The space that provides critical training for nurse anesthesia students at Samford University’s Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing is now officially the Dr. and Mrs. Lonnie W. Funderburg Operating Room.
The room was dedicated April 17, to celebrate the legacy of the longtime Birmingham anesthesiologist and his wife, Mary.
Dr. Funderburg, who died in 2009, laid the foundation for the nursing school’s nurse anesthesia program.
Samford president Andrew Westmoreland said the enhanced operating room underscores a “very proud tradition of nursing care and nurse education at Samford.” The nursing school is celebrating the 90th year of its founding during 2012.
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