There are 2 Nurse Anesthesia Programs in South Carolina. Mr. Everard Hicks began the first program in Charleston, S.C. at the Medical University in 1965. The first graduating class was March 2, 1967 and included Victor Warner, Nell Ward, Mary Ann Cone, Barbara Brown, Audrey Hall, Ruby Johnson, and Alta Sullivan.
The second Program is in Columbia, S.C. Dr. Donald Harwood began it in March 1969 as an 18-month program. The school functioned as part of the Richland Memorial Hospital, which remains the largest clinical site for the program today. The program is associated with the USC School of Medicine under the department of Pharmacology.
