John Maye, PhD, CRNA, Professor
Adv. Pain Mgmt. Education Coordinator
johnmaye@usf.edu
Zuzana Moore, MA
Academic Services Administrator
(813) 974 8127
zmoore@usf.edu
This innovative advanced pain management certificate for certified registered nurse anesthetist providers offers the following features:
The certificate program is online and requires a two-day simulation/cadaver experience at USF CAMLS in Tampa, FL, and on-site clinical residency.
The Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS) is a 90,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility with a wealth of health professional education and training, for both individuals and teams.
The Advanced Pain Management Fellowship at the USF, College of Nursing, proposes that pain is a complex phenomenon mediated through mechanisms that involve more than the traditional views of tissue damage. Traditional views of aligning pain only with tissue damaging stimuli are limiting and may be the driving force behind economic costs associated with the treatment of pain to be estimated at $560-635 billion annually. Pain fellows at USF will consider the physical, psychological, and social aspects of the individual as they develop approaches to pain management plans. Those who enroll in the fellowship will be presented with a challenging curriculum intended to transform traditional views and provide the knowledge and skills necessary to vastly improve the treatment of pain.
This highly innovative online program consists of five courses to be delivered sequentially over three consecutive semesters. The concepts presented in each course will establish a framework of knowledge intended to impart the certified registered nurse anesthetist with the necessary background to understand and treat pain utilizing effective and relevant evidence-based guidelines.
The curriculum in each course will address the concept of pain beyond the traditional views of interpretation and modulation of nociceptive impulses. Pain not only evolves from tissue damaging stimuli, but may also serve as a consequence of the way stress, sleep, and central autonomic nervous system tone affect the brain.
The Advanced Pain Management Fellowship student handbook includes information on procedures, and guidelines.
More information is available in the Graduate Catalog.
Please visit the Office of Graduate Studies, Graduate Certificates website for the application process and online application for admission. (Note: the application
process for fall admission will initiate on January 18, 2023)
Program specific materials should be submitted via email to Zuzana Moore. These include:
1. A copy of your transcript from a Nurse Anesthesia program
2. Curriculum Vitae
3. Letter of Interest
4. Reference letter from a supervising clinician/clinical colleague
5. Copy of an active NBCRNA card
Official transcripts need to be submitted to:
University of South Florida
Office of Graduate Certificates
140 Seventh Avenue South, PNM 102
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Visit the Innovative Education's Graduate Certificates, How To Apply page for the current deadlines.
Applicants must have a master/doctoral degree from an Accredited Nurse Anesthesia Program and be a Board Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist with a minimum of two years experience at the program start (yearly in August). A minimum 3.0 GPA on all graduate-level course work.
Practicing nurse anesthetist (CRNA)
The Pain Management certificate program follows the same tuition structure as our Nurse Anesthesia program.
Tuition and Fees: Please visit the University Controller's Office for the Current Graduate Rates (state, local, and other fees).
Student Expenses: Travel, hotel accommodations, and meals
*Please Note: The tuition and fee information listed above is for estimation purposes and can be subject to change.
Dr. John Maye is a Professor and the Program Director for the Advanced Pain Management Fellowship at the University of South Florida, College of Nursing. He retired from the United States Navy in 2015 at the rank of Captain after serving for 27 years. In addition to his clinical responsibilities within the Navy, he was assigned multiple leadership positions to include: Director of Research for the Nurse Anesthesia Program at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland and Executive Director for the Tri-Service Nursing Research Program Dr. Maye has published more than 30 peer-reviewed articles. In 2009, Dr. Maye received the prestigious John F. Garde Researcher of the Year award from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists which recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to the practice of anesthesia through research.
David W. Hart received his BSN from Washburn University (Magna Cum Laude), Master of Nursing from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Doctor of Nursing Practice from Chatham University, completed the initial Non-Surgical Pain Management Fellowship at the University of South Florida and became certified in NonSurgical Pain Management in 2018. As the primary clinical investigator, he has explored battlefield anesthesia (Daniel Inouye Award for Research-2006), alternate methods of deep sedation (Alternatives to propofol for endoscopic procedures: An evidence-based inquiry, 2014) as well as alternatives in steroid injections (A review of the analgesic benefits and potential complications related to epidural corticosteroid injections-2019).
Dr. Hart is a practicing CNRA in a rural CAH in northeast Kansas where he has developed a robust ultrasound guided peripheral nerve block practice, pain management practice, incorporates opioid-free anesthesia techniques and provides clinical instruction and mentorship for the University of Kansas Department of Nurse Anesthesia Education.
He has presented conference topics that have included:
Dr. Hart also instructs the USF Advanced Pain Management Fellowship course on the Pathophysiology of Pain and advanced physical exam covering topics such as:
Hobbies include reading, sitting behind a sweet drum kit, supporting local community theater and the humane society.
Ben Campbell obtained a BSN from Mississippi College in 1981 and obtained a MS in Nurse Anesthesia from the Medical College of Virginia / Virginia Commonwealth University in 1985. Most of his anesthesia career has been spent as an independent contractor and in CRNA only practices. He retired from the United States Army Reserve with 28 years of service and 5 deployments. Multiple tours were in forward surgical teams and combat support hospitals providing combat casualty care. His wife M.J. and he founded Anesthesia Specialists, P.A. in 2000 and both have worked as 1099 contractors since. Ben served in many leadership positions with the Arkansas Association of Nurse Anesthetists including President. He has served on the Practice Committee and Resolutions committee of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists. In 2020 Ben completed the Advanced Pain Management Fellowship at the University of South Florida and passed the national board certification in nonsurgical pain management the same year. Recently he helped establish Mena Interventional Pain Specialists in Mena, Arkansas to provide nonsurgical pain management services to that community. Ben Campbell teaches Pain Management Clinical Residency.
Brian T. GEGEL, DNAP, CRNA is an adjunct instructor in the Advanced Pain Management Fellowship at the University of South Florida. Additionally, he is an Assistant Professor in the Anesthesia for Nurses program at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr Gegel has greater than 25 publications from peer reviewed journals, participated in multiple physiologic research studies with the US Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing (USAGPAN), and presented at the local/state/national levels. He completed his anesthesia training through USAGPAN, doctoral education at Texas Wesleyan University in 2013, and graduated from the inaugural class of this fellowship. Lastly, Dr Gegel is a military trained CRNA with 20 years of anesthesia experience, a combat veteran, and owns/operates an all veteran CRNA group in San Antonio, TX where he resides with his family.
Dr. Barnhill has practiced pain management and nurse anesthesiology for over 30 years. He received his Master’s in Health Science from the Texas Wesleyan/U.S. Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing 6F-66F and earned his Doctorate in Nursing Education from Capella University. His primary work is clinical pain management and pain education since 2001. He has published in the AANA Journal, Journal of Nursing, and authored several clinical practice and education programs on fluoroscopic radiation safety and Nonsurgical Pain Management (NSPM).
Dr. Lisa Pearson is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) and Board-Certified Pain Management Provider (NSPM-C) from Colorado. Dr. Pearson obtained her Master’s in Anesthesia from Newman University and her Doctorate from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is also a graduate of the University of South Florida (USF) Advanced Pain Management Fellowship. Additionally, she has completed ASAM and SAMSHA training in addiction therapy. Dr. Pearson has used her expertise and knowledge to develop and operate two successful pain clinics in Colorado. Dr. Pearson has been an integral part of the growth and development of the University of South Florida, Advanced Pain Management Fellowship. She presently serves as the lead professor in the Pharmacology of Pain Management Course. She is an advisor/instructor for the annual cadaver course and serves as a clinical preceptor for pain fellows.