Kimberly Ann Westra DNP, MS, MBA, CRNA

Dr. Kimberly Westra CRNA, MS, DNP, is a certified registered nurse anesthetist with 13 years of experience. She began her career in Baltimore Maryland with experience as a critical care nursehttps://www.google.com/ at Johns Hopkins University. Mrs. Westra’s extensive clinical experience includes her role as an RNFA, CNOR, and CPAN. She specializes in comprehensive difficult airway program development within large care networks. Westra developed an airway alert wristband and an electronic medical record airway alert system.

Westra is a dynamic and energetic speaker who engages audiences with lively discussions on numerous topics such as The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Anesthesia Practice, Interdisciplinary Difficult Airway Management, Team Building in the OR, Managing Acute Perioperative Crisis’.

Mrs. Westra is a doctoral graduate of Chatham University and is an MBA candidate in Healthcare Finance and Administration at Patten University. She is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau honor society at Chatham and serves in the mentoring program for advanced practice nurses. Westra speaks locally and nationally on a variety of current healthcare topics including clinical practice, process improvement, and the business aspects of care. Westra is Chief Nurse Anesthetist and Manager Perioperative Education at The Reading Medical Center.