John Riggs

Email: abqc45@r.postjobfree.com

Address: *** ********* **

City: Mocksville

State: NC

Zip: 27028

Country: USA

Phone: 803-***-****

Skill Level: Director

Salary Range: $90,000

Willing to Relocate

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Job History / Details:

John H. Riggs, Clinical PhD, RRT, FAARC abqc45@r.postjobfree.com

123 Cedarwood Pl

Mocksville, NC 27028

803-***-****

EDUCATION:

* American Academy of Medical Administration Fellow (Cardiology Management Current)

* Clinical Ph.D., Aerosol Design and Method, Eurotechnical Research University, Hilo, Hawaii, (Animal research completed at UCLA) Non-traditional program.

* M.S. Healthcare Administration, Almeda College, Idaho

* B.A. Education, University of Charleston, West Virginia

* A.S. Respiratory, University of Charleston, West Virginia

* CITI Research and Investigational Review Board

EXPERIENCE:

VentLab, Mocksville NC (part-time 2009-2011 then Full Time til 01/2013 Company sold)

Clinical Research Advisor

Established and developed system for Hyper oxygenated Fluids, bench studies including testing methods, animal work being done at Duke University Medical. Patents are pending at this time. Four abstracts have been presented at both local and national levels.

Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence (Part-time) 2012

Reviewer for Respiratory Home Care Claims.

Mission Hospitals, Asheville NC - 2008 - 2011

Director of Respiratory Care

(An 800 bed regional trauma center)

Recruited to revitalize the department of Respiratory Services, including direct supervision of 18 members of the management team as well as 134 staff therapists. Overseeing all department activities, including daily operations, compliance, budget management and meeting accreditation standards.

* Addressed budget control issues by negotiating cost per supply items saving $90,216. per year without effecting quality of supplies. Reduced equipment contract cost by $16,167. per year by having internal staff perform maintenance. Total reduction for the year $184,044. Responsible for an annual budget of $32,000,000. with an expense budget $ 8,940,000. Currently 5% above on revenue and 8% below budget on expenses.

* High Employee satisfaction based on H/R survey completed by 91% of staff.

* Establishing Neonatal-Adult, Neurotrama, Med/Surg ICU service lines for Respiratory Services.

* Recovery of supply control for Respiratory Services.

* Established Respiratory Research Program.

Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill SC - 2004 through 2008

Director of Cardiopulmonary Services

* Currently directing six departments, which include: Respiratory, Vascular sonography, Echocardiography, EKG, Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Medicine.

* Responsible for $31 million in gross revenue with $4 million in total expenses per year.

* Completed $600,000 department renovation in 2006.

* Reduced staff turnover from 51% to less than 1% over three years.

* Reduced departmental audit errors from 38% to under 2%.

* Current committees:

o Policy and Procedure Committee

o Cardiac Collaborative Practice

o Pediatric Collaborative Practice

o Women's Collaborative Practice

o Critical Care Committee

o Pharmacy and Therapeutics

o Radiation Safety Committee

o Infection Control Committee

o Rapid Response Team Committee

o Chest Pain Committee

o Bariatric Collaborative Practice

o Peer Interview Committee Director Level

o Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia Committee

o Chart Audit Committee

o Attend bimonthly ACE meetings and monthly Management and Division meetings.

* Eliminated contract labor and saving $350,000.

* Recovered $1 million in lost revenue in the Cardiology Department.

* Provided new equipment in-services throughout nursing staff.

* Established clinical site rotations for new nursing employees as well as Central Piedmont Community College Respiratory students.

* Provided staff with CME credits through the South Carolina's Medical Examiner's office and the Board of Respiratory Care.

* Revised Respiratory policy and procedures protocols and wrote Cardiology policy and procedures to ICAEL standards for submittal for accreditation.

* Established bedside charting computer system (OPUS) for Respiratory Care.

* Quality control beta site for DataCheck system used in Vascular and Echocardiography.

