A career built on safe, compassionate anesthesia care.

Founding Sunrise Harbor

Cathy founded Sunrise Harbor Anesthesia, LLC to bring hospital-grade clinical expertise directly to the practices that need it — without the overhead of a large anesthesia group. From her home base on the South Carolina coast in Murrells Inlet, she partners with surgical centers, dental offices, and ambulatory facilities across New York, Ohio, Florida, and South Carolina, the four states in which she is licensed.

Clinical experience

Cathy's clinical work spans the full breadth of modern anesthesia practice — from routine moderate sedation in dental and office-based settings to complex general anesthesia for neurosurgery, regional techniques for orthopedic and pain cases, and obstetric anesthesia in labor and delivery. She has cared for patients across the lifespan, from pediatric through geriatric, and brings the calm, methodical approach that comes from years in high-acuity environments.

Among the experiences that shape her practice today: ten years as a CRNA at the University of Rochester Medical Center, an adult and pediatric Level I trauma center, where she handled the complete range of surgical anesthesia from routine elective cases through high-acuity trauma. That foundation continues to inform her work at every facility she serves.

Active practice and academic affiliation

Cathy currently practices anesthesia within the UR Medicine network at F.F. Thompson Hospital in Canandaigua, New York, where she has provided anesthesia care since 2019. She also serves as Faculty Adjunct Instructor at the University at Buffalo School of Nursing — the program where she trained as a CRNA — helping educate the next generation of nurse anesthetists.

Her continued involvement in academic medicine and active hospital practice keeps Sunrise Harbor's clinical standards grounded in current, evidence-based care.

A path that built broader clinical perspective

Cathy's progression from registered nurse to family nurse practitioner to certified registered nurse anesthetist is unusual — and intentional. Her career began as an ICU and surgical-trauma RN at URMC, where she practiced for eight years before pursuing her family nurse practitioner degree. As a nurse practitioner, she worked in URMC's emergency medicine, electrophysiology, and burn-trauma ICU services for another eight years before training as a CRNA.

Those years of critical care and primary care experience gave her a wider clinical lens than most CRNAs bring to the table: a stronger feel for whole-patient care, comorbidity, and pre-procedural risk assessment. Her facility partners benefit from that perspective every day.

Education

• MS, Nurse Anesthesia — University at Buffalo, State University of New York 2010
• MS, Family Nurse Practitioner — University of Rochester 2002
• BS, Nursing — State University of New York College at Brockport 1994

Certifications and licensure

• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist — National Board of Certification & Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA)
• Family Nurse Practitioner, Board Certified — American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) — current
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) — current
• Basic Life Support (BLS) — current
• DEA Registration — current
• Licensed — New York, Ohio, Florida, South Carolina

Professional affiliations

• American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology
• New York State Association of Nurse Anesthetists
• Faculty Adjunct Instructor — University at Buffalo School of Nursing

Beyond the OR

Cathy lives on the South Carolina coast in Murrells Inlet, where mornings start with sunrises over the harbor and the rhythm of life on the water. The quiet calm of the coast is what inspired the practice's name — and the experience she aims to give every patient she cares for. She also volunteers with Honor Flight Rochester as part of the program's Health and Safety Team, supporting veterans on commemorative trips to Washington, D.C.