Kenneth A. Wyka, MS, RRT, FAARC, is a respiratory clinical and home care specialist with Home Therapy Equipment in Clifton Park, NY.  He is a former Associate Professor of Clinical Sciences and Director of Respiratory Clinical Education at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ.  Wyka has in excess of 34 years experience, including Program Director at the Passaic County Community College, and Director of Respiratory Therapy at Valley Hospital.  He is the author of Respiratory Care in Alternate Sites and Foundations of Respiratory Care and has authored chapters on home care and pulmonary rehabilitation in Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care.

Kathleen S. Wyka, AAS, CRT, is a respiratory home care therapist with Home Therapy Equipment in Clifton Park, NY. She has over 26 years experience in respiratory therapy, including roles as Director of Respiratory Care with Allied Health Care Services; staff respiratory therapist at Union Hospital, Children’s Specialized Hospital and Bayonne Hospital; consultant for sub-acute and long-term facilities throughout New Jersey.  In addition, Wyka is responsible for authoring the home care chapter in the current edition of Whitaker’s Comprehensive Perinatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care.