Department of the Year – Roper St. Francis Healthcare, Respiratory Therapy Department
Practitioner of the Year – Education – Cayce Hendrix, MA, RRT-NPS, Midlands Technical College
Garrett Galloway Outpatient Leadership Award – Erica Mason, CRT, Millenium Post Acute Rehab
SCSRC Region of the Year – Piedmont Region
President’s Award – Selma Watson, RRT, CPFT
Palmetto Award – Jerry Alewine, Ed.D, RRT, Newberry College
Recognized as PHIL Award recipient – Emanuel Smith, RRT, MUSC Florence
Trish Blakely Memorial Award/Scholarship – Philine Mattingly, RRT-NPS, Lexington Medical Center
Early Professional Scholarship Award Winners:
Kristen Chayka, Piedmont Technical College, Essay titled “You Are What You Breathe”
Aryana Hettrick, Spartanburg Community College, Essay titled “Clinical Workup of Fire and Smoke Inhalation Injuries”
Katelyn Morris, Midlands Technical College, Essay titled “The Importance of Pulmonary Rehab”
Kelly Wright, Trident Technical College, Essay titled “An Insider’s View: The Impact of Proper Education for Patients with Respiratory Diseases”