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Drs. Donald Ivy and Farrell Hass of National Park Medical Center were recently selected as Clinical Coordinators of the Year by the Texas Wesleyan Graduate Program of Nurse Anesthesia.
"This award is an excellent reflection on the commitment that National Park Medical Center and our group, Ouachita Regional Anesthesia, have made in training doctoral students in nurse anesthesia," Ivy said in a hospital news release.
Ivy and Hass said they were "surprised and honored" to be selected.
"We are humbled to have received this award, as the Texas Wesleyan program has approximately 350 residents that will train in 50 hospitals across the United States," Ivy said. "National Park Medical Center has allowed and encouraged us to train the next generation of nurse anesthetists."
He said that they train nurse residents in anesthesia from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas State University as well as Texas Wesleyan University.
Ivy traveled to the college campus in Arlington, Texas, to receive the award on their behalf.
Residents initially receive one year of intense training in pharmacology, physiology, and anatomy. That is followed by two years in hospital operating room training, he said.
"The award is a reflection of the hard work and excellent training that the residents receive at our hospital from Dr. Hass and myself, as well as our excellent group of nurse anesthetists at Ouachita Regional Anesthesia," Ivy said.
Ivy said the award is really a reflection and recognition of the group effort of a hospital, and their 17 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists: BJ Easterling, CRNA; Stephanie Gotcher, CRNA; Jamie Humble, CRNA; PJ Morgan, CRNA; Dylan Rainwater, CRNA; Michael Warren, CRNA; Travis Warren, CRNA; Keith James, CRNA; Cody Hobby, CRNA; Jamal Kellum, CRNA; Angela Long, CRNA; Hannah Ware, CRNA; Chris Ivy, CRNA; Tony Plunkett, CRNA; Shelly Jarrett, CRNA; Jennifer Rader, CRNA; and Evan Leyba CRNA.
Ivy and Hass have more than 60 years of medical service, with each having served the Hot Springs and Little Rock communities for 20 years, the release said.