Fellowship Director

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:

• Opioid Free Anesthesia
• Advanced Assessment, Diagnosis, and Psychology of Pain
• Finding New Pain Management Modalities
• Perioperative Management of the Chronic Pain Patient
• Acute and Chronic Pain Management in a Rural Setting
• Epigenetic Impact in Practice and
• Steroid Choices in Interventional Pain Management

Dr. Hart also instructs the USF Advanced Pain Management Fellowship course on the Pathophysiology of Pain and advanced physical exam covering topics such as:

• Basic Mechanisms of Pain
• Phases of Pain
• Common Neuropathic Pain Syndromes
• Common Pain Conditions
• Genetics and Epigenetics of Pain
• Interdisciplinary Pain Management and
• End of Life pain Management Strategies

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).

• Adjunct Clinical Faculty and Clinical Site for NSPM Fellowship
• Owner Premier Pain Management Externship in NSPM
• AANA Subject Matter Expert as part of CMS Multi-Jurisdictional Contractor Advisory Committees (CAC)
• Member of the Iowa Board of Nursing Advanced Practice Committee
• Diagnosis and Management for Chronic Pain-Related Disorders
• Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Pain Management
• Fluoroscopic-Guided Regional and Spinal Interventions

Steve Marquardt is Chief CRNA at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada, MO. He has practiced there for the last 15yrs in both anesthesia and pain management. He obtained a master’s degree from Truman Medical Center School of Nurse Anesthesia in 2001. He was a graduate of the first class of USF pain fellows in 2017 and became one of the earliest CRNA's in the country to become NSPM certified in 2018. Steve has been adjunct faculty for USF since 2018 providing hands on instruction for the pain fellowships cadaver/simulation component. Steve is married and has three boys. He enjoys time with his family and managing his rural acreage for wildlife and conservation.

Russel grew up in Long Beach California. His wife of 22 years is a registered nurse and they have 3 boysn ages 17,19 and 25 and presently live in California.

Russel is a 22 year Navy Veteran assigned stateside, overseas and on board forward deployed navy ships. He provided anesthesia in all settings including small, medium and large stateside military and civilian hospitals. He served as sole anesthesia provider onboard the USS Kitty Hawk (aircraft carrier) and also provided anesthesia at various Level 1 Trauma centers in California and Colorado. With total of 20 years anesthesia experience, he dedicated the past decade to multidisciplinary interventional pain management. He founded the interventional pain service within the Veterans Administration Hospital in Manchester New Hampshire. This service continues to provide multidisciplinary pain management services to over 2000 veterans in chronic pain. There were no pain management services available to New Hampshire veterans prior to founding this clinic.

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.