Rex Healthcare and Apera Home HealthCare- 2002 through 2004

Senior Respiratory Therapist III

Apria Home Care (Part-Time)

Respiratory Consultants of Raleigh - 1988 through 2011

Principal Consultant (owned business)

Medical Specialist Southeast Region

* Clinical Education Specialist

* Serve as a Liaison for Researchers.

* Completed work on TEG unit placement at Duke Medical Center with Dr. Ian Welsby's Blood Clot Research.

Research work for Hudson RCI

* Completed research work including Marketing, Feasibility, Product Comparison study for Company buy out of a Blood Gas Line for Jerri Iszerman.

* Completed Research for High Output nebulizer, troubleshooting problems of low humidity output with Engineers.

* Patent work on Continuous Nebulizer Infusion completed for Tom Louiser of R&D.

Assisted with lung surfactant studies as devices specialist (Ross Labs)

* Established relationships with Dr. Allen Jobe and Jim Lewis MD, as a Liaison for work between Baxter Medical and Ross Labs on Survanta research for RDS.

* Designed, built, benched tested and animal tested nebulizer system for Drs' Jobe and Lewis.

* Completed Dry Powder Research with Micronized Survanta, including dosing in the animal model.

* Worked with Baxter Engineers for mass production of aerosol devices.

* Worked as a Drug to Device Specialist with Baxter and Dr. Allen Jobe.

* Established and have a continued working relationship with Dr. Barry Mangum Pharm.D.

* Neonatal Consultant (Duke Medical Center)

Completed work as a Neonatal Pulmonary Function Specialist for Rick Leonard.

* In-serviced Respiratory Staff on the use of PEDs unit in relation to ventilator setting.

Drug delivery team (Exosurf, Human trials)

* Established Respiratory as team members for project in Wake Medical Center new ICN. Working with and for Drs' Jim Thullan, Tom Young and Ross Vaughn MD with Exosurf.

Completed 15 papers

* Case study on Low-Flow Ventilation

* 10-month follow up study where Low-Flow was found to reduce neonatal barotraumas while saving the Hospital 130,360 dollars.

* Articles on how to find ventilator settings using wave form patterns.

* Featured in ARRC Times as an Inventor, being only one of two Therapists in North Carolina with patents.

* Received three different US Patents, two Australian, two Canadian, and two patents in 15 European countries. Currently have one device pending.

* Lectured on drug delivery methods in NC, VA, WV, OH, AZ and CA.

Beta tested a number of ventilators as well as PFT equipment

* Product review of new ventilator for Newport Medical Company.

* Completed Bench work on new ABG unit for Radiometer.

Manager, Specialty Services, Western Wake Medical Center - 1991 through 2001

Responsible for four cost centers.

* Respiratory, Cardiovascular, Neuro and EKG testing.

* Hired trained 5.5 up to 26 FTEs for this new full service medical branch of WakeMed with over 250 physicians.

* Established completed financial set-up of four departmental cost centers budgets and capital equipment.

* Long range and current budgets.

* Supplied as well as provided equipment for each area by completing all cost to reimbursement planning.

* Wrote all policies for four cost centers (approved by JCAHO), these included skill check-offs. Became a standard for the AARC Clinical Performance Evaluation manual, which I nationally endorsed.

* Established CQI for each of the following: CAP, JCAHO, HCFA, and FDA guidelines, using 7 step process.

* Established contracts with two colleges. Working as a member of the Board of Directors for Edgecomb and Sandshills Community Colleges.

* Responsible for Respiratory drug formulary and review, working with Dr. Vora, Medical Director.

* Named Manager of the Year by the NCSRC.

Respiratory Education and Clinical Coordinator for ICN & Peds - 1988 through 1991

Established Respiratory Care Services in a new level three ICN.

University of Charleston, College of Health Sciences - 1984 through 1988

* Coordinator of Clinical Education

PUBLICATIONS:

2nd Edition Competency Guide for Respiratory Care, AARC, 2011

NCSRC News Letter, "Patent it Yourself a Guide".

NCSRC News Letter, "Middle Management".

AARC TIMES, "Therapist fined their "Muse"".

