Jhaymie Cappiello started at Boise State University in 2018 and is currently a clinical associate professor with the Department of Respiratory Care. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Cardio-Respiratory Sciences in 1984 from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and his Master of Science in Respiratory Care Leadership from Northeastern University in 2014. Jhaymie entered respiratory care as a clinician in 1980, spent his last 29 years at Duke University Hospital in various roles, and taught as adjunct faculty in degree advancement programs for the last seven. Jhaymie was awarded the AARC Practitioner of the Year- Acute Care Specialty Section in 2008 and the Gail Gane Educator of the Year from the NCSRC in 2020. Jhaymie is a strong believer in the high value of the Respiratory Care Practitioner within healthcare. “It is not without this fundamental specialty that a highly vulnerable population will be properly cared for”. Jhaymie lives with his wife in Raleigh, North Carolina and loves to cook!