Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists like Jennifer Penzell are part of the anesthesiology team at Johns Hopkins, rated America's #1 Hospital for 17 years by U.S. News & World Report.

In 1917 when William Stewart Halstead was establishing modern surgery, Margaret Boise, a nurse working closely with him was training nurses to give anesthesia and started the Johns Hopkins School of Nurse Anesthesia. As Alfred Blalock was performing the first Blalock-Taussig shunts on "Blue Babies" in 1944, it was Olive Berger the "Nurse in Charge" who gave the anesthesia and trained other nurses in the art of anesthesia. The Johns Hopkins School of Nurse Anesthesia closed in 1985 but nurse anesthetists have been administering anesthesia at Hopkins continuously for the past ninety-one years.

CLICK TO ENLARGE - Olive Berger, Nurse Anesthetist, standing at the head of the operating table,  assists Dr. Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas during ground-breaking "blue baby" cardiac surgery in 1945.
Olive Berger, Nurse Anesthetist, standing at the head of the
operating table, assists Dr. Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas
during ground-breaking "blue baby" cardiac surgery in 1945

Our Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists work collaboratively with a dynamic group of attending anesthesiologists many of whom are experts in various aspects of anesthesia. Hopkins surgeons bring interesting cases in every specialty from around the world. Our academic environment is stimulating and challenging.

We are now proudly serving as a clinical site for several schools of Nurse Anesthesia. Once again, nurse anesthetists are learning the art and science of their speciality under the historic dome at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Our Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) staff is growing, and the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine welcomes qualified anesthetists interested in joining a large and vibrant academic department.

Maribeth Massie, CRNA, MS,recently appeared on ABC 2 News <em>Good Morning Maryland</em> to talk about National Nurse Anesthetists Week.
Maribeth Massie, CRNA, MS,recently appeared on
ABC 2 News' Good Morning Maryland to talk about
National Nurse Anesthetists Week. Click to watch.

Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine

M. Merrie Griffin, CRNA
Chief; Division of
Nurse Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesia
and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins
School of Medicine
Blalock 1415
600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287-4965

410-955-1675 (office)
410-283-5867 (pager)
merriegriffin@jhu.edu

410-502-CRNA
410-502-2762
crna@jhmi.edu

 

Agnes Brooker CRNA
Associate Chief; Division of
Nurse Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology
and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Outpatient Center B165
601 North Caroline Street
Baltimore, MD 21287

abrooker@jhmi.edu

 

Mary Scott-Herring, MSN, CRNA
Clinical Coordinator of Graduate
Nurse Anesthesia Education
Department of Anesthesiology
and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Blalock 1404
600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287

410-283-2987 (office)
410-955-4858 (fax)
mscotth2@jhmi.edu

410-502-CRNA
410-502-2762
crna@jhmi.edu

 

Lauren Freedman, MSN, CRNA
Director of CRNA Manpower
Department of Anesthesiology
and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine
600 N. Wolfe Street
Blalock 1404
Baltimore, MD 21287

410-283-2987 (office)
410-955-4858 (fax)
lfreedm1@jhmi.edu

410-502-CRNA
410-502-2762
crna@jhmi.edu

 

Juanita Taylor
Administrative Coordinator
CRNA Coordinator
Department of Anesthesiology
and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine
Blalock 1415
600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287-4965

410-502-CRNA
410-502-2762
crna@jhmi.edu