Summit Talent Group Completed Placement for – Director Respiratory, Pulmonary & Asthma Program Children’s Health of Orange County

September 2022 – Summit Talent Group is pleased to announce the placement of Emilee Lamorena MSc, RRT, RRT-NPS as the new Director of Respiratory, Pulmonary & Asthma Program for Children’s Health of Orange County (CHOC Children’s). Emilee joins CHOC Children’s from her position as the Clinical Manager- Patient Care Operations of the Division of Critical Care – Respiratory Care at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago where she served for five years. She had previously been at Rush Health for four years as Adjunct Faculty, Registered Respiratory Therapist II, ECMO specialist, and Research Assistant.

Emilee earned her Master of Science in Respiratory Care from Rush University and a Bachelor of Science in Biology University of California, Los Angeles. She completed an NYC Teaching Fellowship and is a Fellow for Life for the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. She also serves as Neonatal-Pediatric Section Chair for the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC).

In her free time, Emilee is an Artistic Director and Dancer at CODA (Chicago Onyx Dance Alliance) a professional and competitive dance company.