Meet the Team
Meet the Team
Certified Registered Nurse ANESTHETISTS
Pictured above are Lead CRNAs Keegan McDonnell (left) and Jaime Beer (right).
Pictured right is Monica Stokes, CRNA, discussing her position and responsibilities within the Department. The interview is included in a CRNA recruitment video produced by the Multimedia Lab in the Department of Anesthesiology.
Pictured above is our dedicated and hard working CRNA team during CRNA Week.
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) play a crucial role in preserving and enhancing the standard of care that the Department diligently strives to maintain. The team of 19 CRNAs at Boston Medical Center is comprised of a dynamic group of clinicians dedicated to delivering exceptional perioperative anesthesia care for adult and pediatric patients. Our CRNAs practice in the anesthesia care team model, with an anesthesiologist-to-CRNA ratio no greater than 1:3. CRNAs in our institution are involved in the administration of anesthetics in a wide range of areas including orthopedics, gynecology, urology, plastic surgery, ophthalmology, oral-maxillofacial surgery, otolaryngology, general surgery, pediatrics, vascular surgery, neurosurgery, thoracic surgery, interventional radiology, MRI, electro-physiology laboratory and endoscopy. Our CRNAs are employed by Boston University Medical Group (BUMG) and are valued contributors to BMC’s educational mission. Like other advanced practice providers in our institution, they hold an initial faculty appointment as instructors at the Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine (BUCASM). Our CNRAs’ primary duty as instructors is to actively assist with the training of medical students and trainees from a variety of specialties who come to enrich their knowledge in the perioperative care areas. Additionally, they act as clinical site preceptors for nurse anesthesia students from Boston College and offer shadowing opportunities to critical care nurses aspiring to pursue a career in anesthesia nursing.
Frequently engaging in quality improvement initiatives, collaborating on high-performance teams, and serving on various committees including the Advanced Practice Provider Council, CRNAs hold a respected and esteemed position within the Department of Anesthesiology and throughout the rest of our institution. CRNAs are active participants in our grand rounds and mortality-morbidity conferences, where they receive continuing education credits.
The Department of Anesthesiology has made a deliberate effort to ensure gender equality and quality of life for the CRNAs by recruiting a significant number of male CRNAs and providing a variety of scheduling options for work scheduling flexibility. Jaime Beer, CRNA and Keegan McDonnell, CRNA lead our CRNAs and are committed to the well-being and professional development of this outstanding group of clinicians.
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