Biography
Ian Hewer completed his anesthesia training in 1995 at the University of California,
San Francisco. During his career, he has worked at both tertiary medical centers and
small community hospitals, providing anesthesia care to a diverse surgical population-
including pediatrics, obstetrics, neurosurgical and cardiac patients. He became Director
of the Nurse Anesthesia Program in 2018 having been on faculty at WCU since 2011.
He maintains his clinical practice with at Mission Hospital, in Asheville, North Carolina.<br><br>He
has extensive clinical teaching experience both as a preceptor and clinical coordinator,
working with graduate students from the University of Kansas, Duke University, and
WCU. In 2018, he completed his PhD at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte,
which compares outcomes and characteristics of different models of anesthesia care
delivery.<br><br>He has been an AANA Research Fellow, & has coauthored publications
in the AANA Journal, the International Journal of Nursing Research, & the Social Science
journal. Dr. Hewer is a member of American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, North
Carolina Association of Nurse Anesthetists, & the International Anesthesia Research
Society. He is active in his professional association, & is currently Region 4 Director
for the North Carolina Association of Nurse Anesthetists. Dr. Hewer is married with
two children, and lives in Fairview, North Carolina. Outside of anesthesia, his interests
include soccer, biking and music.
Teaching Interests
Cardiac anesthesia, health care economics
Research Interests
Comparative models of the anesthesia care team. Complications after anesthesia procedures.
