About the Program

Meet our Faculty and Staff

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Lonny Ashworth holds an Associate of Science in Respiratory Therapy and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, both from Boise State University. He earned a Master of Education in 1979 from Albertson's College of Idaho. Lonny has been teaching at BSU since 1977, and has been working in Respiratory Care since 1973. He is particularly interested in adult intensive care, especially hemodynamic monitoring and mechanical ventilation. He has been involved with the International Exchange Visit Programme for Respiratory Care Professional since its inception and has presented multiple workshops in Japan regarding Mechanical Ventilation of the Adult Patient.

Jeff Anderson earned an Associate of Arts in Respiratory Therapy from Madison Area Technical College in 1974, and a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology in 1983 from University of Wisconsin. He earned a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction from Boise State University in 1989. He has been teaching at Boise State University since 1986. Jeff's clinical interest leans toward monitoring in adult intensive care, as well as pulmonary function testing and exercise physiology.

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Lutana Haan Lutana H. Haan received her Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy from Boise State University in1996. In 1998, she received her Registry as a Polysomnographic Technologist. Her area of interest is sleep disorders medicine in pediatric through adult patients and is involved in the Idaho Sleep Disorders Association. She is currently working toward her Masters degree.

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Jody Lester earned a Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy from Boise State University in 1983, and a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction from BSU in 1986. She has been teaching at BSU since 1983. She is interested in adult trauma, neonatal intensive care and effects of tobacco on pulmonary health.

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TJ Wing T.J. Wing earned his Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy in 2002 and a Masters of Health Science with a leadership emphasis in 2008, both from Boise State University. He has been teaching adult critical care and neonatal/pediatric emergency medicine in the Respiratory Care Program since 2003. His interests are to continue towards his Ph.D. while completing research in the areas of adult mechanical ventilation, human performance and pulmonary disease.

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