Faculty
![Tom Jones, Ed.D., RRT, CPFT Tom Jones](https://healthprofessions.uams.edu/respiratory-care/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2021/12/Jones_Thomas.jpg)
Tom Jones, Ed.D., RRT, CPFT
Chair and Program Director, Assistant Professor
Email: TJones4@UAMS.edu
![Anand Venkata, M.D. Anand Venkata](https://healthprofessions.uams.edu/respiratory-care/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2021/12/Venkata_Anand-Narasimhadevara.jpg)
Anand Venkata, M.D.
Medical Director
Email: AVenkata@UAMS.edu
![Tonya Cook, M.Ed., RRT Tonya Cook](https://healthprofessions.uams.edu/respiratory-care/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2021/12/Cook_Tonya.jpg)
Tonya Cook, M.Ed., RRT
Director of Clinical Education, Assistant Professor
Email: TRCook@UAMS.edu
![Kendra McCraney, MBA, MHA, RRT-NPS Kendra McCraney](https://healthprofessions.uams.edu/respiratory-care/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2025/01/McCraney_Kendra-261x327.jpg)
Kendra McCraney, MBA, MHA, RRT-NPS
Assistant Professor
Email: KMcCraney@UAMS.edu
Emeritus Faculty
![Erna L. Boone, DrPH., RRT, CTTS, FAARC Erna Boone](https://healthprofessions.uams.edu/respiratory-care/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2021/12/Boone_Erna-L.jpg)
Erna L. Boone, DrPH., RRT, CTTS, FAARC
Associate Professor Emerita
Email: BooneErnaL@UAMS.edu
![Kathy Jones-Boggs Rye, Ed.D., RRT Kathy Jones-Boggs Rye](https://healthprofessions.uams.edu/respiratory-care/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2021/12/Rye_Kathy-Jones-Boggs_web-245x327.jpg)
Kathy Jones-Boggs Rye, Ed.D., RRT
Professor Emerita
Email: RyeKathyJ@UAMS.edu
Staff
![Lynn Ellison Lynn Ellison](https://healthprofessions.uams.edu/respiratory-care/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2021/12/Ellison_Laberta-Lynn.jpg)
Lynn Ellison
Executive Assistant I
Email: EllisonLynn@UAMS.edu