The PHIL Award is the only national hospital based program honoring respiratory therapists. It educates hospitals, patients, and families on the critical role these “unsung heroes” play in patient care.
RTs support us from our first breath to our last and every breathing challenge in between. By participating, hospitals show their respiratory therapists that they are valued members of the medical team. Nominations come from patients, their family members and other caregivers. By participating in the program, hospitals are giving their patients a voice.
Partnering with the FACES Foundation allows you to make a meaningful impact, demonstrates a passion for patient advocacy, while also increasing brand visibility, and reinforcing your commitment to the RT profession.
Why Recognize Your Respiratory Therapists?
RTs who feel valued will be more engaged with each and every patient, and are more willing to go the “extra mile”. In today’s changing healthcare environment, with budget cuts and stringent readmission guidelines, engaged RTs are one of your best assets – leading to improved patient outcomes. A solid recognition program helps hospitals recognize, retain and recruit exemplary RTs.
The SCSRC Executive Committee and Board of Directors has released the applications for 2026 student scholarships, as well as the Practitioner of the Year and Department of the Year awards. PDFs for each application are posted below.
Note: The deadline for these applications is July 1, 2026.
Do you know about the MoreRTs campaign? The NBRC, AARC and CoARC are working together to spread the word that the world needs more respiratory therapists. Here’s what you need to know:
Help Us Address the RT Shortage
The increasing shortage of respiratory therapists is a serious challenge for us all. Across the healthcare industry, we owe it to patients and their families – and to ourselves – to expand specialization in respiratory care and elevate the profession. Together, we can raise our voices to spread awareness and interest in the lifesaving field of respiratory therapy.
MoreRTs is also a great place to find a collection of resources, like informational webinars, recruitment and retention practices, Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) resources, career ladders and more.
If you are a respiratory therapist – or a clinical colleague, educator or patient of a respiratory therapist – you can help us lead the way in shaping the future of the profession. Share with others your firsthand knowledge of respiratory therapy’s life-changing contributions, as we join together to meet the ongoing need to help the world breathe better – one patient at a time.
Department of the Year – Prisma Health North Greenville Hospital Practitioner of the Year – Clinical – Carol Stanfield, RRT, North Greenville Hospital Garrett Galloway Outpatient Leadership Award – Ebony Clark, CRT, Millenium Post Acute Rehab
SCSRC Region of the Year – Piedmont Region
President’s Award – Megan Shell, BSRT, RRT-NRP
Palmetto Award – Wayne Barfield, BS, RRT, MUSC Charleston
Trish Blakely Memorial Award/Scholarship – Faith Hill, BSRT student at Newberry College Katie Coleman, BSRT student at Newberry College
Early Professional Scholarship Award Winners: Khoi “Billy” Hoang, Spartanburg Community College, Essay titled “Mechanical Ventilation: Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury”
William “Will” Simms, Midlands Technical College, Essay titled “Can a Smart Inhaler Improve the Quality of Life for Asthma Patients?”
The changes to the SCSRC Bylaws that were sent to the AARC have been reviewed and approved.
The most significant change for this review involved the combining of the previously known Pee Dee region with the current Coastal region, so that we now have three regions.
The ballot for 2026 was rendered to reflect this change as well.
With appreciation for your support,
Selma B. Watson, RRT, CPFT, RCP 2026 SCSRC President
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