Email

jrwalker@bcm.edu

Positions

Director and Associate Professor, Doctor of Nursing Practice Program-Nurse Anesthesia

School of Health Professions
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Associate Professor, Anesthesiology and Health Professions

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Faculty CRNA, Ben Taub Hospital

Baylor College of Medicine

Education

D.N.P. from Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX United States

M.S. (Nurse Anesthesia) from Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX United States

B.S.N. from University of Oklahoma

Norman, OK United States

Certifications

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

(08/01/2013 - 07/31/2015)

National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (CRNA) Licensure

(08/01/2014 - 08/31/2016)

Texas Board of Nursing

Registered Nurse

(08/01/2014 - 08/31/2016)

Texas Board of Nursing

Honors & Awards

Fellow

American Academy of Nursing (10/2014)

Helen Lamb Outstanding Educator of the Year

American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (09/2014)

President

Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (05/2017)

Distinguished Practitioner Fellow

National Academies of Practice (03/2011)

U.S. Congressional Honor

U.S. House of Representatives (07/2010)

Fulbright and Jaworski Faculty Excellence Award, Educational Leadership

Baylor College of Medicine (03/2010)

Distinguished Alumnus Award

Baylor College of Medicine Alumni Association (04/2010)

President

American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (08/2009 - 08/2010)

J. David Holcomb Achievement Award

Baylor College of Medicine (12/2008)

Program Director of the Year

American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (08/2004)

President

Texas Association of Nurse Anesthetists (09/2003 - 09/2004)

Fulbright and Jaworski Faculty Excellence Award, Educational Leadership

Baylor College of Medicine (03/2005)

Chair

Texas Board of Nursing, APRN Advisory Committee (01/1998)

Agatha Hodgins CRNA Memorial Award

Baylor College of Medicine (12/1992)

Websites

Memberships

International Federation of Nurse Anesthetists

Practice Committee (10/2014)

American Academy of Nursing

(05/2014)

National Academies of Practice

(03/2011)

American Academy of Pain Management

(08/2005)

American Association of University Professors

(01/2005)

American Nurses Association

(01/2002)

Texas Nurses Association

(01/2002)

Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States

(01/1999)

American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

(07/1990)

Texas Association of Nurse Anesthetists

(07/1990)

Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society

(05/1988)