The Nurse Anesthesia Program has five full time faculty who are employed by the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, not by the clinical site hospital system. The full time faculty (shown below) are responsible for the administrative management of the program and coordinate all of the didactic coursework. A large portion of the academic classes are taught by the Program faculty but we include clinical practitioners in areas of specialty to offer students the best instruction. The Program faculty also perform clinical practice and work with students in the clinical sites on a limited basis. The Program faculty have a combined clinical experience of over 100 years to share with students!

Each clinical site provides a Clinical Coordinator(s) that oversee the day to day clinical activities of the students. Student education in the clinical facilities is aided by the outstanding expertise of over 300 CRNAs and Anesthesiologists.

Program Director and Instructor
Nurse Anesthesia Program

Office: 313 Victoria Building
Fax: 412-383-7227
email: jod01@pitt.edu

Assistant Director and Instructor
Nurse Anesthesia Program

Laura Palmer
MNEd, CRNA

Office: 316 Victoria Building
Fax: 412-383-7227
email: lpa1@pitt.edu

Instructor,
Nurse Anesthesia Program

Bettina Dixon
MSN, CRNA

Office: 315 Victoria Building
Fax: 412-383-7227
email:bdixon@pitt.edu

Richard Henker
PhD, MSN, CRNA

Office: 336 Victoria Building
Fax: 412-383-7227
Email: rhe001@pitt.edu