Nurse Anesthesia DNP Program Faculty and Staff
Full-time Nurse Anesthesia program faculty are practicing Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, recognized in the field.
Beth Ann Clayton, DNP, CRNA, FAANA, FAAN,
Professor, Program Director
513-584-2440
Rachel Smith-Steinert, DNP, CRNA, FAANA,
Associate Professor, Assistant Program Director
Jason Hayes, DNP, CRNA,
Didactic Coordinator
513-584-2438
Thomas Minges, DNP, CRNA, CDCA, FAANA,
Assistant Professor of Clinical, Nurse Anesthesia DNP Coordinator, Didactic Instructor
Jessica Storey, DNP, CRNA,
Didactic Instructor
Jason Childress, DNP, CRNA,
Simulation Instructor
DeWana Bailey,
Program Manager
Jeanne Rohrmeier,
Program Manager
Nurse Anesthesia Program Faculty Achievements
Beth Ann Clayton
- UC Fellow of the Graduate School (2024)
- UC College of Nursing Meridel Kirk Outstanding Teaching Award (2023)
- Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (2021)
- Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (2019)
- AANA Helen Lamb Educator of the Year Award (2018)
- AANA Researcher of the Year Award (2017)
- AANA Analgesia and Anesthesia Guidelines for the Obstetric Patient author
- AANA Spinal/Epidural Workshop faculty
- AANA Annual Congress Simulation Committee - Obstetrics
- AANA Closed Claims Research Team
- AANA COVID-19 Research Team
- Lectures nationally and internationally on obstetric and neuraxial anesthesia
Jason Hayes
- National Certification Exam (NCE) item writer, NCE Subcommittee, National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA)
Thomas Minges
- UC Mental Health Champion Certification (2024)
- Chemical Dependency Counselor Assistant (2024)
- AANA Annual Congress Simulation Committee - Obstetrics
- AANA Spinal Epidural Workshop Instructor
- Member (appointed) AANA Foundation’s Scholarship Committe
- Member (appointed) AANA Foundation’s Poster Reviewer Committee
- Associate Editor (appointed) for the Journal of Nurse Education
- Peer Reviewer for Pain Management Nursing Journal
Rachel Smith-Steinert
- UC Mental Health Champion Certification (2024)
- Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (2023)
- UC Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award (2022)
- UC College of Nursing Elizabeth Kemble Award for Nursing Excellence (2022)
- Member (appointed) of the AANA Foundation Research Committee
- Member (appointed) of the AANA Foundation Scholarship Committee
- Self-Evalutation Examination (SEE) item writer, SEE Subcommittee, NBCRNA