Terry C. Wicks CRNA, MHS

Staff Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Catawba Valley Medical Center, 2007 AANA President

 

Terry grew up in eastern Iowa, and graduated from the University of Iowa College of Nursing with a BSN in 1981. After working in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at University Hospitals he returned to active duty in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, eventually receiving a Masters Degree in Health Science and completing his didactic anesthesia education at the Academy of Health Sciences at Fort Sam Houston, Texas and his clinical experience at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado.

 

After serving as a staff CRNA and clinical faculty at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu Terry returned to Fitzsimons where he served as the Assistant Course Director for the Army's nurse anesthesia program at Fitzsimons.

 

Terry left the military in 1991 and relocated to his current home in Rutherford College, North Carolina. He has remained active throughout his career teaching continuing education programs for nurse anesthetists and recently completed his term as President of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.