Lisa began her nursing career as a neonatal ICU/transport RN. She has been a CRNA at Children’s of Alabama since graduating from the UAB nurse anesthesia program in 1994. After completing her MSN at Samuel Merritt (2009) and a DNP at UAB (2013), she began full-time teaching at Samford while continuing one day a week at Children’s. She is currently an associate professor and the associate chair of the Samford Nurse Anesthesia Program.
Degrees and Certifications
- DNP, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- MSN, Samuel Merritt
- Post–BS Certification/Nurse Anesthesia, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- BSN, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- RN, St. Vincent’s School of Nursing
Expertise
- Pediatric and neonatal critical care and anesthesia
- Anesthesia induced neuroapoptosis
- Trauma/Coagulopathy
- Evidence based practice
Awards and Honors
- Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiologists, 2024
- Most Outstanding 2013 Graduate (doctoral, UAB)
- Most Outstanding 2013 Project, (doctoral, Sigma Theta Tau)
- Most Outstanding 2009 Graduate (master’s, Samuel Merritt)
- Children’s of Alabama 2006 Clinical Excellence Award
- Summa Cum Laude graduate, 1994, UAB
Involvement
- American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (ALANA), Member, Professional Development Committee
- Alabama Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)
- American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN)
Recent Publications
- Herbinger, L. (2024). Children and the opioid crisis – We can make a difference. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing. Advance online publication. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jopan.2024.02.003
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Herbinger, L., & Knight, K. (2022). Intussusception. In J. S. Furstein (Ed.), Pediatric Anesthesia: A Comprehensive Approach to Safe and Effective Care. Springer. doi:10.1891/9780826138750
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Herbinger, L. A. (2018). Evidence based use of cuffed endotracheal tubes in children. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 33(5), 590-600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jopan.2017.07.001
Recent Presentations
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Peds Pharm Update: Anesthesia Effects on the Developing Brain to AANA Annual Congress, San Diego, CA, August 2024
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Opioid Sparing Strategies for Children having ENT Procedures to AANA Annual Congress, San Diego CA, August 2024
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Anesthetic Implications of GLP-1 Agonists: Are We Making the Rules as We Go? with Ken Taylor, DNP, CRNA and Kerry Varner, DNP, CRNA, to ALANA Fall CE event, Point Clear, AL, August 2023
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Peds Anesthesia Update: Opioids, Opioid Sparing and Regional Techniques to the Society for Opioid Free Anesthesia (SOFA) annual CE event, Panama City, FL, April 2023
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The Latest on Opioids, Opioid-Sparing and Regional Techniques for Children to AANA Annual Congress, Chicago, IL, August 2022
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Reversal of Neuromuscular Blockade in Special Populations- A Case Study Series to Miller Medical Communications, LLC (with Matt McEvoy, MD, Vanderbilt University and Sorin Brull, MD, Mayo Clinic), May 2022
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The Evidence Based Use of Sugammadex in Children, Common Postanesthesia Complications in Children and Perioperative Pain Adjuncts for Children (MANA, 2022)
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A Review of Neuromuscular Blockade and Reversal in the Pediatric Population with Joe Tobias, MD (Medscape/WebMD, 2021)
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Evidence Based Use of Sugammadex in Children (Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, 2021)
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Hot Topic Trio in Peds Anesthesia Pharm (AANA, 2021)
Research Areas
- Opioid sparing strategies for children
- anesthesia effects on the developing brain
- best practices for pediatric anesthesia