Department of Anesthesiology

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Nurse Anesthesia Program

Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice (DNAP)  

Nurse Anesthesia Program
1540 Alcazar Street
Center for Health Professions #205
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9012
(323) 442-2037
FAX: (323) 442-1701
Email: uscnap@usc.edu

Website: keck.usc.edu/anesthesiology/training-education/nurse-anesthesia-program/

Program Directors: Elizabeth Bamgbose, PhD, CRNA; Jeffery Darna, DNP, CRNA, ACNP-BC

Associate Program Directors: Teresa Norris, EdD, CRNA; Michele E. Gold, PhD, CRNA

Administrative Faculty: Erica McCall, MS, CRNA, MPH; Jennifer Hogan, MS, CRNA; Robert Olson, DNAP, CRNA; Paula Belson PhD(c), CRNA; Natalie Meyers, PhD, CRNA; Judith Franco, EdD, CRNA; Charles Griffis, PhD, CRNA; Regaldo Valerio, DNP, CRNA; Tahira Smith-Aifsehei, DNP, CRNA 

Faculty

Chair and Professor: Holly Muir, MD

Professors of Clinical Anesthesiology: Jack Berger; Michele Gold; Gligor Gucev; Steven Haddy; Mary Joseph; Philip Lumb; Steven Richeimer; Duraiyah Thangathurai; Vladmir Zelman

Associate Professors of Clinical Anesthesiology: Dimiter Arnaudov; Eugenia Ayrian; Sherif Kandil; Jeffrey Lee; Rajesh Patel; Peter Roffey; Ashraf Sedra; Earl Strum; Fayez Takla

Assistant Professors of Clinical Anesthesiology: Russel Alexander; Rudolfo Amaya; Tawfik Ayoub; Elizabeth Bamgbose; Maxim Benbassat; Janak Chandrasoma; Isaac Chu; Connie Chung; Kari Cole; Jeffrey Darna; Judith Franco; Rougbeh Jahansouz; Wayne Kaufman; Michael Kerns; Rafat Khan; Michael Kim; John Lee; Rodney McKeever; Arash Motomed; Chuck Nguyn; Teresa Norris; Linda Rever; Candace Tay; Michael Tom; Chelsia Varner

Instructors of Clinical Anesthesiology: Claudia Altomare; Priscilla Arceo; Roberta Ashley; Debbie Avnet; Babatunde Bamidele; Brindusa Bauer; Paula Belson; Daniel Bourke; Ryan Brown; Chelsea Caine; James Carey; Jennilyn Casalme; Adrian Castro; Verzhine Chaparyan; Gicela Chen Zhou; Adrian de La Cruz; Kavita Davenport; Melissa Dowling; Geoff Edwards; Kevin Faustino; Jerome Fernandez; Charlotte Garcia; Katharine Getz; Dolores Gibbs; David Godden; Daniel Gregory; Tseganesh Haileselas; Jennifer Hogan; Dina Hunt; Monique Jabbour; Ronald Jarvina; Kelsey Johnson; Kim Jones-Tang; Andrea Kaek; Rory Keenan; Joseph Kim; Philip Klaine; Vadim Kuraev; Danielle Kuykendall; Edgar Lampano; Cheryl Lansang; Krichelle Lanson; Nikola Lazovich; Jennifer Lee; Rubin Macias; Victoria Mahony; Jason Malig; Tracy May; Jon McIntyre; Paul Montori; Sharon Munfus; Arthur Norcliff; Cathy Ngo; Aileen Nguyen; Michelle Olivares; Margaret Oliveto; Robert Olson; Patricia Omoto; Nilu Patel; Nancy Perez; Sharon Perez; Erin Peters; Karissa Picolo; Nicole Que; Seth Quiambao; Ali Quilter; Christina Raimondo; Joseph Sammut; Jacob Schonau-Taylor; Avneet Signh; Tahira Smith-Aifesehi; Ethan Tate; Crystal Trinooson; Regalado Valerio; Suzanna Valerio; Rhona Wang; Kelly Zhou

