Our Asthma Educators

Monica R. Kenney, MD

Servon J. Jackson RRT, CCRC, AE-C

An asthma educator is defined as an expert in teaching, educating, and counseling individuals with asthma and their families in the knowledge and skills necessary to minimize the impact of asthma on their quality of life. A minimum of 1,000 hours of experience is needed before individuals can take the certification exam.

Professionals who hold the AE-C certification include licensed or credentialed individuals from the following list: physicians, physician assistants, nurses, respiratory therapists, pulmonary function technologists, pharmacists, social workers, health educators, physical therapists, and occupational therapists. A second group who is allowed to sit for the exam and hold the AE-C credential includes those who are providing asthma education, counseling, or coordination of services directly to asthma patients.

Timothy J. Dare, PA-C., received his undergraduate degree in Biology and Pre-Med/Physician Assistant in 1997 at Mars Hill College in North Carolina. He completed the Physician Assistant Program in Savannah Georgia at South University in 2000, and received his certification from the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners of Georgia.

Bruce Finkel, MD

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Bruce Finkel, MD received his undergraduate degree from Duke University in 1985. He completed medical school at the University Of South Carolina School Of Medicine, and then returned to Duke University to complete a residency in Pediatrics, and a fellowship in Allergy and Immunology. Dr. Finkel has practiced medicine in Savannah since 1995, and co-founded Coastal Allergy & Asthma, P.C. and AeroAllergy Research Laboratories of Savannah, Inc. in 1999. Dr. Finkel is Board Certified in Allergy & Immunology.

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Brad Goodman, MD

Servon J. Jackson, RRT, CCRC, AE-C received a B.S. in Biology in 1986 from Savannah State University and an A.S. in Respiratory Therapy in 1991 from Armstrong Atlantic State University. He has worked in the perinatal specialty area at Memorial Health University Medical Center, where he was a member of the neonatal transport team. He also served as Perinatal Clinical Instructor for the Armstrong Atlantic State University Respiratory Therapy Department Program. Mr. Jackson is a Certified Asthma Educator.

Brad Goodman, MD, received his undergraduate degree with honors from the University of Georgia in 1988. He graduated from Emory University School of Medicine, and completed his residency in Pediatrics at Emory University and The University of Texas. He completed a fellowship in Allergy and Immunology at BaylorUniversity College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, in 1997. Dr. Goodman has practiced medicine in Savannah since 1997, and co-founded Coastal Allergy & Asthma, P.C. and AeroAllergy Research Laboratories of Savannah, Inc. in 1999. Dr. Goodman is Board Certified in Allergy & Immunology, in addition, a Certified Asthma Educator.

Monica R. Kenney, MD, received her medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey in 1999 and went on to complete her Pediatric Internship and Residency training at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Rama received her fellowship training at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Allergy and Immunology with completion in 2004. Dr. Kenney is Board Certified in Allergy & Immunology.