Mitchell Montenegro

Registered Respiratory Therapist with active RRT and CRT credentials and hands-on experience across adult critical care, pediatric, and neonatal settings. Currently practicing at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, delivering high-acuity respiratory care including rapid response, code blue, mechanical ventilation management, and inhaled nitric oxide therapy. Completed NICU clinical training at Children's Hospital Los Angeles with skills in neonatal airway management, ventilator management of the newborn, and NICU-level oxygen and aerosol therapy.

Holds Neonatal Resuscitation

Practitioner (NRP) certification. Eager to deepen neonatal and pediatric critical care expertise with a forward-thinking institution that invests in the development of its clinical staff.

Registered Respiratory Therapist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (2023-10 – Present)

• Deliver high-acuity respiratory care across adult critical care units, including rapid response and code blue events
• Manage invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation including GE R860, LTV 1200, and V60 platforms
• Perform and interpret arterial blood gas analysis to guide real-time ventilator and oxygenation management
• Administer and wean inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) therapy using INOmax DSIR system
• Perform spontaneous breathing trials (SBT) and daily ventilator weaning protocols to support liberation from mechanical ventilation
• Deliver Metaneb and Volara high-frequency chest wall oscillation therapy
• Execute intubation and extubation procedures as part of the critical care team
• Document all patient care accurately using EPIC charting system

Respiratory Therapist at Asistencia Villa Rehabilitation Center (2023-07 – 2023-09)

• Provided respiratory care for long-term ventilator-dependent patients in a post-acute rehabilitation setting
• Managed tracheostomy care, in-line medication administration, and patient transport
• Operated LTV 1100 ventilators; conducted weaning trials and supported liberation from mechanical ventilation
• Collaborated with nursing staff and interdisciplinary care teams to coordinate daily patient care plans

Clinical Rotation — Adult Critical Care & Med/Surg at Loma Linda University Medical Center (2022-07 – 2022-07)

• Patient assessment, airway management, aerosolized medication delivery, bedside pulmonary function testing
• ICU-level ventilator management, intubation/extubation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• Arterial blood gas puncture and results analysis; bronchoscopy assistance
• EPIC charting system proficiency

Clinical Rotation — Neonatal Intensive Care at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (2023-02 – 2023-02)

• Assessment of the newborn; neonatal airway management and oxygen/aerosol therapy in the NICU
• Ventilator management of the newborn; NICU-level time management and workflow
• CERNER charting system proficiency

Associate of Science in Respiratory Therapy – Platt College (2021-02 – 2023-06)