The USC Program of Nurse Anesthesia prepares qualified nurses to obtain a professional doctorate of nurse anesthesia practice; upon successful completion of the curriculum the student is authorized to sit for the certification examination given by the National Board of Certification and Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists. The USC Program of Nurse Anesthesia offers a concentrated academic and comprehensive clinical curriculum. Students will gain experience in the various required clinical specialty areas, including general, cardiothoracic, neurosurgical, genitourinary, gynecologic, head and neck, plastic, orthopaedic, trauma, obstetric, pediatric and ambulatory outpatient procedures as well as experience in regional anesthesia, pain management, trauma and emergency airway response. Our mission is to promote scholarly education and professional development of future nurse anesthetists with the academic strength and leadership skills to advance our profession.

Students enrolling in the Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice (DNAP) course of study must complete  75-78 units, over the course of a continuous full-time, 36-month curriculum. Advanced science courses in anesthesiology, anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, and pharmacology complement the two-year nurse anesthesia clinical residency. Graduates become experts in anesthesiology, perioperative care and pain management, as well as proponents of translational science. Students learn to analyze, synthesize and translate scientific evidence into clinical practice and demonstrate their skill proficiency in a scholarly doctoral capstone project. In addition, course work in health care policy, leadership and advocacy, informatics and technology, and population health prepare nurse anesthesia students for becoming industry leaders and change agents. The USC Program of Nurse Anesthesia has received accreditation through 2023 by the Council on Accreditation (COA) of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs and continues its commitment to excellence in the education of its nurse anesthetist students.

The program is based in the Department of Anesthesiology, and classroom instruction is provided by nurse anesthesia program faculty and from the Department of Anesthesiology, the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, and the Department of Integrative and Anatomical Services within the Keck School of Medicine, as well as clinical faculty from the affiliated clinical sites. Clinical training occurs at Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center, Keck Hospital of USC, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, UCLA-Santa Monica Medical Center, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center and West Los Angeles Veterans’ Administration Medical Center for the primary rotations. Advanced rotations occur at those sites, as well as Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, UCLA Medical Center, Endeavor Surgical Center, Los Angeles Downtown Medical Center and the Raymond Renaissance Surgery Center. 

Programs

Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice  

Pain Medicine Program

USC Pain Center
1520 San Pablo St, Building HCC 2, Suite #3450
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(213) 740-9158
FAX: (213) 821-2972
Email: painmed@usc.edu
Student Adviser: Claudia Lopez at Lope212@usc.edu

Faculty

Information for individual faculty: painmed.usc.edu/faculty

Steven Richeimer, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Psychiatry, Chief, Division of Pain Medicine, Keck School of Medicine Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship, Diplomat in Psychiatry (ABP&N) Diplomat in Anesthesiology (ABA) Diplomat in Pain Medicine (ABA and ABPM)

Glenn Clark, DDS, MS, Professor and Section Chair for Diagnostic Sciences, Ostrow School of Dentistry, Director, Orofacial Pain/Oral Medicine Center, Diplomat in Orofacial Pain, Fellow in Oral Medicine, Program Director, Conventional Orofacial Pain Residency Program, Program Director, Hybrid-Online MS degree in Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine

Professor: John Berger (Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology)

Associate Professors: Melissa Durham, (Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Econonomics and Policy); Susan Enguidanos (Gerontology); Shahin Sadik (Anesthesiology); Faye Miriam Weinstein (Anesthesiology & Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences)

Assistant Professors: Reyes Enciso; John Lee (Anesthesiology); Mariela Padilla (Periodontics, Diagnostic Sciences & Dental Hygiene); Kathryn Havens (Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy); Shahin Sadik; Jonathan Chen Sum (Physical Therapy); Ashley Uyeshiro (Occupational Therapy); Yogi S. Matharu (Physical Therapy); Sunita Puri (GIM - PAT.Care); Armaity V Austin (Family Medicine); William F. Spalding (Anesthesiology)

Adjunct Professors: Reed Levine (Neurology); John D. Harwell (Law)

The administrative offices of the Pain Medicine programs are located on the University Park Campus. Faculty of the department are located predominantly at the Health Sciences Campus.

