Certified registered nurse anesthetists
A certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) is a registered nurse with additional years of anesthesia specialty training and certification from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.
Your anesthesia will be administered either by an anesthesiologist or by a CRNA, who is under the medical direction of an anesthesiologist. Our anesthesia staff utilizes a team approach to provide your anesthetic care. This means that your anesthetic may be administered by more than one anesthesiologist or CRNA.
A member of the anesthesia staff will be with you the entire time you are having your surgery.
Betsy Borchardt, CRNA

Undergraduate
BA, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 1982
Diploma Nursing, Louise Suydam McClintic School of Nursing, Pittsburgh PA 1978
Graduate
Certificate Nurse Anesthesia, University Health Center School of Anesthesia, Pittsburgh PA 1982
Membership
Member American Association of Nurse Anesthetists since 1983
Donald Bowman, CRNA

Undergraduate
BA History, Southern Missionary College, Collegedale TN 1971
BS Nursing, Southern Missionary College, Collegedale TN 1976
Graduate
MS Nurse Anesthesia, St. Mary’s College, Winona MN 1986
Membership
Member of American Association of Nurse Anesthetists since 1987
Martha Espinosa-Blank, CRNA

Undergraduate
BS Nursing, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa CA 1980
Graduate
MS Nursing, California State University, Long Beach CA
MS Nurse Anesthesia, Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia, Pasadena CA 1988
Membership
Member American Association of Nurse Anesthetists since 1989
Brian Larson, CRNA

Undergraduate
AA, University of Wisconsin at Barron County Center, Rice Lake WI 1978
BS Nursing, University of WI School of Nursing, Marshfield WI 1982
Graduate
Certificate Nurse Anesthesia, Abbott Northwestern St. Mary’s College School of Anesthesia, Minneapolis MN 1985
Membership
Member American Association of Nurse Anesthetists since 1985
Elizabeth Schindler, CRNA

Undergraduate
BS Nursing, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa CA 1978
Graduate
MS Nursing, California State University, Long Beach CA 1985
Certificate Nurse Anesthesia, Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia, Pasadena CA 1985
Membership
Member American Association of Nurse Anesthetists since 1985
Barbara Vogel, CRNA

Undergraduate
AA Nursing, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford NJ 1967
BS Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY 1969
Graduate
Certificate Nurse Anesthesia, Harrisburg Area School of Anesthesia, Harrisburg PA 1983
Membership
Member American Association of Nurse Anesthetists since 1983
Member American Association of Critical Care Nursing since 1970
John Yu, CRNA

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