Discover Cape Cod Encore Symposium 2026

Kevin Driscoll, DNP, MSN, CRNA

Email: Kevin.driscoll@nih.gov

Kevin Driscoll is a Staff Anesthetist at the NIH (National Institutes of Health)**, Clinical Center, Building 10. This is the world’s largest research-only dedicated hospital where they take on medically complex cases to gain greater insights into future diagnosing, treating, and curing patients. The NIH is the lead institution for first in human clinical trials and sets a standard for new and emerging technologies. Prior to that, he was at the Johns Hopkins Hospital where he helped lead the first Collaborative Unit-Based Safety Program in the Department of Surgery and co-chaired a Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Community.

Dr. Driscoll received his DNP from Yale University, where his focus was on the geo-spatial analysis of the positive correlates for veteran suicide in the post-9/11 veteran communities. Kevin is on Faculty at the University of Pennsylvania and Sits on the Surgeons Advisory Committee (SAC) for the National Institutes of Health.

**Kevin Driscoll is providing his insights in a personal capacity and not part of his role as a federal employee.

Ionela Morosanu, DNP, MS, CRNA

Dr. Ionela Morosanu is a Staff Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center***. In this capacity, she administers anesthesia for human clinical trials and complex medical procedures that contribute to the advancement of patient care. Her work ensures the safe and effective delivery of anesthesia services that support the Center's research mission. Before joining NIH, Morosanu practiced at the University of Maryland Medical Center, where she focused on high-acuity cases including complex vascular, thoracic, neurosurgical, and transplant surgeries. There, as a committee member of the Morbidity, Mortality, and Process Improvement Committee, she played an active role in analyzing clinical outcomes and implementing quality improvement initiatives.

She contributes to the education of future CRNAs through guest lectures at Georgetown University's DNAP Program.

Ionela earned her Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia from Georgetown University and completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at the University of Maryland.

***Dr. Ionela Morosanu is speaking in a personal capacity and not as a federal employee or representative of the NIH.

Steve Wooden, DNP, CRNA, NSPM-C

Dr. Wooden is a graduate of the University Tennessee College of Nursing, The University of Nebraska Medical Center Nurse Anesthesia Program, The Kansas University Medical Center Nurse Anesthesia Masters program, and the Duke University DNP program.

Over the past 40 years, he has been managing partner in two private practice anesthesia group in central and east central Nebraska. The practices had a strong non-surgical pain management focus and provided comprehensive anesthesia services to over 26 hospital facilities in Nebraska.

Dr. Wooden is the Past President of the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA), Past Chairman of the Nebraska State Board of Health, and Past Chairman of the Nebraska Advanced Practice Nursing Board. He is also the recipient of the AANA Ira P. Gunn Award for professional advocacy (2009) and the AANA Clinical Practitioner of the Year (Alice McGaw Award) (2001), as well as a former AANA Regional Director and Treasurer.

The Encore Faculty Team