Cassie Prendergast, DNP, CRNA

Assistant Professor
Assistant Director, DNP Nurse Anesthesia Program

Contact Information

Cassie Prendergast

901 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Assistant Professor
Assistant Director, DNP Nurse Anesthesia Program

Research & Clinical Interests

Opioid Free & Opioid-Sparing Anesthesia 
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder & Emergence Agitation
Anesthetic Management of High-Risk Obstetric Patients

Education

DNP, University of Pennsylvania (2020)
BSN, Drexel University (2015)
BS, University of California, Berkeley (2011)

Presentations

  • Prendergast, C. (2023, September) Strategies to Reduce Postoperative Hematomas After Bilateral Mastectomy and Reconstruction. Podium presentation at Penn Medicine, Philadelphia PA
  • Prendergast, C. (2020, July) Anesthetic Management During Postpartum Hemorrhage in a Patient with DIC. Poster presentation at Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
  • Prendergast, C. (2019, December) An Electronic Alert to Reduce Postoperative Delirium in the Older Adult. Poster presentation at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA
  • Prendergast, C. (2013, April) The Effects of Estrogen and Progesterone on Gene Expression of Lipoprotein Lipase in Mice. Podium presentation at the University of California, Berkeley, and Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute

Professional Organizations

  • American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)
  • Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists (PANA)