Bill Johnson, DNAP, CRNA

Bill Johnson, DNAP, CRNA, was the previous Director of the Acute Surgical Pain Management Fellowship and has taught ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia (USGRA) techniques to nurse anesthesia students for the past five years. He is a graduate of Texas Wesleyan University with a Masters in Health Science in 1999. He obtained his Doctorate in Nurse Anesthesia Practice from Texas Wesleyan University in 2015 and has been published in the AANA Journal, publicly presented on USGRA techniques, and taught USGRA workshops for the practicing CRNA. He continues to learn and practice clinically USGRA techniques in northern Tennessee.

Modules Taught:

  • Anatomy: Cervical Plexus & Brachial Plexus
  • Diagnosis and Management of Complications in Regional Anesthesia
  • Introduction to Regional Blocks
  • Lower Extremity Peripheral Nerve Blocks II (LFC)
  • Lower Extremity Peripheral Nerve Blocks III (Infragluteal Sciatic Nerve Block, Tibial Nerve Block, SPANK Block, Distal Saphenous Block)
  • Truncal Blocks III (Intercostal Nerve Blocks)
  • Upper Extremity Perineural Catheter Indications, Techniques, and Equipment
  • Upper Extremity Peripheral Nerve Blocks II (SCB, Costoclavicular)
  • Upper Extremity Peripheral Nerve Blocks III (Variations to the Infraclavicular Block, Distal UE Blocks)