The Southern Medical Association (SMA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Rodney Overstreet, BSN, CRNA, MNA, to SMA’s Education Committee. In his role as a Nurse Planner for the Committee, Rodney will play a role in SMA's expansion of educational programming to include contact hours and CEUs for nurses which are an integral aspect SMA's multidisciplinary, interprofessional approach to patient care.

Currently a CRNA at UAB Medical West, in Bessemer, Alabama, Rodney felt called to heal from a young age. He has spent his career putting people to sleep — and now he wants to help them wake up. "They taught us how to heal others, but neglected to teach us how to heal ourselves," he said.

Rodney's nonprofit, Heal Our Healers, aims to remedy this institutional illness. Rodney enjoys studying and lecturing on burnout, compassion fatigue, and PTSD in healthcare providers.