Candidate for Nominating Committee, 2025 - 2026

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Michael Rawley, DNP,  CRNA

Fast Facts About Michael

  • Lives in the Liberty Educational District
  • Works at NYU Langone Manhattan
  • 12 years as a CRNA in New York

After graduating from Columbia's CRNA program in 2012, Michael began working at NYU Langone Health, where he has been ever since. Always on the lookout for additional opportunities, Michael has taken advantage of every chance to expand his skills, including a 1099 position, management positions within the hospital, and various levels of teaching appointments, including Columbia University, Hofstra University, and Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia. 

What are the biggest challenges facing the profession?

While there are multiple challenges that face us in New York State, I think the biggest is title recognition. Obtaining professional recognition is the first step to any other challenge.

What experiences, ideas, connection or resources do you have that would allow you to help with those challenges?

 I live in and represent the Liberty district, a district that is dramatically underrepresented in NYSANA particularly in relation to the number of active CRNAs that live and/or work there. Additionally, the roles I have as both a clinician and educator allow me to demonstrate to current and future CRNAs as well as other healthcare professionals that we are indeed worthy of being recognized as advanced practice providers.

Name one skill or strength you possess that is unmatched by your colleagues or peers

I wear many hats in my professional life: clinician, educator, administrator, and advocate. I have the opportunity to bridge the gap with other professionals as well as shaping both current and future CRNAs to be strong clinicians

What do you love about being a CRNA? What drew you to the profession?

I love the responsibility that is assumed over your patients. Each patient becomes like my favorite patients I had to manage in the ICU, where they require so much attention that you cannot have a second patient. That is exactly what drew me into anesthesia. Simultaneously, I have also come to enjoy the challenge of establishing rapport with a patient in a short period of time. That is an invaluable skill.

Please provide at least one idea you believe will engage or involve members to advance NYSANA’s mission.

I think it would be useful to have multiple networking events within the liberty district, even if informal. It's easy to become so siloed within the large organizations for which we work, and we end up losing sight of the big picture. Taking the time to meet with people around the city rather than the entire district which is very population dense may help engage more voices from the Liberty District in NYSANA. This is critical for both general involvement and in representative positions.