September 23, 2024

Community Webinar: Debunking Tracheostomy Myths

When:
September 26, 2024 1:00PM

Join Jett Foundation’s Community Webinar Series to hear from DJ Kimble and Jonathon Truwit on common myths of tracheostomies, a surgical procedure that creates an opening in the neck and windpipe to allow air to reach the lungs.

Debunking Tracheostomy Myths
Thursday, September 26, 2024
1pm ET | 12pm CT | 11am MT | 10am PT

 

Jonathon Truwit

Guest Speaker

Jonathon Truwit retired from Froedtert Health and Medical College of Wisconsin and can be found with his wife Jeanne in Lancaster Va, or on the Chesapeake Bay on their sailboat. While at F&MCW, he served as Enterprise Chief Medical Officer, Senior Administrative Dean and on the PCCM faculty. Prior to this, he was at the University of Virginia and during his tenure served as Medical Director of the MICU, Division Chief of PCCM, Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Chair of Piedmont Liability Trust and Chief Medical Officer. His education includes a BSE degree in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University, an MD degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine and an MBA degree from University of Virginia Darden School of Business. He completed his residency and PCCM fellowship at Vanderbilt University.

His research areas include respiratory and ventilatory mechanics, liberation from mechanical ventilation and ARDS clinical trials. Jonathon has over 100 publications and has been acknowledged for his teaching at both UVA and MCW. 

DJ Kimble

Guest Speaker

Our Community Webinar Series is focused on ensuring that our Duchenne and rare disease community is better prepared for those unexpected moments, challenging medical decisions, and difficult stages when on a Duchenne journey.

No one ever expects Duchenne and there is no correct way to tackle a diagnosis, but we can always better prepare. This webinar series is an opportunity to equip yourself with more knowledge, resources, and tools for those real-life, often unanticipated, scenarios.

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