Department of Nurse Anesthesia

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is an urban, public research institution enrolling undergraduate, graduate, and health professional students.  VCU offers 162 baccalaureate, master's, doctoral, professional and certificate degree programs, providing students with the unique opportunity to pursue their own educational goals and making VCU the most comprehensive university in Virginia. Forty-four of its programs are unique in Virginia. The Department of Nurse Anesthesia is one of nine departments in the School of Allied Health Professions at VCU.  The Department was first in the nation to offer a Masters Degree in Nurse Anesthesia some 23 years ago and continues as a national leader today; ranking as the best graduate nurse anesthesia program in the nation by US News and World Report in 2004.  Through the School of Allied Health Professions, the Department of Nurse Anesthesia also participates in a unique distance learning Ph.D Program in Health Related Sciences.

Located in Richmond, Virginia (above), The Department of Nurse Anesthesia offers its Graduate Program in Nurse Anesthesia on VCU's Medical College of Virginia Campus (below).   

This is a challenging 72-credit hour, seven academic semester program leading to a Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia Degree. In Abingdon Virginia, the Department of Nurse Anesthesia, partners with the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center and a cohort of hospitals in southwest Virginia and Tennessee to offer its program via state-of-the-art distance technology.  In keeping with the philosophy of the Department, the distance program is dedicated to providing high quality, graduate level, Nurse Anesthesia training for the residents of Southwest Virginia.

For more information: Please see "VCU Department of Nurse Anesthesia"

VCU 2007 Graduates