Department of Anesthesiology

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• Nurse Anesthesia Program
• Pain Medicine Program
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Nurse Anesthesia Program

Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice (DNAP)  

Note: The MS in nurse anesthesia option is no longer accepting students. The MS option will end in August 2018. 

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 Director: Michele E. Gold, PhD

Associate Program Director: Teresa Norris, EdD

Assistant Program Directors: Jeffrey Darna, DNP; Elizabeth Bamgbose, CRNA, PhD

Administrative Faculty: Judith Franco, EdD; Charlotte Garcia, CRNA, EdD; Charles Griffis, PhD; Erica McCall, MS, MPH

Faculty

Chair and Professor: Holly Muir

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

Associate Professors of Clinical Anesthesiology: Dimiter Arnaudov; Eugenia Ayrian; Armed Darwish; Tara Humphrey; Sherif Kandil; Jeffrey Lee; Rana Movahedi; Rajesh Patel; Peter Roffey; Ashraf Sedra; Earl Strum; Fayez Takla; Joshua Tobin

Assistant Professors of Clinical Anesthesiology: Russel Alexander; Susan Alvarez; Rudolfo Amaya; Tawfik Ayoub; Maxim Benbassat; Janak Chandrasoma; Isaac Chu; Connie Chung; Kari Cole; Kären Embrey; Talin Evazyan; Judith Franco; Sarah Giron; Emily Goldenberg; Assem Hemmed; Rougbeh Jahansouz; Wayne Kaufman; Michael Kerns; Rafat Khan; Michael Kim; John Lee; Rodney McKeever; Mojan Moallempour; Arash Motomed; Joshua Ng; Chuck Nguyn; Teresa Norris; Ellen Park; Linda Rever; Shawn Roofian; Angele Ryan; Hanna Schittek; Mandeep Singh; Samy Soliman; Shihab Sugeir; Candace Tay; Amy Thomas; Michael Tom; Puja Trivedi; Chelsia Varner

Instructors of Clinical Anesthesiology: Paola Aharoni; Teri Alef; Roberta Ashley; Deborah Avnet; Elizabeth Bamgbose; Brindusa Bauer; Paula Belson; James Carey; Jennilyn Casalme; Adrian Castro; Adrian de La Cruz; Kavita Davenport; Melissa Dowling; Geoff Edwards; Kevin Faustino; Jerome Fernandez; Kristina Ferreira; Jacquelyn Fillingham; Charlotte Garcia; Katharine Getz; Dolores Gibbs; David Godden; Jennifer Hogan; Dina Hunt; Monique Jabbour; Ronald Jarvina; Kelsey Johnson; Kim Jones-Tang; Andrea Kaek; Rory Keenan; Esther Kim; Phil Klain; Vadim Kuraev; Benjamin Lindsey; Jennifer Loshonkohl-Wang; Victoria Mahony; Carolyn Malhotra; Jason Malig; Tracy May; Jon McIntyre; Sharon Munfus; Cathy Ngo; Aileen Nguyen; Chad Nonghin; Arthur Norcliffe; Michelle Olivares; Margaret Oliveto; Robert Olson; Patricia Omoto; Nilu Patel; Nancy Perez; Sharon Perez; Erin Peters; Gabriel Punsalan; Seth Quiambao; Sara Rondinone; Joseph Sammut; Sonja Sena Cary; Michelle Smith; Tahira Smith-Aifesehi; Ethan Tate; Noelle Telebrico; Crystal Trinooson; Amanda Tucker; Regalado Valerio; Rhona Wang; Kelly Zhou

The nurse anesthesia program prepares qualified nurses in the professional doctorate of nurse anesthesia and qualifies the graduate to sit for the certification examination given by the National Board of Certification and Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists. The graduate attains a high level of clinical competence with an extensive body of didactic knowledge relevant to the specialty and advanced practice nursing. The mission of the USC Program of Nurse Anesthesia is 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 the nurse anesthesia core curriculum and specialty practicum. The program consists of 72 units and is completed in 36 months of continuous enrollment (nine semesters; the first semester courses (7 units) are provided in a hybrid online platform). The USC Program of Nurse Anesthesia has received accreditation through 2019 by the Council on Accreditation (COA) of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs and continues its commitment to excellence in the education of its graduate students.

The program is based in the Department of Anesthesiology, and classroom instruction is provided by nurse anesthesia program faculty and faculty from the Department of Anesthesiology, the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, and the Department of Cell and Neurobiology within the Keck School of Medicine, as well as clinical faculty from the program 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, Long Beach Veterans’ Administration 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 and Northridge/Hallmark Pain Management and Surgery Center. 

Programs

Nurse Anesthesia (MS)  

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 500 Human Anatomy
• 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 505 Clinical Residency in Nurse Anesthesia I
• ANST 506 Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
• ANST 507 Clinical Residency in Nurse Anesthesia II
• ANST 508 Research: Investigative Inquiry
• ANST 509 Advanced Clinical Residency in Nurse Anesthesia I
• ANST 510 Leadership and Professional Aspects of Nurse Anesthesia
• ANST 511 Advanced Clinical Residency in Nurse Anesthesia II
• ANST 512 Research Integration: Capstone Experience
• ANST 513 Advanced Clinical Residency in Nurse Anesthesia III
• ANST 514 Specialty Fellowship
• 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 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 620a Clinical Synthesis I
• ANST 620b Clinical Synthesis I
• ANST 621a Clinical Synthesis II
• ANST 621b Clinical Synthesis II
• ANST 691 Doctoral Capstone Proposal
• 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