Programs

Pain Medicine (MPM)  

Pain Medicine Certificate  

Courses

• ANST 501 Advanced Pharmacology of Anesthesia Practice I
• ANST 502 Principles of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
• ANST 503 Advanced Pharmacology of Anesthesia Practice II
• ANST 504 Advanced Pathophysiology Related to Anesthesia Practice
• ANST 506 Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
• ANST 508 Research: Investigative Inquiry
• ANST 590 Directed Research
• ANST 591 Special Projects
• ANST 600 Gateway Tools
• ANST 601 Professional Integration to the Clinical Environment
• ANST 602 Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
• ANST 603 Anatomy and Advanced Health Assessment
• ANST 604 Healthcare Policy for Advocacy in Health Care
• ANST 605 Clinical Prevention and Population Health
• ANST 607 Advanced Health Assessment
• ANST 608 Advanced Clinical Anatomy for Nurse Anesthesia Practice
• ANST 609 Advanced Health Assessment
• ANST 610 Advanced Physiology for Nurse Anesthesia Practice
• ANST 611 Leadership and Collaborative Practice
• ANST 613 Clinician-Technology Interface
• ANST 614 Clinical Residency in Nurse Anesthesia I
• ANST 615 Clinical Residency in Nurse Anesthesia II
• ANST 616 Advanced Clinical Residency in Nurse Anesthesia I
• ANST 617 Advanced Clinical Residency in Nurse Anesthesia II
• ANST 618 Advanced Clinical Residency in Nurse Anesthesia III
• ANST 619 Advanced Clinical Residency in Nurse Anesthesia IV
• ANST 631 Clinical Synthesis I
• ANST 632 Clinical Synthesis II
• ANST 633 Clinical Synthesis III
• ANST 690 Directed Research
• ANST 691 The Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice Essentials
• ANST 694a Doctoral Capstone Project
• ANST 694b Doctoral Capstone Project
• ANST 694c Doctoral Capstone Project
• ANST 694d Doctoral Capstone Project

• PAIN 701 Pharmacotherapeutics for Pain
• PAIN 702 Pain Classification and Diagnosis - Part 1
• PAIN 703 Psychological Aspects of the Pain Experience: Individual and
• PAIN 704 Pain and Society: Epidemiology and Cultural issues
• PAIN 705 Pain Assessment: History and Physical Examination
• PAIN 706 Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Pathology
• PAIN 707 Pain Neuroscience
• PAIN 708 Opioids
• PAIN 709 Pain Classification and Diagnosis - Part 2
• PAIN 710 Advanced Pain Physiology and Neuroscience
• PAIN 711 Research Methodology
• PAIN 712a Pain Medicine Capstone
• PAIN 712b Pain Medicine Capstone
• PAIN 712c Pain Medicine Capstone
• PAIN 712d Pain Medicine Capstone
• PAIN 713a Case Studies
• PAIN 713b Case Studies
• PAIN 713c Case Studies
• PAIN 713d Case Studies
• PAIN 714 Public Policy and Legal issues
• PAIN 715 History of Pain: Theory and Treatment
• PAIN 716 Neuropathic Pain
• PAIN 717 Psychological Aspects of Chronic Pain
• PAIN 718 Complementary Approaches
• PAIN 719 Building a Practice: Institutional or Private
• PAIN 720 Physical and Occupational Therapies
• PAIN 721 Advanced Therapeutics
• PAIN 722 Palliative Care in End of Life
• PAIN 723 Orofacial Pain and Headache