Richard Henker

I currently teach undergraduate, DNP and PhD students. Areas of teaching include pathophysiology, research, evidence-based practice and other areas as needed. I received the Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 1998 and the Chancellors Distinguished Teaching Award in 2006. I enjoy integrating simulation methods into my courses to enhance my teaching, i.e., mock induction, standardized patients, ultrasound workshops, etc.  

I am a clinical preceptor for nurse anesthesia students at UPMC-Presbyterian, Angkor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap, and Lao Friends Hospital for Children in Luang Prabang.  I am currently a Visiting Professor at Keio University in Tokyo and I have been a Visiting Professor at Harbin Medical University, in Harbin China; Boromarajonani College of Nursing at Nakon Phanom University, in Nakon Phanom Thailand; Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University in Bangkok, and International University of Health and Welfare – Narita, Narita Japan.  I have provided lectures at eight universities in Japan including Kitasato University, Kyoto University, Jikei University, Kobe City College, Osaka Dental University, Asahikawa Medical University, Sapporo City University, and The Open University of Japan. I have lectured on many occasions for the Korean Association of Nurse Anesthetists at their annual meeting.  I have also lectured at the following international hospitals: Karl Heusner in Belize City, Belize, the National Pediatric Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tokyo Bay Hospital in Tokyo, Japan, and Kyoto University Hospital in Kyoto Japan.