Chris Arbir

Education: BSN – Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University Normal, Illinois – 1994
M.S. Nursing – DePaul University Chicago – 2006
Diploma of Nurse Anesthesia –  Evanston Northwestern Healthcare School of Anesthesia Evanston, Illinois – 2006

Board Certification: National Board of Certification and Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists 2006

Practicing Since: Nurse Anesthesia – 2006
Critical Care Nursing – 1994

Awards/Distinctions Senior Class President Mennonite College of Nursing 1994
Ravenswood Caring Award (Best Senior Nurse Anesthesia Student) 2006

Areas of Specialization: Specialized Training: ACLS, BLS, PALS, and TNS

Associations: AANA (American Association of Nurse Anesthetists)

Biography:

Chris brings over 12 years of critical care/trauma experience into practice before he started his nurse anesthesia training. During his clinical rotations he especially enjoyed and concentrated in trauma and obstetrical anesthesia. After working for 10+ years in the western suburbs at a hospital affiliated with Northwestern Medicine, he comes to Town Square with extensive experience. He especially enjoys robotic, neurological,  neuro-spine, and thoracic anesthesia.
When not working Chris enjoys tennis, fishing, exercise, and hockey. He has two teenage daughters on the high-school tennis team and a beautiful wife of 20 years.