Linda V. Russo, MAEd

Linda V. Russo

201 Hartwood Drive - Gadsden, AL 35901 - (256) 441- 8939 - [email protected]

                                    Masters of Art in Health Education –

                                                University of Alabama at Birmingham

                                    Project Management, certificate level –

                                                University of Alabama

                                    Pediatric Pulmonary Center Trainee

                                                UAB at Children’s of Alabama

                                    Bachelors of Arts, Business Administration–

                                                Auburn University

                                    Associates of Science, Respiratory Therapy –                                                                                   Wallace State Community College

Quality Improvement involvement and advocacy within the Pulmonary Division, at Children’s of Alabama and the Civitan-Sparks Clinics, with promotion of legislative issues for concerns related to

 Children with Special Health Care Needs.

• Institutional Review Board certification since 2013

• Certified through the Peer Educator Program 2014

• Research Assistant for UAB School of Education, spring 2014

  • National College Health Assessment

• Advanced Regional Response Training Center Training,  spring 2014

• Member Phi Kappa Phi, 2015

• Eta Sigma Gamma, Health Education Honor Society 2013

• Original documents and presentations

  • HealthSouth Gadsden, Oxygen Therapy and Guidelines 2013

  • UAB, The history of opiates and the influence of Opiate Therapy     Programs on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, 2014

  • Children’s of Alabama, Interdisciplinary Plan of Care, 2014

  • Children’s of Alabama, Family Case Study, 2014

  • Children’s of Alabama, Family-Centered Care, 2016

• Registered Respiratory Therapist since 2007

• Neonatal/Pediatric Respiratory Care Specialist since 2002

• Current in BCLS and NRP since 1999

• PowerPoint, Excel and other Windows based applications

November 2015 – present                 University of Alabama at Birmingham, Family Advisor with Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) and University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD)

July 2015 – present                           University of Alabama at Birmingham, Pediatric Pulmonary Division Faculty, Family Leader

with the Pediatric Pulmonary Center (PPC)

February 1999 - present                     Brookwood Medical Center, Birmingham, AL

Neonatal Respiratory Therapist

February 2005- 2013                         HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital                                                                                     Gadsden, AL

 Respiratory Therapist, Manager