Ken Wofford is an Associate Professor in the University of South Florida College of Nursing, where he teaches simulation, statistics, epidemiology, evidence-based practice, foundations of anesthesia practice, and anatomy and physiology.  Before joining USF, he served for 26 years in the US Navy, joining as a Hospital Corpsman and retiring as a Commander.  During his time in the Navy, he served as an ICU nurse, Staff CRNA, Nurse Scientist, faculty, and Fleet Marine Staff Officer, and received degrees from Jacksonville University, Georgetown University, and Duke University.  His final six years were served at the Uniformed Services University, where he was Director of Research and Evidence-Based Practice for the Registered Nurse Anesthesia Program and instructor in the austere medical training courses at the Daniel K. Inouye Graduate School of Nursing.  He is a Fellow in the Academy of Wilderness Medicine and the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology, as well as a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator. He currently maintains an active independent clinical anesthesia practice in a CRNA-only group in Tampa, FL.