All the CRNAs at Lufkin Plastic Surgery are independent practitioners with Dreamworks Anesthesia Associates, PLLC. Dreamworks Anesthesia has provided anesthesia in Lufkin since 2001 at both Woodland Heights Medical Center and Gaslight Surgery Center. All of our CRNAs are Advanced Cardiac Life Support certified and meet their annual continuing education requirements. They are recertified by the National Board of Certification & Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists and are all members of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.
Harold Bishop received his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Indiana State University in 1973. Shortly afterwards, he entered the US Army and received his training in Nurse Anesthesia at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. in 1977. After leaving the US Army, he started his practice in Texas and came to Lufkin in 2002. He currently serves as the chief CRNA for Dreamworks Anesthesia.
Connie DuBose received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Stephen F. Austin State University in Dec, 1983. She received her Master in Health Science in December, 1987 and her certificate to practice nurse anesthesia in December, 1988, both from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth. She gave the anesthesia for Dr. Strinden's first surgery patient in East Texas in 1988. She has practiced in Lufkin for 26 years.
Brenda Wallis received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1993 and her Masters of Science in Nursing in 1999 from the University of Texas at Tyler. She received her Post Masters certificate in Nurse Anesthesia from the University of North Carolina at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in 2004. She joined Dreamworks Anesthesia in Aug 2004.
Chad graduated with his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Stephen F. Austin State University in 2007. After working at Woodland Heights Medical Center in ICU for 4 years, Chad obtained his Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia from Texas Christian University in December of 2013. He joined Dreamworks Anesthesia in January of 2014 and has been working at Woodland Heights Medical Center since then.
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