CEO
AANAF
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, United States
Dr. Young (John) Yauger is the current Chief Executive Officer of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology Foundation. He recently retired from the US Army after almost 25 years of active military service. His assignments in the military included Executive Director of TriService Nursing Research Program, Assistant Professor and Deputy Research Director in the US Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, critical care nurse, and medical surgical nurse. He deployed 3 times to combat, most recently in 2018, where he conducted golden hour surgical team operations for the Special Operations Task Force in Afghanistan. Academically, Dr. Yauger earned his neuroscience PhD and Masters in Nursing from the Department of Defense’s, Uniformed Services University. As an assistant professor and researcher, Dr. Yauger taught biochemistry, leadership, and principles of nurse anesthesia. His research interests include combat nursing, resuscitation, anesthesia, traumatic brain injury, innovative technology, and neuro-inflammation. Dr. Yauger was the first US Army CRNA to become a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Service Chief Fellow. Dr. Yauger served as a subject matter expert on neuroscience and combat anesthesia topics on the cutting edge of technology. His positive contributions focused project efforts toward the multi domain operational environment and led to the refinement of new projects identifying potential artificial blood products and traumatic brain injury treatments.
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