Neonatal Intensive Care, "Use of Low Flow Rates on Neonatal Pressure Limited Ventilators". Jan/Feb.

Advance for Managers of Respiratory Care, "Bronchodilator Therapy". Sept.

Neonatal Intensive Care, "Ethics". Nov.

Neonatal Intensive Care, "Our Babies". May

Respiratory Home Care, "Editorial and Final Word" Dec.

Neonatal Intensive Care, "Finding Ventilator Settings". Nov.

Neonatal Intensive Care, "Low-Flow Aerosol Drug Delivery". May.

Neonatal Intensive Care, "Specialty Report, Respiratory". Nov.

Neonatal Intensive Care, "Mechanical Ventilation".

Neonatal Intensive Care, "Low-Flow Ventilation".

Neonatal Intensive Care, "Neonatal PFTs and Mechanical Ventilation, A case study".

Neonatal Intensive Care, "Low-Flow Ventilation".

FA Davis Publishing, "Respiratory Facts" >ISBN 0-803*-******

Respiratory Times, Abstract Open Forum: Measurement of Dissolved Oxygen Tension in Fluid Following Supersaturation of Fluid

Respiratory Care, Open Forum Abstracts: Correlations Between Changes in Ambient Oxygen Percentage and Dissolved Oxygen Concentration During Solvation and Solution Supersaturation Using A Novel Hyperbaric Tonometer.

Stratification of Supersaturated Dissolved Oxygen Solutions with Deph and Temperature Using a Novel Hyperbaric Tonometer.

Shelf Life and Gas Concentration Stability of Supersaturated Dissolved Oxygen Solutions at reduced Temperature.

Measurement of Blood Gas Changes and Arteriovenous Oxygen Content Differences Following Injection of Cold Supersaturated Dissolved Oxygen Solution in Vitro.

PATENTS:

2011 Patent Pending US Method and Apparatus for IV and Aerosol Fluid Therapy Using Dissolved Gases in Liquid Solution

2000 Patent Pending Japan Continuous Nebulizer and Method

2000 Patent Pending Japan Low-Flow Nebulizer and Method.

1999 European Countries (17) Low-Flow Nebulization and Method.

1999 European Countries (17) Continuous Flow Nebulizer and Method.

1996 Canadian Patent 2,130,827 Powder Nebulizer.

1994 U.S. Patent 5,355,872 Low-Flow Nebulizer and Method.

1994 U.S. Patent 5,277,175 Continuous Flow Nebulizer and Method.

1993 U.S. Patent 5,186,166 Dry Powder Nebulizer and Method.

1993 Australia Patent 927,834 Low-Flow Nebulizer and Method.

1992 Australia Patent 846,784 Powder Nebulizer and Method.

MEMBERSHIPS:

1. American Association of Respiratory Care 1981-present

2. National Board for Respiratory Care 1981-present

3. American Academy of Medical Administrators 1997

4. Lambda Beta Society 1988

5. North Carolina Society for Respiratory Care 1988, B.O.D. 1999-2002

6. Editorial Advisory Board Goldstein and Associates Publishing 1991-2002

7. Advisory Board SandHills Community College 1988

8. North Carolina License in Respiratory Care

9. BCLS, ACLS, NRP, PALS and EP ACLS

10. Advisory Board for Central Piedmont Community College

11. Advisory Board for Appalachian State University

12. Advisory Board for Southwestern Community College

13. Advisory Board for University of North Carolina Charlotte

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:

* Fellow of the American Association for Respiratory Care, 2010.

* Recipient of the AARC Clinical Excellence Award for 2006 and 2007.

* Recipient of RRT Clinical Excellence Award for 2007.

* Recipient of the 2006 and 2007 HealthGrades Pulmonary Excellence Award with 5-star rating in the treatment of COPD. Also ranks 2nd best in the state of South Carolina, 2007.

* Named Manager of the Quarter Target 100 for Piedmont Medical Center, September 2005.

* Named Manager of the Year for the North Carolina Society for Respiratory Care, 2000.

* Name Instructor of the Year, University of Charleston, College of Health Science, 1984-1988.

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