Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Nurse Anesthesia Program
Alumni Association Biennial Meeting
& Educational Conference

April 12th, 2025

Conference Agenda

7:30 - 8:00                            Check-in / Welcome

8:00 - 9:00                            Business Meeting 

9:00 - 9:30                            Methadone in Spine Surgery                              Jeremy Blount, MSNA, CRNA '20                

9:30 - 10:00                         Obstetric Anesthesia Pearls                                Kelly Hendrickson, MSNA, CRNA '19

10:00 - 11:00                      Approaches to the Brachial Plexus                    Steve Williams. DNP '22, CRNA '20

11:00 - 12:00                      New Angles in Resuscitation: Prone                  Zachary Smith, DNP, CRNA, CHSE

                                                CRPS and the Perioperative Resuscitation 

                                                and LifE Support Framework  

12:00 - 12:30                       Anaphylaxis and Alpha Gal Syndrome               Elena Meadows, DNP '20 , CRNA '09, CHSE

12:30 - 1:00                         NCANA & AANA Updates                                        Elena Meadows, DNP '20 , CRNA '09, CHSE

1:00 - 2:00                           Electronic Poster Presentations & Lunch 

Event Speakers 

Elena Meadows, DNP '20, CRNA '09, CHSE

Program Director of Nurse Anesthesia

Wake Forest University School of Medicine Department of Academic Nursing

Steve Williams, DNP '22, CRNA '20 

Instructor 

Wake Forest University School of Medicine Department of Academic Nursing  

Zachary Smith, DNP, CRNA, CHSE

Teaching Faculty 

Duke University

Kelly Hendrickson, MSNA, CRNA '19

Alumni Chair

Jeremy Blount, MSNA, CRNA '20

Chair Elect

 2021-2023 CRNA ALUMNI ADVISORY BOARD

Kelly Hendrickson, MSNA, CRNA '19                                               Darcy Dennison-Harwood, CRNA '17

Chair                                                                                                         Trustee

Jeremy Blount, MSNA, CRNA '20                                                      Kasie O'Connell, CRNA '22

Chair Elect                                                                                               Trustee

Whitney LaFleuer, CRNA '16                                                               Chelsey Cobb, CRNA '16

Nominating Committee                                                                        Nominating Committee

Elena Meadows, DNP, CRNA '09, CHSE                                              

Secretary