Nurse Anesthesiology Faculty Associates (NAFA)

NAFA was founded in 1977 in conjunction with the historic move of incorporating nurse anesthesia education into the framework of formal graduate education. In 1979, VCU became the first program in the nation to award a Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesiology, and less than three decades later became the first to develop and implement the Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice. Continuing education serves as their third focus of a “triangle” devoted to nurse anesthesia education.