The Clinical Anesthesia Practitioner Award was established in 1986 by the AANA Council for Public Interest in Anesthesia. This award recognizes the accomplishments of CRNAs involved in direct patient care, who have made an important contribution to the advancement of nurse anesthesia practice.

 

The Award became the Alice Magaw Outstanding Clinical Practitioner Award in 1998 to honor Alice Magaw (1860-1928), nurse anesthetist to the Mayo brothers (1893-1908). Dr. Charles H. Mayo bestowed the title "Mother of Anesthesia" on Magaw, a "peerless anesthetist" who combined open drop ether and talking soothingly to patients during the administration of the anesthetic. Magaw shared her expertise with the medical community by writing five articles, the first publication by a nurse anesthetist, with her observations on administering anesthetics and training nurses sent by leading surgeons.

 

The Award is inscribed with the recipient’s name and the year of presentation. The recipient’s name is also added to a plaque bearing the names of previous recipients, which is displayed in the AANA Executive Office. The Award is presented during the AANA Annual Meeting.

 

The nominee must be or have been a CRNA who has been actively involved in improving the quality of patient care. The nominee may be living or deceased.

 

 

 

1986

Carolyn J. Nicholson, CRNA

 

1987

Julie Spores, CRNA, MAE

 

1988

Betty C. Petree, CRNA

 

1989

Janice James Arrott, CRNA

 

1990

Narda Dorman Croughwell, CRNA

 

1991

Laura Esther Park, CRNA

 

1992

Leon G. Helton, CRNA

 

1993

John Scott McGlothlen, CRNA

 

1994

Elaine M. Klein, CRNA, PhD

 

1995

Kishwaukee Anesthesiology Associates, Sycamore, Illinois:

James Dionisopoulos, CRNA, BS

Joseph Earl, CRNA, BA

Ben F. Harrison, MD

Jerry L. Loch, CRNA, PhD

Louis Pierce, CRNA, BS

Kenneth Potts, CRNA, BA 

 

1996

LaRayne Oltz, CRNA

Tafford Oltz, CRNA

 

1997

Jeanne Mazzoni Coffey, CRNA, BSN

 

1998

Michael A. Geisler, CRNA, BSN

 

1999

Jack M. Neary, CRNA, MSNA

 

2000

Charles A. Reese, CRNA, PhD

 

2001

Steven R. Wooden, CRNA, MS

 

2002

Sarah T. Johnson, CRNA

 

2003

David C. Pederson, CRNA

 

2004

James Bodoh, CRNA

 

2005

Jackie S. Rowles, CRNA, MBA, MA, FAAPM

 

2006

Louise Hershkowitz, CRNA, MSHA

 

2007

Ferenc Szasz, CRNA

 

2008

Virginia Scherler, CRNA

 

2009

Adrienne C. Montesanti, CRNA

 

2010

Suzanne T. Brown, CRNA, BSN

 

2011

James M. Temo, CRNA, MSN, MBA

 

2012

​Bonnie T. Winters, CRNA, ANP