Chief Executive Officer
COA - Nurse Anesthesia, Illinois, United States
Frank Gerbasi has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA) for over 20 years. He is responsible for overseeing the accreditation activities of 136 graduate level nurse anesthesia programs located throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. He completed his undergraduate and graduate education at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. He started a new nurse anesthesia program at the University of Michigan-Flint and was the program administrator for over 10 years. Frank provided clinical anesthesia services for over 20 years and has been a nurse anesthesia educator for over 40 years. He has published numerous research studies, authored several chapters and a textbook for nurse anesthetists. He received the Outstanding Researcher of the Year Award in 2002, Agatha Hodgins Outstanding Accomplishment Award in 2022 and was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 2023.
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Sunday, August 4, 2024
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM PT