Lori R. Anderson has been a CRNA since 1997. She received her MSN Anesthesia Nurse Practitioner from Rush University/Chicago and her MSN/BSN from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. Her expertise includes work in helicopter and critical care transport, as well as in the CCU, ICU, ER, and Cath Labs in Rockford, IL.

Lori has provided numerous professional presentations and been published in the Journal of Nursing Administration. She is the recipient of the IL Nurses' Association Horizon Award in 2007 and the Agatha Hodgins CRNA Memorial Award as an Outstanding Graduate Nurse Anesthetist from Rush University in 1997.

Lori is an Assistant Professor for the Rosalind Franklin University, College of Health Professions, Nurse Anesthesia Department, and is a preceptor for program SRNAs at OSF St. Anthony Hospital, Rockford, IL.