9.2720 Department of Nursing program names Waugaman interim chair Wynne Waugaman has been appointed interim Chair of the Department of Nursing program effective July 1. Waugaman joined the USC faculty in 1996 as an associate professor of nursing and director of the Nurse Anesthesia Program. She was honored with the 1997 Helen Lamb Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists for her contributions to nurse anesthesia education. Waugaman is the first author of a leading textbook in the field, Principles and Practice of Nurse Anesthesia.
Plans are underway for the search for a permanent chair.
Waugaman replaced Adele Pillitteri who stepped down from her position due to family illness. Pillitteri led the department for the past five and half years. She plans to work on a book during her sabbatical.