Thomas J Stokes, Jr., M.A., RRT

Thomas Stokes, MEd, RRT is an Assistant Professor in the department of Respiratory Care. With over 26 years in both Adult and Pediatric critical care, he have been able to gain a wealth of knowledge and experience in the field of Respiratory Care. His desire to provide the best care and education for his patients steered him into the direction of wanting to become an educator. He took great pride in obtaining his post grad degree so that he could have the opportunity to teach others. He finds it extremely rewarding to take students and to mold them into excellent graduates and future RT‘s. Over the past 10 years, he has held positions of both Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Education at other institutions. He is currently the Lambda Beta Honor Society advisor, Student Organization advisor and has over the years been responsible for teaching the first year Bachelors and Masters courses and labs for Fundamentals of Respiratory Care and Patient Assessment; as well as both general and critical care clinical rotations. He has been recognized for his excellence as being the recipient of The 2015 President’s Council McKenzie Teaching Award, for Teaching Excellence in Health Professions here at UTHealth-San Antonio.