Alison Henry, CRNA
- Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing
- Director, DNP - Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA) program
Education
- Doctor of Nursing Practice, 2025. Fort Hays State University
- Master of Science in Nursing in Nurse Anesthesia, 2016. University of Pittsburgh
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 2011. Brigham Young University
Bio
Alison Henry, CRNA, is an associate professor and director of the DNP Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA) program at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, where she is leading the launch of the program, pending COA accreditation. Her work focuses on curriculum design, simulation-based education, clinical partnerships, accreditation readiness, rural health equity, and workforce development.
A practicing clinician with extensive expertise, Henry specializes in pediatric and pediatric open-heart anesthesia, difficult airway management, trauma, and ambulatory anesthesia. She has held several leadership roles at the University of Rochester Medical Center, including Chief Nurse Anesthetist, Lead Clinical Nurse Anesthetist for Golisano Children’s Hospital, and SRNA Clinical Coordinator.
Henry’s scholarly work includes authored chapters in Pediatric Anesthesia: A Comprehensive Approach to Safe and Effective Care and forthcoming contributions to Anesthesia Pharmacology on magnesium, alpha agonists, and novel analgesic agents. She has presented regionally and nationally on pediatric airway emergencies, respiratory physiology, and anesthesia simulation. Her doctoral research examined the cost and safety implications of ready-to-administer dexmedetomidine syringes in pediatric anesthesia practice.
Henry is committed to advancing nurse anesthesia education, clinical excellence, patient safety, rural health access, and mentorship for future CRNAs.
Awards
- Outstanding Clinical Preceptor
- University of Buffalo Nurse Anesthesia Program, 2023
- URMC Bronze Star
- University of Rochester Medical Center, 2022
- URMC Silver Star
- University of Rochester Medical Center, 2021
- Outstanding Clinical Preceptor
- University of Buffalo Nurse Anesthesia Program, 2019
- Above and Beyond Award
- University of Pittsburgh Nurse Anesthesia, 2016
Presentations
- Neonatal airway, respiratory physiology and emergencies
- Delivering Expertise: OB Anesthesia Education for Experienced and Novice OB Providers, New York State Association of Nurse Anesthetists, 2026
- Pediatric Airway Emergencies
- New York Perioperative Symposium, 2025
- Why so Blue? A Review of Adult and Pediatric Respiratory Physiology and Post-Anesthesia Respiratory Implications
- New York State PeriAnesthesia Nurses Association District 3 Annual Conference, 2023
- BodyExplorer: An Initial Report on Usability of a Novel Simulator Being Developed at the University of Pittsburgh
- Pennsylvanian Association of Nurse Anesthetists Spring Symposium, 2016
- BodyExplorer: An Initial Report on Usability of a Novel Simulator Being Developed at the University of Pittsburgh
- American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Annual Meeting, 2015
Publications
- Henry, A (2021). Hepatic System. Pediatric Anesthesia: A Comprehensive Approach to Safe and Effective Care, Chapter 16.
- Henry, A., Wahlers, L (2021). Burns. Pediatric Anesthesia: A Comprehensive Approach to Safe and Effective Care, Chapter 87.
- Henry, A., Wahlers, L (2021). Septorhinoplasty. Pediatric Anesthesia: A Comprehensive Approach to Safe and Effective Care, Chapter 68.