[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 53 (Friday, April 4, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E518-E519]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     HONORING TERRY C. WICKS, CRNA, MHS, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN 
                   ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS

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                        HON. PATRICK T. McHENRY

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 4, 2008

  Mr. McHENRY. Madam Speaker, today I pay tribute to Terry Wicks, CRNA, 
MHS, of Rutherford College, North Carolina, in my congressional 
district. Mr. Wicks, my constituent, recently completed his 2006-2007 
term as the national president of the American Association of Nurse 
Anesthetists (AANA).
  Having celebrated its 76th Anniversary, the AANA is a professional 
organization that represents more than 36,000 practicing Certified 
Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) nationwide.
  Originally from the state of Iowa, Mr. Wicks received his education 
in the art and science of Nurse Anesthesia while serving as an officer 
in the United States Army. His anesthesia training took him to Fort Sam 
Houston, Texas, for the first phase of his education, and then to 
Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado. He earned his 
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from the University of Iowa in 
Iowa City, Iowa. In addition, Mr. Wicks also holds a Master of Health 
Sciences (MHS) degree from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, 
Texas. Previously serving

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as Director of the Anesthesia Department at Catawba Valley Medical 
Center in Hickory, NC, before taking over as National President of the 
AANA, Mr. Wicks continues his work as a Staff Anesthetist helping 
provide anesthesia services to residents of the Unifour, a geographic 
area encompassing Burke, Catawba, Alexander, and Caldwell counties in 
the western foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, whose population has 
grown to over 350,000 people.
  Mr. Wicks has held numerous leadership positions in the AANA as 
Regional Director, Vice-President, and President-elect before becoming 
the National President of the AANA in 2006. In addition, he has served 
terms as President, President-Elect, and Vice-President, for the North 
Carolina Association of Nurse Anesthetists (NCANA).
  Adding to his professional accomplishments, Mr. Wicks has been 
recognized for speaking on anesthesia-related topics over the years. He 
has taken his experience and knowledge from the workplace and AANA 
leadership roles to lecture on political and academic anesthesia-
related topics before different professional groups.
  Madam Speaker, I rise to ask my colleagues to join me today in 
recognizing my constituent, the outgoing President of the American 
Association of Nurse Anesthetists, Mr. Terry Wicks, CRNA, MHS, for his 
notable career and outstanding achievements.

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