Board of Trustees

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An academic and leader in nurse anesthesia, he has contributed extensively by increasing access to care and cost savings to healthcare facilities by designing, developing, and leading the first combined DNP-CRNA-AGACNP program. He actively serves the profession at local, state, and national levels.

An NIH-funded scientist, his research program uncovers the mechanisms that cause and sustain pain disparities while advancing diversity, equity, and inclusivity within the profession. His work has been disseminated through high-impact interdisciplinary journals. He was honored in 2020 as AANA Didactic Instructor of the Year and in 2021 as Researcher of the Year by the AANA Foundation

Elizabeth Bamgbose has greater than 15 years of experience as a nurse anesthesiologist, she is a co-director at the USC Doctoral Program of Nurse Anesthesia and CEO of an independent anesthesia group. With a passion for advancing the profession through advocacy, Dr. Bamgbose feels great pride in serving at both the state level national level on influential boards and committees.