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

Nicole Damico

Rebekah Carmel, PhD, CRNA

Assistant Professor
Program Director
Director of Clinical Education
Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice Program

VCU Nurse Anesthesia

Becky Carmel

Matthew Zinder, DNAP, CH, CRNA

Adjunct Faculty

VCU Nurse Anesthesia

Matt Zinder, MS, CRNA

AANA Leadership - Invited Speakers

Tracy Young, MSNA, MBA, CRNA

AANA President -Elect
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

Tracy Young

Janet Setnor MSN, CRNA, Col. (Ret), USAFR, NC

AANA President 2024-2025
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

Janet Setnor

Invited Speakers

Hernando De SotoHernando 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.