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Contributors
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Tyler Weiss, PhD(c), MSc, RRT, RRT-ACCS, AE-C
Clinical Education Coordinator, Assistant Professor
Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, Division of Respiratory Care
Rush University Medical Center
Tyler Weiss is the Adult Clinical Education Coordinator and Assistant Professor for the Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, Division of Respiratory Care at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Tyler received his Master's in Respiratory Care from Rush University and is currently pursuing his PhD in Health Sciences, also at Rush University with his research focus as assessing prone positioning in intubated patients with COVID-19 utilizing lung ultrasound. Tyler has presented at numerous regional, national, and international conferences on various topics related to respiratory care. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Tyler has worked on the frontlines caring for patients afflicted with COVID-19. He has multiple publications, most recently being published in the British Journal of Anesthesia on prone positioning in intubated patients with COVID-19 as well as Critical Care journal and the Lancet, as a contributor, on the effect of awake prone positioning in patients with COVID-19 on high flow nasal cannula. In addition, Tyler recently published a manuscript on the implementation of a multidisciplinary prone team during a pandemic in the American Journal of Nursing. Due to his efforts during the pandemic, Tyler was named one of Chicago's 2020 Notable Health Care Heroes.