North Carolina Asthma Champion Award Dr. Gregory Kearney recently received the 2017 Asthma Champion award from the Asthma Alliance of North Carolina for his unique body of practice-based field research around the disease.
2016
October 28, 2016 DAISY Award Honoree This September, Theresa Blount won the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The DAISY Award is a recognition program for nurses who make a difference in the lives of their patients and patients' families every day. You can see Theresa’s spotlight here. Congratulations Theresa! More information on the DAISY Foundation can be found here.
May 17th, 2016 North Carolina Asthma Champion Award Theresa Langston, BSRT, RRT, RCP, AE-C is the recipient of the 2016 North Carolina Asthma Champion Award. This award was presented on May 17 at the North Carolina Asthma Summit in Burlington, NC. Theresa Langston is the founder of the pediatric asthma program at Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital. She has helped children and families manage asthma since 2012, and previously worked as a clinical Registered Respiratory Therapist. She is a member of the NC Asthma Alliance, the Association of Asthma Educators, the American Association for Respiratory Care, and the National Board for Respiratory Care. Theresa graduated from Pitt Community College and UNC Charlotte. She has lived all her life in Winston, N.C., and is a member of the Meherrin Nation. When she’s taking time off from caring for children with asthma, Theresa enjoys traveling with her son and husband.