Maria Broadstreet, RN, MSN, CPNP, graduated from Loyola University in Chicago with her MSN in 2000 and is a Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in both acute and primary care. She currently practices as a Nurse Practitioner at Lurie Children's Hospital (formerly Children's Memorial Hospital) in Chicago, Illinois. At Lurie, Maria has also played an integral role in the development of a Cardiac Neurodevelopment Program. Maria has past experience in a primary care pediatric office. She treated both well and sick children with a special interest in the asthma/allergy population and was involved in developmental testing. During her career, she has taught undergraduate clinical courses for Loyola University and is adjunct faculty at DePaul University in their Family Nurse Practitioner Program, instructing graduate students in pediatric primary care. She is also honored to have been recently involved in the National Certification Corporation (NCC) campaign to educate the public on nursing certification. She is a nationally-recognized speaker and has provided educational seminars for PESI/CMI Education Institute, Inc. since 2006.

Stephen Jones, MS, RN, PNP, ET, is a Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist/Nurse Practitioner and Enterostomal Therapist who practices fulltime at the Children's Hospital-Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York. In this role, Stephen cares for children in a variety of pediatric units, with both acute and chronic conditions, including the general pediatric units and PICU. He also manages children with pulmonary conditions in the Pulmonary and Cystic Fibrosis clinics. As an Enterostomal therapist, Steve also consults in the NICU and various outpatient clinic settings for skin/wound/ostomy issues. Within his many roles, he interacts and deals with children with many and varied conditions. Within these roles, a good percentage of Steve's time is spent in managing children with myriad types of upper and lower airway/pulmonary conditions, from acute to chronic conditions, including asthma, BPD, and Cystic Fibrosis, as well as children with mechanical ventilators.