Shannon Hardy is a Registered Respiratory Therapist in the Lubbock branch office. Shannon has been a respiratory therapist at Wave Healthcare for seven years and was recently promoted to Director of Clinical Operations. Prior to Wave Healthcare, she worked as a respiratory therapist at University Medical Center in Lubbock for 13 years. During her career at UMC, she was primarily in the NICU, PICU, was on the transport team for these two units and was a lead therapist for the respiratory care team. Shannon loves to teach parents and caregivers and empower them to be able to take care of their loved ones at home. “I used to watch these patients being born, have their ups and downs in the hospital, and then had to say my goodbyes when they were discharged. Now, I get to meet them and follow their progress, which is unbelievably amazing and inspiring.”