Nicole Moore, Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant and 2025 AAAA* President, shares her journey from discovering the CAA profession through a Google search to becoming a pivotal leader in CAA advocacy and education.

*American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants

In this LIVE Season 4 Finale recorded @ AAAA 2025 you will hear how Nicole:

• Balances full-time clinical practice with AAAA presidency through an intentionally designed schedule
• Discovered the CAA profession while questioning whether medical school aligned with her life goals
• Led successful legislative efforts in Virginia resulting in CAA licensure after 8 years of advocacy
• Emphasizes building relationships with physician anesthesiologists as key to legislative success
• Shares a powerful story about a patient who experienced cardiac arrest during a C-section
• Maintains balance through family support, planned downtime, and periodic digital disconnection
• Views leadership as something that found her rather than a deliberate career plan

If you're navigating leadership as a CAA, want to continue growing professionally, or need a reminder about why you chose this profession, this conversation will ground you in what matters most.

Support Aaliyah Walker and her advocacy for PE Awareness and Black Maternal Health—work inspired after her OB emergency and the care she received from CAA and 2025 AAAA President, Nicole Moore. HERE and on TikTok @authentically.aaliyah

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