A Decade of Dedication
Lourdes Nurse Anesthesia Program Celebrates
A Decade of Dedication
Nurse Anesthesia Program Legacy Fund
On the 10th Anniversary of this dynamic program, Lourdes University has established the Nurse Anesthesia Program Legacy Fund.
Gifts made to this fund will directly benefit the continued program development and increase the scholarship opportunities for enrolled students.
Our goal is to raise $25,000 to endow the fund and ensure its continued benefit to the Nurse Anesthesia Program is long-lasting.
Why Supporting the Nurse Anesthesia Program Fund is critical
The funds that scholarship aid provides enables me to cover my tuition costs and school expenses throughout my program. I hope one day I will be able to invest in future students and help them in their studies just as the aid I received did for me.”
– Ronnya Peter ‘21
A Decade of Dedication
Celebrate with us the 10th Anniversary of Lourdes Nurse Anesthesia Program
When: March 20, 2021 during 7th Annual Nurse Anesthesia Conference
Where: Hilton Garden Inn, Perrysburg, OH 43551
Time: 12 pm during lunch
For more details on the 7th Annual Nurse Anesthesia Conference and Registration click here!
In Their Words
Look for a Nurse Aneshesia Program alumna story soon
Critical Role of Lourdes Program
Lourdes Nurse Anesthesia Program is the only one of its kind within our region. It offers the unique opportunity to draw talent from across the country as well as keep talent in our region that is already here. The graduates that emerge from this program fill vital roles in not only our major city healthcare systems, but especially in the many rural communities in our region.
Where Our Graduates Are Impacting Communities
The Lourdes University Nurse Anesthesia Program has consistently maintained a 100% employment rate. These successful graduates are employed in more than 20 locations across the US Midwest and East Coast.
Economic Importance of CRNAs to Ohioans
- A recent study demonstrated that anesthesia care provided by a CRNA is the most cost-effective method of anesthesia care delivery1. This helps to decrease the cost of delivering healthcare.
- CRNAs are the least costly type of anesthesia provider to employ and educate.
- CRNAs provide the majority of rural anesthesia in the state of Ohio.
- Ohio has 34 critical access hospitals (CAHs), typically located in rural, medically underserved areas in Ohio. More than half of these hospitals employ CRNAs as the sole anesthesia providers. Of the 88 counties in Ohio, 14 counties have CRNAs as the sole providers of anesthesia. This allows patients in rural and medically underserved areas to have access to affordable, high quality anesthesia care. 1Hogan PF, Seifert RF, Moore CS, Simonson BE. (2010) Cost effectiveness analysis of anesthesia providers. Nursing Econ, 28 (3): 159-169.
We Celebrate Key Program Partners
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Lourdes Nurse Anesthetist Alumni Grad Roll
*Employer information is based on current records on file.
Cohort 1
Todd Arndt
Wood County Hospital
Lyndsay Brentlinger
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Lori Ann Datkun
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Christine Kovacs
Firelands Regional Medical Center, Sandusky, OH
Sara Krafft
North Carolina
Thomas Merkler
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana
Nicholas Montanaro
Mercy Health - St. Vincent Hospital
Sheri Myers
Blanchard Valley Health System
Jason Perkins
ProMedica Defiance Regional Hospital
John Scribner
Mercy Health - St. Charles Hospital
Megan Sobbry
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Lisa Werner
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Cohort 2
Leon Chagolla
Fulton County Hospital
Megan Fillman
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana
Laurie Gabel
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Alisha Gilson
Blanchard Valley Health System
Jonathon Glennon
Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, MI
Xin Yan Hu
Henry Ford Jackson
Penny Merkle
ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital
Tiffany Miller
Mercy Health - St. Anne Hospital
Broc Nichelson
Fulton County Health Center
Pamela Perkins
Mercy Health - St. Charles Hospital
Dominique Tracy
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Cohort 3
Stacy Adams
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Robert Beyerlein
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Tina Boeck
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Ryan Hickey
Mercy Health - St. Vincent Hospital
Amanda Jablonski
University Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Christina Kwiatkowski
Mercy Health - St. Vincent Hospital
Amanda McConkey
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Whitney Ondrus
ProMedica Bay Park Hospital
Matthew Radwan
Mercy Health - Defiance Hospital
Shelly Rimmer
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Faith Stechschulte
Wood County Hospital
Charles Tabbert
Bryan Hospital
Cohort 4
Fatin Badran
Beaumont Health, MI
Tara Burke
Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI
Jennifer Collings
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Kristi Decker
Mercy Health - St. Vincent Hospital
Amber Diekman
*Unknown
Greta Feitel
University Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Christine Harwood
Mercy Health - St. Vincent Hospital
Matthew McIntire
Mercy Health - St. Anne Hospital
Michelle Andrews
Mercy Health
Sara Rogers
Mercy Health - St. Charles Hospital
Brian Sheipline
Mercy Health - St. Anne Hospital
Kristin Shipman
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Heather Walker
*Unknown
Cohort 5
Lyndsy Brenner
C.S. Motts Children’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
Kristen Carter
Mercy Health - St. Vincent Hospital
Meghan Christopher
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Derrick Denny
Henry Ford Detroit Hospital
Christopher Ducher
University Hospital, University of Michigan
Jessie Flory
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Justin Grochowski
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Brittany Herbert
Mercy Health - St. Anne Hospital
Angela Hilton
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Heather Roesner
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Ligia Rosu
Henry Ford Detroit Hospital
Justin Sauder
Fulton County Hospital
Kristen Snyder
ProMedica Flower Hospital
Susan Spieker
Blanchard Valley Health System
Rachel Szykowny
Mercy Health
Cohort 6
Caitlin Armstrong
Bryan Hospital
Elizabeth Charron
Michigan Medicine
Amber Cepulevicius
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington D.C.
Aaron Collins
South Lyon Family Physicians, South Lyons, MI
Alisha Goedde
Mercy Health – St. Rita’s Medical Center
Jackie Harrison
Mercy Health - St. Vincent Hospital
Michael Jablonski
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Ciara Lozano
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Rick Peiffer
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Kelly Studer
ProMedica Flower Hospital
Lynzee Vandecaveye
Mercy Children’s Emergency Medicine
Amanda Warner
Mercy Health - St. Vincent Hospital
David Wilcox
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Shekira Williams
McLaren Flint Hospital, Flint, MI
Cohort 7
Kelsi Belcher
ProMedica Defiance Regional Hospital
Darlene Casterwiler
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Kellyn Diller
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Alec Duncan
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Victoria Jablonski
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Brent Kramp
Ohio State University Hospital – Wexner Medical Center
Lauren Laverock-Sauve
Mercy Health - St. Vincent Hospital
Kevin Lim
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Stephanie McCartt
Mercy Health - St. Anne Hospital
Matthew Onyekelu
Wood County Hospital
Neenee Parker
Henry Ford Detroit Hospital
Amanda Priebe
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Alec Schindler
Gundersen La Crosse Clinic, La Crosse, WI
Nathaniel Sellers
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Kayla Spotts
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Eric VanBuskirk
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Cohort 8
Christopher Colter
Mercy Health - St. Vincent Hospital
Bonny Hakken
University Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Kelsey Kovacs
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Shane O’Neill
Henry Ford Allegiance
Tessa Palazzolo
Mercy Health - St. Vincent Hospital
Vercina Powell
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Christopher Simmons
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Jennifer Wells
*Unknown
Audrey Woodward
Henry Ford Allegiance