New Hanover Regional Pulmonary Experts to Speak at Wilmington Lung Cancer Patient Group

WILMINGTON, NC- (August 30, 2024) The September meeting of the LiveLung Wilmington Lung Cancer chapter will feature two New Hanover Regional Medical Center experts, Pulmonary Disease Navigator, Tony Bollhorst RRT-ACCS-PDE/RCP and Adult Respiratory Clinical Educator, Amy Hall, MSRC, RCP, RRT. Tony and Amy will discuss “The Importance of Pulmonary Rehab.”

The meeting is free, includes lunch and is open to all lung cancer patients, survivors and their care partners. The meeting will be held at 12:30 pm, Thursday, September 5, 2024 at the Hampton Inn Medical Park, 2320 S. 17th Street, Wilmington NC.

Tony Bollhorst has been a Respiratory Therapist with Novant/NH since 2008 and recently became a Pulmonary Disease Navigator. He enjoys learning anything related to Cardio-Pulmonary that will benefit his patients. He initiated free smoking cessation classes for the public, as well as patients enrolled in pulmonary/cardiac rehabilitation programs. He was Employee of the Year in 2018.

Amy Hall started her respiratory career at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, NE as an RRT and relocated to Wilmington, NC in 2016. She has worked at NH-NHRMC since 2016 as a Respiratory Therapist and has been the Clinical Educator for Respiratory Care since 2020. She has a Master's degree in Respiratory Care and an endorsement as an ECMO Specialist. She is passionate about with patients and ensuring they are receiving evidence-based medicine.

Lung cancer patients and their care partners may register for the meeting at www.livelung.org/meetings or by contact Wilmington Chapter Facilitator Emily with questions at 910.616.7100 or emily@livelung.org.

About LiveLung
LiveLung is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization on a mission to improve health outcomes by advancing lung cancer education, early detection, and compassion for people impacted by lung cancer. We do this by hosting a network of monthly educational community lung cancer patient groups. We provide resource bags to dozens of cancer centers where nurse navigators give them to newly diagnosed lung cancer patients.