I'm Jenni Ross Majumdar, PhD, CRNA — a nurse anesthetist, assistant professor, nurse scientist, and writer translating the science, safety, and human stories behind anesthesia.
The hour you spend under anesthesia is the most-experienced and least-understood interval in modern medicine. My work — in the operating room, the lab, the classroom, and on the page — is about making that hour, and the people who deliver it, visible.
A practicing CRNA at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center since 2015, delivering anesthesia care to patients undergoing cancer surgery.
A funded research program on perioperative anxiety, distress, and recovery in cancer surgery; the nurse anesthesia workforce; and the safety and well-being of the profession. 27+ peer-reviewed publications.
View scholarship →Tenure-track Assistant Professor and Assistant Specialty Director of the Nurse Anesthesia DNP program at Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, CUNY, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nurse Anesthesia Education.
More on teaching →Art of Anesthesia on Substack, public essays, and commentary explaining what actually happens in the operating room — for the readers nobody ever explained it to.
Explore my writing →What a CRNA actually is, why you may never notice us, and why we don't leave the room — not even for the bathroom.
Read on Substack →What postoperative nausea really is, why patients fear it more than pain — and how we prevent it.
Read on Substack →Airway management — the skill that defines the specialty — explained for people who'll (thankfully) never see it.
Read on Substack →A pilot study incorporating the distress thermometer into preoperative vital signs for ambulatory oncology surgery. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 2024.
A brief mindfulness intervention to reduce caregiver anxiety during ambulatory cancer surgery. Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 2026.
Competency-based DNP curriculum redesign (J Nursing Education, 2026) and controlled-substance surveillance in clinical training (J Nursing Regulation, 2025).
Weekly plain-language writing on how anesthesia works, why it matters, and what really happens behind the drape. More than a thousand readers and one of the most engaged audiences in Substack's health category.
I speak nationally on anesthesia and perioperative care, symptom science in cancer surgery, nurse anesthesia education, and what the public misunderstands about who delivers healthcare. Recent venues include the AANA Annual Congress, Oncology Nursing Society Congress, ASCO Quality, and Weill Cornell Department of Anesthesiology Grand Rounds.
Begin with "What Is Anesthesia, Actually?" — then subscribe to Art of Anesthesia for a new piece each week.
Start reading →Bios, signature talks, past venues, and a direct booking line for keynotes, panels, podcasts, and expert comment.
Book a talk →Featured publications with plain-language significance, funded projects, editorial leadership, and the full CV.
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