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What We Do:

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) are advanced practice nurses who specialize in the field of anesthesia. As a whole, they have been providing anesthesia care to patients in the United States for more than 150 years. CRNAs will gain an extensive background in critical care medicine before entering into their anesthesia training. After completion of graduate school, CRNA’s are prepared to enter every practice setting. They provide anesthesia in collaboration with surgeons, anesthesiologists, dentists, podiatrists, and other qualified healthcare professionals. A Johns Hopkins CRNA is incredibly versatile. The environment is fast-paced and dynamic and features remarkable diversity in patients, procedures, and locations. This challenging setting makes them well-prepared to provide the best care for everyone from the healthy outpatient to the critically ill inpatient. Additionally, CRNAs are vigilant advocates for safe and patient-centered anesthesia care.

Division Spotlight

2023 Olive Berger Award: Joan Chouili, MSN, CRNA

Congratulations to Joan Chouili, MSN, CRNA, for receiving the 2023 Olive Berger Award for Clinical Excellence and Leadership! 

Olive Berger, CRNA, represents the rich history of the Nurse Anesthesia profession and the legacy of CRNAs at Johns Hopkins. An exceptional CRNA and groundbreaking leader in the field, Oliver Berger served as the Chief Anesthetist of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Director of the Anesthesia School for Nurses, and former AANA president. Her clinical excellence included experience providing anesthesia for the first total pneumonectomy at JHH and for Tetralogy of Fallot procedures while working closely with Dr. Blalock in the OR.

The Olive Berger Award recognizes CRNAs for their Clinical Excellence and Leadership. The 2023 award goes to Joan Chouili, who has broadly impacted our team. She has been working at Hopkins for eight years and has continued to show selflessness and resiliency while supporting our division and department. She is hard-working and dedicated and has taken a great initiative to help identify and improve numerous processes to create more efficiencies for our team. She is also an expert clinician and an equally experienced mentor to many; she is an incredibly versatile provider and works across our campus. We are proud to have Joan on our team!

Congratulations Joan!

Division Chief

Matthew Soladay, MSN, CRNA 

Lead CRNAs

Joan Chouili, MSN, CRNA (Operation)
jchouil1@jhmi.edu

Gordon Han, DNP, CRNA (Education and Orientation)
ghan13@jhmi.edu

Education

Catherine Lawry, MS, CRNA
Clinical Coordinator Nurse Anesthesia Education
clawry1@jhmi.edu

Barry Lepley, MSN, CRNA
Assistant Clinical Coordinator
blepley2@jhmi.edu

Physician Liaison

Lynette Mark, MD
lmark@jhmi.edu

Administration

Stevia John
Senior Administrative Coordinator
sjohn22@jhmi.edu