Fall CANA in Berkeley California

The Fall conference of the California Association of Nurse Anesthetists was held in Berkeley California this past weekend. The conference brought together students and old friends to participate in a wonderful lecture series dealing with anesthetic implications for the obstetric patient.

First and Second year students from USC were well represented at the CANA Fall conference. The students from the USC program were the best represented of all student groups attending the conference.

During the conference time we were all work. The lectures given by the Army and navy personal was really fabulous. The presentation of Epidural and Spinal anesthesia is an especially strong point for these practitioners. Joseph Pellegrini, CRNA, DNSc gave a terrific talk on the Anesthetic and Analgesic Methods in obstetric Anesthesia that proved to be First rate.



Installation of a new regime was one of the features of the conference. The past president Joseph Burkard and Board was retired at and a new president was installed. Jennifer Woolley from USC was installed as our new president. In the photo that follows are three presidents of CANA; Joseph Burkard, Jennifer Wolley and of course Chris Stein "the legend".



One of the greatest treats for me personally was to meet up with a very old friend and long time CANA Board member Bill Jenkins. Bill was a neighbor of mine way back in the dark ages of the early 1980's when we became friends. It was through Bills example that I changed direction and started on the road to nurse anesthesia school. Many years later and here we are together at a CANA meeting. This is one of the highlights and milestones of my life. It may be a little thing but I have been working at getting here for so long it seems like a monstrous mountain has been crossed. Anyway, Bill is in good health and starting another Surgical Center north of San Francisco. His success with anesthesia and leadership to CANA will always be looked to as an example.



Students get together with old friends that were veterans together in the trenches of the ICU's that they worked in together. You never know who you will run into at these conferences. The next CANA conference is in the Spring and will be held in Huntington Beach, California. All of the USC students as well as a good representation from the Kaiser group should be in attendance. The professional aspects of the meeting may yet to be determined.

You go girl!