[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 75 (Monday, June 10, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S5283]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               HONORING SOUTH CAROLINA'S DEBORAH CHAMBERS

 Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, I want to pay tribute to an 
outstanding resident of South Carolina, Deborah A. Chambers. Ms. 
Chambers will soon complete her year as national president of the 
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, AANA. I am pleased one of 
our state's own was tapped as the 2001-2002 president of this 
prestigious organization.
  The AANA represents 28,000 practicing Certified Registered Nurse 
Anesthetists. They administer more than 65 percent of the anesthetics 
given to patients each year in the United States. They provide 
anesthesia for all types of surgical cases and are the sole anesthesia 
provider in over two-thirds of rural hospitals.
  Debbie has been a nurse anesthetist since 1981. She received both her 
anesthesia training and master's degree at the Medical University of 
South Carolina, in Charleston. She has been a solo practitioner since 
1993 at the Microsurgery Center in Anderson, as well as in both the 
Greenville Memorial Medical Center and the Saint Francis Bon Secours 
Hospital System in Greenville. She also was the Clinical Coordinator at 
the Medical University of South Carolina School of Nurse Anesthesia at 
Greenville Memorial Medical Center from 1988-2000. Even with her 
demanding schedule, she has continued to be active on pharmaceutical 
advisory panels to advance the practice of anesthesia.
  Debbie has held various leadership positions in the AANA, and has 
used her experience and knowledge to help others. I ask my colleagues 
to join me in saluting Deborah Chambers.

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