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Carolyn’s interest in Obstetrical Anesthesia began in the early 70’s when Dr. Thomas H Joyce III recruited her to become a team member of the newly developed High Risk Obstetrical Unit at the University of Cincinnati. Not only did he recruit her as a team member but he encouraged her to help improve the safety of pregnant women by lecturing to other nurse anesthetists around the country.
In addition to publishing and lecturing, Carolyn has also served on many state and national anesthesia committees. In 1991 she served as a Consultant to the AANA Practice Committee and helped develop the Practice Guidelines for OB Anesthesia. Currently she is a on the BOD of the NBCRNA.
For more than two decades, Diana Quinlan has conducted research and lectured on the issue of chemical dependence among healthcare providers. She has chaired Peer Assistance Committees for the International Nurses Society on Addiction (IntNSA), the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA), the Florida Association of Nurse Anesthetists (FANA) as well as other committees for the National Organization of Alternative Programs (NOAP).
Mrs. Quinlan, a certified registered nurse anesthetist received her nursing education in Baltimore and her anesthesia certificate from Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Health Care and Education and a Master of Arts in Education from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Diana wrote her master's thesis on substance abuse among anesthesia personnel, and has delivered numerous presentations to state and national associations on the subject as well as published numerous articles on peer assistance and authored several chapters on chemical dependency.
Other professional activities include service on the AANA Nominating and Practice Committees, the AANA Journal Review Board, as well as serving as Trustee, and coordinating numerous educational programs for FANA. She was honored in 1996 with an award for "Sustained Contributions in Peer Assistance" by NNSA (now IntNSA), and in 1998 with the "Public Interest in Anesthesia Award" for "her tireless efforts and leadership in working with impaired professionals and exemplary representation of AANA practice."
Mrs. Quinlan is listed in Who's Who among American Women. She is active on the Mayor's Domestic Violence Task Force in Jacksonville and has produced two Resource Guides on Domestic Violence for the medical community.
In 2010, Judy received the degree, Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice from the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University In Richmond.
Judy has had a long and varied career in nurse anesthesia. In addition to the Program Director, she is adjunct faculty and a pharmacology examiner at Central Connecticut State University. She is also a Chair site visitor for the Council on Accreditation, a position she has held for 5 terms.
Judy has gone on many medical trips to South and Central America for Healing the Children and other organizations and still does clinical anesthesia in her hospital as well as Hartford Hospital as per diem staff. Judy is involved in the didactic and clinical teaching in her program and has been on the CRNA advisory boards of two pharmaceutical companies. She speaks for Baxter Healthcare as well.
In 2009, Judy and Bernadette Hendrichs edited the new book A Resource for Nurse Anesthesia Educators for AANA Publishing.
Judy is presently working on a project to adopt the DNAP at her school’s affiliating university. Her interest has always been not only clinical practice but nurse anesthesia education as well. She has a strong desire to “Teach us (all) to Teach” and embrace nurse anesthesia education and practice.