John Stas

State Licensure:

South Carolina Certified Registered Nursing Anesthetist with 15 years of experience
Issued 2002

Area of Clinical Specialty:

Anesthesia/Regional Anesthesia/Acute Pain Management

Education:

Texas Wesleyan University (Currently Attending)
Doctorate of Nurse Anesthesia Practice (management focus)
2016 – present

United States Army Graduated Program in Anesthesia Nursing (affiliated with UT Huston)
Phase I: San Antonio, TX
Phase II: William Beaumont Army Medical Center El Paso, Texas
Masters of Nursing Science in Anesthesia (Cum Laude)
Thesis: Preemptive Analgesic Effects of Ketamine and Natural Killer Cell Suppression
Cumulative GPA 3.78

Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
August 94 - May 96
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Cum Laude)
Cumulative GPA = 3.75 (Total Semester Hours = 63)

Trident Technical College
Charleston, SC
June 91 – July 95
Associates of Science in Civil Engineering Technology (Cum Laude)
Cumulative GPA = 3.703 (Total Semester Hours = 124.32)

Additional Education:

United States Army Trauma Course, January 2006 – curriculum included management of trauma and burn patients and advanced ultrasound examination.

Duke University Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia- curriculum included didactic on ultrasound science and neural anatomy.

Work Experience/Military Assignments:

Staff Anesthetist Palmetto Health Richland, Level I trauma center for Columbia, SC
2016- present

Staff Anesthetist Moncrief Army Community Hospital / Adjunct Faculty University of South Carolina, College of Medicine on Regional Anesthesia, Clinical Coordinator University of South Carolina Nurse Anesthesia Program. I developed and oversaw an acute pain management service, primarily for the treatment of orthopedic patients, and functioned at the clinical expert for advanced regional anesthesia.
2007 – 2016 (Army Civilian)

Chief of Anesthesia Moncrief Army Community Hospital / Adjunct Faculty University of South Carolina, College of Medicine on Regional Anesthesia, Clinical Coordinator University of South Carolina Nurse Anesthesia Program
August 2006 – 2007 (Retired from Military in July 2007)

Chief of Anesthesia and Respiratory Therapy, 14th Combat Support Hospital, Afghanistan
January 2006 – July 2006

Chief CRNA/ Clinical Coordinator and Adjunct Faculty for University of South Carolina for regional anesthesia training at Moncrief Army Community Hospital, Ft Jackson, SC
February 2004 – December 2005

Staff CRNA 28th Combat Support Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
June 2003 – February 2004

Chief CRNA/ Interim Chief of Anesthesia/ Clinical Coordinator and Adjunct Faculty for University of South Carolina for regional anesthesia training at Moncrief Army Community Hospital, Ft Jackson, SC January 2003 – July 2003