Brent Dunworth, DNP, MBA, CRNA

Brent Dunworth, DNP, MBA, APRN, CRNA, NEA-BC, FAANA holds a Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Master of Business Administration from Waynesburg University. He is an Associate Professor and the founding academic program director for the Nurse Anesthesia Program at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and has been actively involved in nursing education for 25 years.

Dunworth has received numerous awards, including the Agatha Hodgins Award, the Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists’ Didactic Instructor of the Year Award, the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing’s Outstanding Young Alumnus Award, and the Dr. Nevin Downs Leadership Award. He is a certified nurse executive and a fellow in the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.  He has also served as an executive health care leader at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

In addition to his academic roles, Dunworth lectures internationally on nurse anesthesia and health care leadership and maintains clinical practice in anesthesiology at Vanderbilt.