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Nurse Anesthesia Program
Administration |
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Michael Rieker, DNP, CRNA,
Program Director |
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Dr. Rieker received a B.S. in Nursing from Penn State University in 1990. His nursing career began as a Critical Care Registered Nurse in pediatric and adult trauma ICU at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas. In 1992, he attended Rush University in Chicago, where he graduated with a M.S. as a nurse anesthetist. His work as a CRNA included 4 years of “locum tenens” practice, providing temporary staffing to hospitals and clinics throughout the country. This practice included work in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Texas, North Carolina, Alaska, and Hawaii. In 2003, he completed a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Rush University.
In his 13 years as a CRNA, Dr. Rieker has worked in every type of practice setting and in diverse parts of the country. He has been involved in CRNA education since 1997. Dr. Rieker provides professional lectures to practicing CRNAs on a variety of topics. He has provided medicolegal consulting as an expert witness, and he has written for publications including Current Reviews for Nurse Anesthetists, and book chapters in Nurse Anesthesia Secrets and Nurse Anesthesia.
As director of the Nurse Anesthesia Program, Dr. Rieker implemented the vision of “Creating Excellence in Nurse Anesthesia”, an initiative to operate the program in a more global setting, to provide students with a wider awareness of their role in the health care system. Dr. Rieker is responsible for program administration, classroom teaching, and he remains clinically active, supervising students weekly in their clinical practicum. His clinical interests include obstetrical anesthesia and technical aspects of anesthesia equipment.
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Paul Welty, CRNA, MSN
Assistant Program Director |
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Paul Welty received a B.S. with a major in Nursing from Bradley University, Peoria, IL in 1984. His nursing career started at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Memorial Hospital in cardio-thoracic intensive care taking care of pediatric and adult patients. In 1992 he graduated with a M.S. in Nursing from the North Carolina Baptist Hospital/University of North Carolina at Greensboro Nurse Anesthesia Program. Paul was the first student from the NCBH/UNC-G Nurse Anesthesia Program to be elected the Student Representative to the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Education Committee in 1991-1992. Upon graduation in 1992, he was awarded the Chal Maree Award. During his career, Paul has had a wide variety of clinical experience, ranging from major trauma and cardiac surgery cases to out-patient and office-based anesthesia.
Paul has experience teaching nurse anesthesia students on topics ranging from basic clinical principles of anesthesia to the respiratory system and related pharmacology. He has been involved on committees of the North Carolina Association of Nurse Anesthetists including Finance Committee and the Government Relations Committee. He has also served on the board of the North Carolina Baptist Hospital School of Anesthesia Alumni Association and has served as Chairman. Paul has authored several articles related to anesthesia and anesthetic concerns. In 1997 he was named one of “The Great 100” nurses in North Carolina.
Serving as the Assistant Director of the Nurse Anesthesia Program, Paul continues to strive to uphold the reputation and standards of the program. Paul is dedicated to his own education and the education of the nurse anesthesia students as they pursue their goal of becoming graduates of the Nurse Anesthesia Program. As Assistant Director, Paul has brought about advancements in our clinical curriculum, expanded students' learning in the patient simulation laboratory, and is implementing a more efficient system for clinical evaluation of students.
Courtney Vick, CRNA, MSN
Clinical Education Coordinator
Courtney Vick has over 14 years’ experience as a nurse, including that as a CCRN in the coronary care unit prior to entering the field of nurse anesthesia. Courtney’s anesthesia education was at our own program, where she distinguished herself by achieving a 4.0 GPA, and receiving the Dean’s recognition award and the Chal Maree award of excellence.
As an alumna of our program, Courtney is well-versed in the intricacies of all of our clinical sites. She is interested in educational development, both within and outside of the typical realm of nurse anesthesia education. To that end, she has taken on projects such as developing and teaching a portion of the CNOR review course offered at the Medical Center. Committed to her own educational development, Courtney is also a Ph.D. student, with interest in acute and chronic pain, and the neurochemistry of pain transmission. She will be presenting a lecture on Ketamine and the pathogenesis of pain at this year's national meeting of the AANA. |
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Robin Geisel, BS
Program Secretary
Robin Geisel holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise and Sport Science from UNCG. She has extensive experience in office management and administration, and brings that experience to the nurse anesthesia program as the program secretary and office manager. She is responsible for regulatory and legal compliance among the 51 members of the department, human resource issues, liaisons with outside customers, procurement, and financial and academic bookkeeping.
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Didactic Lecturers
Kasey Bensky, CRNA, MS
Sheila Crumb, CRNA, MSN, President, North Carolina Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Sandra Ouellette, M.Ed., CRNA, FAAN, President, International Federation of Nurse Anesthetists
Crystal Rouse, CRNA, MSN
Adjunct Lecturers
Angela Baldwin, CRNA, MSN
Tway Barrett, CRNA, MSN
Chris Burton, CRNA, MSN
April Cable, CRNA, MS
Nancy Curll, CRNA, MS
Clifford Gonzales, CRNA, MSN
Sara Haney, PharmD
Karen Harp, CRNA, MS
Joe Joyce, CRNA, MS
LeAnn Kennedy, PharmD, BCOP
Jennifer Lazo, PharmD
Nancy Maree, CRNA, MS, President-Elect, NCANA
LaDonna Martin, CRNA, MSN
Luci New, CRNA, MS
Kathleen O’Connor, CRNA, MSN
Richard Ouellette, CRNA, President, National Board on
Certification and Recertification of CRNAs
Heather Pendelton, PharmD
Sharon Pearce, CRNA, MS, Vice-President, NCANA
James Thomas, CRNA, MSN, Chief CRNA, WFUBMC
Kristy Tyndall, CRNA, MSN
Deborah Wobbleton, CRNA, MSN
Guest Lecturers
Patti Dobbins, CRNA, JD
Ruth Kleinpell, R.N., PhD, Professor of Adult Health Nursing, Rush University College of Nursing
Michael Kremer, CRNA, PhD, FAAN, Nurse Anesthesia Program Administrator, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Lisa Mileto, CRNA, MS, Director, Oakland University-Beaumont Program of Nurse Anesthesia
Joe Pellegrini, CRNA, PhD, DNP, Director of Research, US Navy Nurse Anesthesia Program
Karen Plaus, CRNA, PhD, FAAN, Director of Continuing Education, Certification, and Recertification, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Sandra Tunajek, CRNA, DNP, Executive Director, Council for Public Interest in Anesthesia, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Terry Wicks, CRNA, MHS, Past-President, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
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