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Welcome to my home page. My name is Mark Noguchi and I am a nurse anesthetist, also known as a CRNA (certified registered nurse anesthetist). CRNAs are advanced practice nurses with specialized graduate level education in anesthesiology. I have been practicing anesthesia for more than 20 years with a background in respiratory therapy and intensive care nursing. I grew up in Marin County and love practicing in Terra Linda, the community where I live. You can learn more about the practice of nurse anesthetists by checking out the links to the left under American Association of Nurse Anesthetists. Nurse anesthetists have a history of providing anesthesia for more than 100 years. Most Kaiser nurse anesthetists practice in a team setting where physician anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists work together to provide outstanding anesthesia care. I believe the care you receive in San Rafael will be excellent.

I am pleased to offer this web site as a means to provide helpful medical information for my patients, as well as an opportunity for you to learn more about me. I hope that through this medium I will be able to better serve you with the most current information, useful handouts, and helpful web links.

Raised a Buddhist, it is also very natural for me to say that I enjoy meditation practice and feel that this helps me to be mindful and present when I am providing anesthesia to my patients.

Aside from this clinical practice I have had a strong interest in education and was faculty for the graduate program for nurse anesthetists at Samuel Merritt University in Oakland for ten years. I have done several medical missions overseas, and have been active on my national and state anesthesia associations.

Nursing School: MS Nursing, Clinical Specialty in Anesthesiology, California State University Long Beach
Nursing School: BS Nursing, California State University, Sacramento
Professional Education: BA Biological Sciences, University of California at Davis
Professional Education: AS Respiratory Therapy, Santa Rosa Junior College
Languages Spoken: English

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