 video taped the movies, interviewed Chad Jackson '93 and started the review of the literature for the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy module. It took Gregg a year to learn how to put all the pieces together.The HBO document is also linked to the interdisciplinary Case Study 5: Burn Patient. Thanks go to Todd Jinks, Dustin Lehnert, and Eric Pauls (all Class of '96) for their help in presenting this case study for the SAH Grand Rounds. There will be more case studies online as additional continuing education programs are developed.

Case Study - Blunt Chest Trauma

by Brandi Wilson, Marianne Loridon, Tisha Schmelzle, Sarah Benjes, Bryan Limer, Tim Cunningham, and Toby Miller, all Class of '96. Edited and changed to HTML by B. Gregg.

Case Study - Asthma

by Adam Bennett, Heather Davis, Jennifer Delich, Dewanda Jones, Tracy Klindworth, Tim Platt, Kevin Prothe, and Carol Wu, all Class of '96. Edited and changed to HTML by B. Gregg.

Case Study - Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

by Julia Heyer, Kelly Boyd, Dustin Franklin, and Jason Johnson, all Class of '97. Edited and changed to HTML by B. Gregg.

Case Study - Multiple Gunshot Wounds

presented at the SAH Grand Rounds by Patrick Koehler, Miguel Perez, and Angela Wozniak, all Class of '97. Edited and changed to HTML by B. Gregg.

Case Study - Closed Head Trauma

by Dzung Nguyen, Chad Trautman, Kim Young, and Angela Zarestky, all Class of '97. Edited and changed to HTML by B. Gregg

Cystic Fibrosis Presentation

by Mazen Zari, Class of '98. Edited by Judith Mathewson MS, RRT and changed to HTML by B. Gregg

Lung Cancer Presentation

by Erin Donnelly, Class of '98. Revised by Barbara Ludwig, MA, RRT and changed to HTML by B. Gregg

CABG #2 Presentation

by Steve Johnson, Class of '98. Edited by Barbara Ludwig, MA, RRT and changed to HTML by B. Gregg

Dialysis Presentation

by Frank Vivio, Class of '98. Edited by Barbara Ludwig, MA, RRT and changed to HTML by B. Gregg

Nitric Oxide Presentation

by Peter Dow, Class of '98. Edited by Mike Czervinske, BS, RRT and changed to HTML by B. Gregg

Dräger Evita 4 Presentation

by Joby Steele, Class of '98. Edited and changed to HTML by B. Gregg

Exercise Stress Testing Presentation

by Matt Groves, Class of '98. Edited by Mike Czervinske, BS, RRT and changed to HTML by B. Gregg

Sleep Apnea Presentation

by Matt Groves, Class of '98. Edited by Paul Mathews, PhD, RRT and changed to HTML by B. Gregg

Acute Renal Failure Presentation

by Kim Porter, Class of '98. Edited and changed to HTML by B. Gregg

Long-term Oxygen Therapy

by Charity Scott, Class of '00. Edited and changed to HTML by B. Gregg

Partial Liquid Ventilation

by Willie Geisendorf and Mike Morgan, Class of '00. Edited and changed to HTML by B. Gregg

Respiratory Distress Syndrome

by Jennifer Swihart and Kristine Boggs, Class of '01. Edited by Mike Czervinske, BS, RRT and changed to HTML by B. Gregg

Neonatal Pneumonia

by Pui Pui Ku and Bridgette Blain, Class of '01. Edited by Mike Czervinske, BS, RRT and changed to HTML by B. Gregg

Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn

by Katherine Bell and Jennifer Igo, Class of '01. Edited by Mike Czervinske, BS, RRT and changed to HTML by B. Gregg

 

 

 

Judith A. Mathewson

Ms. Mathewson was the Director of Clinical Education for the Department of Respiratory Care Education from 1980-2003. Her skill in scheduling students through countless rotations with six clinical affiliates was unsurpassed. She taught the pharmacology course, the senior registry review, advised and facilitated student case conferences, and was a site visitor for JRCRTE. Publications included CAIs, clinical simulations, and a book chapter on Respiratory Pharmacology. She retired in 2004.