Contact Information:

Office: WH 236
Phone: 731-661-5124
Fax: 731-661-5504
E-mail: mkossick@uu.edu
Snail Mail: Box 1801, 1050 Union University Drive, Jackson, TN 38305-3697

Bio:

Dr. Kossick began employment in August 2005 at Union University as Professor and Director for the Nurse Anesthesia Program. In December 2003 he received his Doctor of Nursing Science degree from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center – Memphis, College of Nursing. The title of his dissertation was “Evaluation of a New Modified Chest Lead for Diagnosing Wide QRS Complex Beats of Unknown Origin.” Dr. Kossick’s clinical residency was completed in the electrophysiology laboratory at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

Professor Kossick is married and the father of three daughters ages 20, 17, and 15. He finished his anesthesia training in 1984 at Hamot Medical Center, Erie, Pennsylvania/Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania. His educational experience includes over 19 years of academic instruction for nurse anesthesia programs (University of Cincinnati, University of Kansas, UAB, University of Maryland) and direct anesthesia care for general surgery, orthopedic, gynecological, transplant, ENT, vascular and plastic surgery. He has been an invited speaker at the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) national meetings and numerous state meetings. Over the past 15 years he has lectured extensively across the country on EKG interpretation and the management of ischemia and dsyrthythmias. His audiences consist most frequently of CRNAs but also include anesthesiologists, emergency room physicians, and critical care nurses. Internationally he has lectured in London, United Kingdom, as well as Vienna, Austria. Dr. Kossick has also written a textbook and handbook on electrocardiography and is an author of two chapters in the textbook Nurse Anesthesia (Inhalational Anesthetics and Clinical Monitoring in Anesthesia).

His service activities include providing anesthesia services as part of a medical mission team in Tatoxcac, Mexico, prior work as a member of the Board of Directors for the Alabama Association of Nurse Anesthetists, educator representative for the Council on Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists, AANA Continuing Education (CE) Committee Task Force, chair of the AANA Education Committee, on-site reviewer for the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, and grant reviewer. His most rewarding experiences include medical mission work, lecturing to graduate nurse anesthesia students both on campus and as a visiting professor at other universities. He is grateful for the opportunity to serve as Program Director at Union University’s School of Nursing which is committed to being Christ-centered and excellence driven; the latter mission being reflected by the U.S. News & World Report ranking of Union University as being a top tier university of the South from 1998 to 2005.

Education:

• DNSc., University of Tennessee, Memphis
  
• M.S.N., University of Kansas
  
• B.S., Edinboro University
  

Credentials:

• Doctor of Nursing Science (DNSc)
• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
• Certified Advanced Practice Nurse State of Tennessee (APN)
• Master of Science Nurse Anesthesia (MS)
• Bachelor of Science (BS)

Professional Affiliations & Awards:

• American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

Scholarly Activities:

• Invited Presentations  
  EKG Seminar, Nurse Anesthesia Program, Wake Forest University, Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, October 6, 2005
  "Diagnosis and Management of Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction", "Dysrhythmia Management Under Anesthesia", "Interpretation of Hemodynamic Data", "Pathophysiology of Valvular Heart Disease", Nurse Anesthesia Program, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, January 10-11, 2005
  “Basic and Advanced EKG Interpretation”, 70th Annual Meeting AANA, Boston, Massachusetts, August 6, 2003
  "Preoperative and Intraoperative Assessment of the EKG", Graduate Anesthesia Program, College of Nursing, Akron, Ohio, June 19, 2003
  "Comprehensive EKG Interpretation", Master of Science Program in Anesthesiology, Barry University, Miami Shores, Florida, February 8, 2003
  "Comprehensive EKG Analysis", Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia, California State University, and University of Southern California Graduate Program of Nurse Anesthesia, Pasadena, California, November 16, 2002
  "Preoperative and Intraoperative Assessment of the EKG", Duke University Nurse Anesthesia Program, Duke University Medical Center, November 9, 2002
• Publications  
  Inhalation anesthetics, Nurse Anesthesia, 3rd Edition, John Nagelhout, PhD, Karen Zaglaniczny, PhD, editors, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Contributing chapter author, Kossick M, 2005
  Clinical monitoring in anesthesia, Nurse Anesthesia, 3rd Edition, John Nagelhout, PhD, Karen Zaglaniczny, PhD, editors, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Contributing chapter co-author, Kossick M, Wright E, 2005
  Handbook of EKG Analysis: Quick, Concise, Simple, 2nd Edition, Mark A. Kossick, AANA Publishing, Inc., Park Ridge, Illinois, 2001
  EKG Interpretation: Simple, Thorough, Practical, 2nd Edition, Mark A. Kossick, AANA Publishing, Inc., Park Ridge, Illinois, 2000
  Anesthesia for the ruptured globe, AANA Journal, 68:73-83, 2000, Wright L, Kossick M
• Research  
  2002 - 2003 Evaluation of a new modified chest lead in diagnosing wide complex beats of unknown origin.
  1992 A comparison of adenosine, esmolol, and a placebo for control of heart rate and blood pressure following electroconvulsive therapy.
• Grants  
  2005 Advanced Education Nursing Program CFDA No. 93.247 submitted November, 2004 (Assisted with writing grant - designated to assume Project Director responsibilities beginning YR2 through YR3) $269,142
  2004 Nurse Anesthetist Traineeships CFDA No. 93.124 submitted November, 2003 $36,283
  2003 Advanced Education Nursing Traineeships CFDA No. 93.358 submitted November, 2002 (CoPI) $29,418
  2003 Nurse Anesthetist Traineeships CFDA No. 93.124 submitted November, 2002 $24,309
  2002 Nurse Anesthetist Traineeships CFDA No. 93.124 submitted November, 2001 $135,238
  2001 Nurse Anesthetist Traineeships CFDA No. 93.299C submitted November, 2000 $18,561
  2000 Nurse Anesthetist Traineeships CFDA No. 93.299C submitted November, 1999 $18, 456
  1999 Nurse Anesthetist Traineeships CFDA No. 93.124 submitted November, 1998 $22,572
  1998 Nurse Anesthetist Traineeships CFDA No. 93.124 submitted November, 1997 $25,529
  1996 SHRP Faculty Research Initiatives Program University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL 35294 $7,086
  1992 American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Education and Research Foundation, Park Ridge, Illinois 60068 $1,547