Teka Siebenaler

Teka Siebenaler is the director of clinical education and an instructor for the Respiratory Therapy program at Southeast Technical College. She is a graduate of St. Catherine's University in St. Paul, Minn., and completed her Bachelor’s degree and Masters in Public Health.

Teka received her Registered Respiratory Therapist certification from the National Board of Respiratory Care in 1997. She maintains active state licenses in South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin. She is also ACLS, PALS, BLS, NRP and S.T.A.B.L.E trained.

She has spent the last 28 years working clinically, with a passion for neonatal and pediatric medicine. She also has been involved with ECMO for the last 22 years, including LVAD's, temporary forms of mechanical circulatory support in adult and pediatrics.

• Master of Public Health, Capella University-Minneapolis, Minn.
• Bachelors of Applied Studies, University of Minnesota Crookston, Crookston, Minn.
• Associate of Applied Science in Respiratory Therapy, St. Catherine's University, St. Paul, Minn.