{"id":9151,"date":"2024-12-03T14:34:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T19:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/?post_type=idfive-person&#038;p=9151"},"modified":"2025-02-09T14:28:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T19:28:57","slug":"mychal-butler","status":"publish","type":"idfive-person","link":"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/staff-directory\/mychal-butler\/","title":{"rendered":"Mychal Butler"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--person\">\n\t<div class=\"person-block idf-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"person-block-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"person-block-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_person_placeholder_480.jpg\" alt=\"A gray silhouette of a person on a light gray background, typically used as a placeholder for a profile picture.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"person-block-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 id=\"article-h1\">Mychal Butler<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"person-block-info__title\">RT <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Weekend Day Respiratory Therapy Supervisor<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"person-block-contact\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/treatment\/services-clinics\/respiratory-services\/\" class=\"wp-element-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Ventilator and Respiratory Services<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"idf-block text-content\">\n\t\t<p>Mychal Butler, RT, has been with Shepherd Center since 2014 and is part of the respiratory therapy team.<\/p>\n<h2>Education and training<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Georgia Medical Institute<\/strong><br \/>\nRespiratory Therapy Program, 2003-2005<\/p>\n<h2>Certifications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>National Board of Respiratory Care<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About<\/h2>\n<p>At the helm of the weekend crew, Mychal Butler excels in supervising operations to ensure smooth and efficient functioning. 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