1 and are Research Health Science Specialists, is a Research Scientist at the Center for Clinical Management Research, and is the Chief of Staff, all at VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System in Michigan. is a Statistician at the W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. is Research Evidence-Based Practice & Analytics Director and is Liaison for National APRN Policy at the US Department of Veteran Affairs Office of Nursing Services in Washington, DC. Anne Sales is a Professor and the Associate Chair for Educational Programs and Health System Innovations, and Health Infrastructures and Learning Systems, and MS and PhD Programs Director; and Mark Hausman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology Division of Critical Care Medicine, both at University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor.
Although the VHA primarily relies on teams for anesthesia care, unsupervised certified registered nurse anesthetists also are used to meet veterans' surgical care needs.