CRNA: Educator, Practitioner, & Pain Management

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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Doctorally prepared Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (DNP, CRNA) with extensive experience in clinical anesthesia, academic leadership, general anesthesia, obstetric anesthesia, regional anesthesia, and interventional pain management. Former nurse anesthesia Program Director and long-standing CRNA educator, with direct responsibility for curriculum development, faculty oversight, student evaluation, accreditation standards, and compliance with institutional and regulatory requirements. Completed formal Title IX training, with experience addressing academic conduct, professionalism, and policy-driven investigations within healthcare education. Clinically experienced in providing general anesthesia and obstetric anesthesia across hospital and surgical settings. Expertise includes anesthetic planning, airway management, pharmacology, regional anesthesia, perioperative patient safety, documentation standards, and CRNA scope of practice in both care-team and independent practice models. Fellowship-trained in pain management and board-certified NSPM-C, having completed advanced training through the University of South Florida (USF), Tampa. Actively practicing interventional pain management with routine performance of ultrasound- and fluoroscopy-guided procedures, including peripheral nerve blocks, epidural steroid injections, medial branch blocks, and radiofrequency ablations. Clinical focus includes appropriate patient selection, procedural technique, imaging standards, complication avoidance, informed consent, and longitudinal pain management. Provides independent, objective expert opinions in cases involving anesthesia care, CRNA standard of care, pain management procedures, academic program operations, supervision and credentialing, and scope-of-practice issues. Services include case review, medical record analysis, written reports, deposition testimony, and trial testimony for both plaintiff and defense. Experienced public speaker and educator with the ability to clearly explain complex medical, educational, and regulatory issues to attorneys, judges, juries, and regulatory bodies.