Meet the speakers at Disney World.
Your speakers include both VCU Nurse Anesthesia faculty as well as experts from around the country. Meet them here.
Additional speakers coming soon!
VCU Faculty
Nicole Damico, PhD, CRNA, CHSE, FAANA
Herbert T. Watson Endowed Professor Chair and Associate Professor
VCU Nurse Anesthesia
Rebekah Carmel, PhD, CRNA
Assistant Professor
Program Director
Director of Clinical Education
Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice Program
VCU Nurse Anesthesia
AANA Leadership - Invited Speakers
Tracy Young, MSNA, MBA, CRNA
AANA President -Elect
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology
Janet Setnor MSN, CRNA, Col. (Ret), USAFR, NC
AANA President 2024-2025
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology
Invited Speakers
Hernando De Soto, MD
Associate Professor and Director, Pediatric Anesthesia, University of Florida, Jacksonville
Chief, Anesthesia Services, Florida Proton Therapy Institute
Hernando De Soto is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Chief of Pediatric Anesthesia at UF Health Jacksonville, and Chair of Anesthesia Services at the UF Proton Radiation Services, Jacksonville, Florida.
He is the author of many publications and has given multiple presentations in the topic of pediatric anesthesia and other topics. De Soto completed his residency in Anesthesiology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. After his residency he completed a Fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesia and Intensive Care at Children’s Hospital National Medical Center in Washington D.C.