Clinical Associate Professor (Ret.)
Past Chair
- New York State Education Licensure Board for Respiratory Therapy
New York State Society for Respiratory Care
- Vice President and Executive Board Member
Co-Chair
- NYSSRC Ad Hoc Committee for the Academic Advancement of the Respiratory Care Profession in New York State
Steve received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Respiratory Therapy from Long Island University in 1978 and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration with an emphasis in Health Care Administration from Long Island University in 1983. He successfully completed the registry examination in June of 1979. Steve started his career as a respiratory therapist at Queens Hospital Center in Jamaica, NY. In 1980, he accepted a position as a Respiratory Care Clinician at Stony Brook University Hospital and in 1981 was promoted to Assistant Director of Respiratory Care. In 1984, he accepted a position as Director of Respiratory Care at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and in 1985 he became a partner and Vice President of Operations and Clinical Services at Anthony Home Health Care, Inc. In 1993, his company was honored and awarded the New York State Society – Southeastern Chapter Bruce Witz Award as the outstanding respiratory Home Healthcare Company in the New York Metropolitan area. In 1995, he left the corporate world to return to clinical practice as the Assistant Director of Respiratory Care at Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, NY. He remained there until October of 2000 when he returned to Stony Brook University Hospital as Associate Director of Respiratory Care for Education. In 1996, Steve was inducted into the National Board for Respiratory Therapy’s Lambda Beta Honor Society as a faculty member of the Stony Brook University Chapter and in 2008 was inducted into the Alpha Eta Honor Society of the Allied Health Professions Stony Brook University Chapter. In 2005, Steve accepted a full-time faculty position at Stony Brook University, in the School of Health Technology and Management’s Respiratory Care Program, now known as the School of Health Professions, and was responsible for teaching the department’s cardiology courses and medical ethics course. He has served on the SBU – SHTM Faculty Assembly as Vice-President, President, and Parliamentarian. Steve continued to serve as the clinical liaison to the Long Island State Veteran’s Home, which is located on the campus of Stony Brook University. In 2002, Steve was appointed by the New York State Education Department’s Board of Regents as a member of the New York State Education Department Licensure Board for Respiratory Therapy, where he served for two, 5-year consecutive terms, and was elected, during that period, as Chair of the Board for three consecutive 2-year terms. After his term as an active member of the NYSED RT Licensure Board, the Board of Regents selected him to become an Extended Member to the New York State Education Department’s Respiratory Therapy Licensure Board from 2012 to 2022. In 2008, he received the Stony Brook University “President’s Award for Excellence in Team Achievement” for exemplary creativity and collaboration across department lines and for demonstrating that the achievement of the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. In 2014, he was elected by the members of the New York State Society for Respiratory Care to a four-year term as the Long Island Regional Director and from 2017 to 2024 he elected twice by the members of the NYSSRC serve for 7 years representing them as a New York State delegate to the House of Delegates of the American Association for Respiratory Care. In April of 2024, Steve was elected to serve a two-year term as Vice- President of the New York State Society for Respiratory Care. In 2014, he was appointed as a peer reviewer for Journal of Respiratory Care. In 2015, he received the Jonathan Schwarz “Respiratory Therapist of the Year “Award from the New York Downstate Association for Respiratory Therapy. In 2012, he was recognized for outstanding service and dedication to the Respiratory Therapy Licensure Board and in 2014, he received the Stony Brook University, School of Health Technology and Management’s Faculty Honor Award. From 2011 to 2017, Steve served as Vice President for Academics for the United University Professions Stony Brook Health Science Center Chapter, and was awarded the Certificate of Recognition for outstanding, sustained commitment to the advancement of public higher education and for unparalleled service to the academic and professional faculty. In 2019, the AARC, FAARC Selection Committee selected Steve as a Fellow of the AARC. In 2019, Steve was asked to serve as Co-Chair of the NYSSRC Ad Hoc Committee for the Academic Advancement of the Respiratory Care Profession in New York State. He continues to serve in this position collaborating with the NYSSRC Ad Hoc Team, NYSSRC legal counsel, the NYSED and legislators to advance the profession. In June of 2021, Steve received “Thank a Teacher Award, Excellence in Learning and Teaching,” Stony Brook University. In April of 2022, Steve was awarded, with two other colleagues, First Place for outstanding performance in the 11th Annual Open Forum of the Louisiana Society for Respiratory Care (Practitioner Division), at the 50th Annual Educational Meeting, held on April 27, 2022.
He has spoken at many conferences, reviewed textbooks, reviewed manuscripts for publication, continues to be actively involved in research, has received research grants and has been published in medical journals. His areas of interest and responsibilities include topics on hemodynamic monitoring, EKG interpretations, cardiac catheterization, treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, cardiac pathologies, cardiopulmonary pharmacology, cardiac pathologies related to sleep disorders, medical ethics, public health and advanced respiratory care techniques. As a dedicated educator, his primary objective was to educate respiratory therapy students about the field of cardiopulmonary medicine and to prepare them as future respiratory care practitioners.
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