{"id":44744,"date":"2015-11-17T20:30:46","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T20:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/?page_id=44744"},"modified":"2023-02-10T17:18:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T17:18:32","slug":"aaron-light","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/our-team\/aaron-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Aaron Light, DHSc., RRT-ACCS"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”55533″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_cta h2=””]Dean of Health Sciences<\/p>\n

DHSc, Nova Southeastern University – Florida<\/p>\n

MS, Northeastern University<\/p>\n

BSRT, Missouri State University<\/p>\n

BS, Missouri State University<\/p>\n

AAS, Ozarks Technical Community College<\/p>\n

Office:<\/strong> LCN 212B<\/p>\n

Phone:<\/strong> (417) 447-8802[\/vc_cta][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Dr. Aaron Light, DHSc., RRT-ACCS<\/h1>\n

Dr. Light is a 2001 graduate of OTC’s Respiratory Care Program and holds credentials as a Registered Respiratory Therapist and Adult Critical Care Specialist. He\u00a0worked as a respiratory therapist at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, MO for almost 14 years in the Adult ICU’s. Additionally, during his time at Mercy he worked in the neonatal intensive care unit, pediatric intensive care unit and served on their APRV team, VDR team, Inhaled Nitric Oxide team and worked as a patient assessor.<\/p>\n

Dr. Light has, or does serve, on the the Institutional Review Board, strategic planning council and the Title IX committee for OTC. He joined OTC in the summer of 2003. He served as the Director of Clinical Education for 12 years until he accepted the position of Program Director in the summer of 2015.<\/p>\n

Professional membership include the AARC, NBRC, and the MSRC. He has served as the Vice President for the Missouri Society for Respiratory Care and as the Adult Critical Care chair of the MSRC specialty conference.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”55533″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_cta h2=””]Dean of Health Sciences DHSc, Nova Southeastern University – Florida MS, Northeastern University BSRT, Missouri State University BS, Missouri State University AAS, Ozarks Technical Community College Office: LCN 212B Phone: (417) 447-8802[\/vc_cta][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text] Dr. Aaron Light, DHSc., RRT-ACCS Dr. Light is a 2001 graduate of OTC’s Respiratory Care Program…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":5041,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-44744","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","description-off"],"yoast_head":"\nDr. Aaron Light, DHSc., RRT-ACCS - OTC Health Sciences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dr. Aaron Light, DHSc., RRT-ACCS - OTC Allied Health - Dr. Light is a 2001 graduate of Ozarks Technical Community College\u2019s Respiratory Care Program.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/our-team\/aaron-light\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dr. Aaron Light, DHSc., RRT-ACCS - OTC Health Sciences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Aaron Light, DHSc., RRT-ACCS - OTC Allied Health - Dr. Light is a 2001 graduate of Ozarks Technical Community College\u2019s Respiratory Care Program.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/our-team\/aaron-light\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"OTC Health Sciences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ozarkstech\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-10T17:18:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@otcedu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/our-team\/aaron-light\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/our-team\/aaron-light\/\",\"name\":\"Dr. Aaron Light, DHSc., RRT-ACCS - OTC Health Sciences\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-17T20:30:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-10T17:18:32+00:00\",\"description\":\"Dr. Aaron Light, DHSc., RRT-ACCS - OTC Allied Health - Dr. Light is a 2001 graduate of Ozarks Technical Community College\u2019s Respiratory Care Program.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/our-team\/aaron-light\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/our-team\/aaron-light\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/our-team\/aaron-light\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Contact Our Team\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/our-team\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Dr. Aaron Light, DHSc., RRT-ACCS\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/\",\"name\":\"OTC Health Sciences\",\"description\":\"Ozarks Technical Community College\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ozarks Technical Community College\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/media\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2015\/02\/wordmark_white_basic.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/media\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2015\/02\/wordmark_white_basic.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":79,\"caption\":\"Ozarks Technical Community College\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ozarkstech\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/otcedu\",\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/ozarkstech\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/edu\/ozarks-technical-community-college-31993\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/ozarkstech\",\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/OTCvids\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dr. Aaron Light, DHSc., RRT-ACCS - OTC Health Sciences","description":"Dr. Aaron Light, DHSc., RRT-ACCS - OTC Allied Health - Dr. Light is a 2001 graduate of Ozarks Technical Community College\u2019s Respiratory Care Program.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/our-team\/aaron-light\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dr. Aaron Light, DHSc., RRT-ACCS - OTC Health Sciences","og_description":"Dr. Aaron Light, DHSc., RRT-ACCS - OTC Allied Health - Dr. Light is a 2001 graduate of Ozarks Technical Community College\u2019s Respiratory Care Program.","og_url":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/our-team\/aaron-light\/","og_site_name":"OTC Health Sciences","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ozarkstech","article_modified_time":"2023-02-10T17:18:32+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@otcedu","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/our-team\/aaron-light\/","url":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/our-team\/aaron-light\/","name":"Dr. Aaron Light, DHSc., RRT-ACCS - OTC Health Sciences","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-11-17T20:30:46+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-10T17:18:32+00:00","description":"Dr. Aaron Light, DHSc., RRT-ACCS - OTC Allied Health - Dr. Light is a 2001 graduate of Ozarks Technical Community College\u2019s Respiratory Care Program.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/our-team\/aaron-light\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/our-team\/aaron-light\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/our-team\/aaron-light\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Contact Our Team","item":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/our-team\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Dr. Aaron Light, DHSc., RRT-ACCS"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/#website","url":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/","name":"OTC Health Sciences","description":"Ozarks Technical Community College","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/#organization","name":"Ozarks Technical Community College","url":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/media\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2015\/02\/wordmark_white_basic.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/media\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2015\/02\/wordmark_white_basic.png","width":300,"height":79,"caption":"Ozarks Technical Community College"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ozarkstech","https:\/\/x.com\/otcedu","http:\/\/instagram.com\/ozarkstech","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/edu\/ozarks-technical-community-college-31993","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/ozarkstech","http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/OTCvids"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44744"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56268,"href":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44744\/revisions\/56268"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}