Respiratory Therapist
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Catherine O’Malley, RRT-NPS
Catherine O’Malley is a Respiratory Therapist at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Catherine works in the Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Division as a member of the cystic fibrosis (CF) team at the Lurie Children’s CF Center
Catherine O’Malley attended Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1974-1976, 1977-1978), and Loyola University Rome Center, Italy (1976-1977). In 1985, Catherine earned an Associates in Science degree in Respiratory Therapy from Triton College, River Grove, IL, became board certified, and was hired by Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL that same year, which is now named Lurie Children’s.
Other professional certifications include the National Board for Respiratory Care Registry Exam in1993 and the National Board for Respiratory Perinatal/Pediatric Specialty Exam in1994. Catherine O’Malley was on the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s NACFC Planning Committee from 2010-2015 and on their Infection Prevention and Control Committee in 2001 and 2011.