UAMS Main Campus CRNA | UAMS Department of Anesthesiology

Rebecca Willis, MSN, CRNA

Chief CRNA

Joined UAMS: June 2005; as a CRNA: June 2012
Master of Science in Nursing in Nurse Anesthesia
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, UAMS

Stephanie Arendt, MSN, CRNA

Joined UAMS: July-August 2009 and May 2012-April 2013; as a CRNA: July 2016
Master of Science in Nursing in Nurse Anesthesia
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ

Nicholas Begley, MSN, CRNA

Joined UAMS as a CRNA: June 2014
Master of Science in Nursing in Nurse Anesthesia
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AR

Maranda Boyer, MSNA, CRNA

Joined UAMS as a CRNA: October 2013
Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia
Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, UAMS

Kate Cloud, DNP, CRNA

Joined UAMS as a CRNA: September 2022
Doctorate of Nursing Practice,
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
Bachelor of Science, Nursing
University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR

Lauren Clow, MSNA, CRNA

Joined UAMS as a CRNA: December 2013
Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia
Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR

Mandy Crosskno, M.S., CRNA

Joined UAMS as a CRNA: 2020
Master of Science in Anesthesia
Arkansas State University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Arkansas State University

Jennifer Dillon, MSN, CRNA

Joined UAMS: 2022
Master of Science in Nursing, 2020
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 2016
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR

Julie Duke, DNP, CRNA

Joined UAMS as a CRNA: June 2017
Doctorate of Nursing Practice, Nurse Anesthesia
Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA
Bachelor of Science, Nursing
University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR

Tina Goff, MSN, CRNA

Joined UAMS as a CRNA: October 2013
Master of Science in Nursing
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR

Michalee Gore, MSNA, CRNA

Joined UAMS: January 2001-April 2009; as a CRNA: January 17, 2012 Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia
Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, UAMS

Cody Grant, MSNA, CRNA

Joined UAMS as a CRNA: June 2019 Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, UAMS

Lauren Pearson Hart, MSN, CRNA

Joined UAMS as a CRNA: July 2016
Master of Science in Nursing in Nurse Anesthesia
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, UAMS

Sarah Hefley, MSNA, CRNA

Joined UAMS as a CRNA: May 2006
Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia
Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR

Julia McNeill, MSNA, CRNA

Joined UAMS as a CRNA: August 2019
Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR

Seth Minor, DNP, CRNA

Joined UAMS: September 2022
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, UAMS

Robin D. Morris, MSNA, CRNA

Joined UAMS: June 2005; as a CRNA: February 2015
Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia
Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, UAMS

Sunney Murphy, MSN, CRNA

Joined UAMS as a CRNA: June 2012
Master of Science in Nursing in Nurse Anesthesia
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, UAMS

Lyndsey Perez, MSNA, CRNA

Joined UAMS as a CRNA: September 2004
Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia
Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR

Jussus Sanchez, DNP, CRNA

Joined UAMS: February 2022
Doctor of Nursing Practice,
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Bachelor of Science in Nursing,
Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA
Commission as Second Lieutenant
Air Force Officer Training School,
Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL
Air Command Staff College and Squadron Officer School,
Air University, Montgomery Alabama

Veronica Schardein, DNP, CRNA

Joined UAMS: November 2022
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Texas State University

Ben Spillyards, MSNA, CRNA

Joined UAMS: August 2011-December 2012; as a CRNA: May 2019
Master’s of Science, Nurse Anesthesia
Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX
Associate’s of Science, Nursing
University of Arkansas Little Rock
Bachelor’s of Science, Biology
University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR

Manuel Warrior, MSN, CRNA

Joined UAMS as a CRNA: April 2016
Master of Science in Nursing in Nurse Anesthesia
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Johee Yun, MSN, BSN, CRNA

Joined UAMS as a CRNA: November 2020
Master of Science in Nursing, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC