Meet Our Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Anesthesiology Team
Department Chair

Cynthia A. Lien, MD
Chair, Professor
Faculty & Staff Physicians

Meredith A. Albrecht, MD, PhD
Associate Professor

Christopher Anderson, MD
Assistant Professor

Kimberly J. Anderson Khan, PsyD
Associate Professor

Jurica Bajic, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Mahesh Belani, MD
Assistant Professor

Richard J. Berens, MD
Professor

Brent Boettcher, DO
Associate Professor

Christine Boxhorn, MD
Assistant Professor

Chasity Brimeyer, PhD
Associate Professor

Rachel Budithi, MD
Associate Professor

Naomi Bui, MD
Assistant Professor

Gail E. Butterfield, MD
Assistant Professor

Steven F. Butz, MD
Professor

Amadou Camara, PhD
Professor

Anne E. Castro, MD
Assistant Professor

Kiran Chandrashekarappa, MD
Assistant Professor

Lois A. Connolly, MD
Professor

Oscar Jim Michael Coppes, MD
Assistant Professor

Craig Cummings, MD
Assistant Professor

Caron Dean-Bernhoft, PhD
Professor

Christina D. Diaz, MD, FASA, FAAP
Professor

Sylvia Dolinski, MD
Professor

Karin E. Drescher, MD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Catherine M. Drexler, MD
Associate Professor

Omar Dyara, DO
Assistant Professor
Thomas J. Ebert, MD, PhD
Adjunct Professor

Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, FAMIA, FASA
Professor; Senior Associate Dean

Jamey Eklund, MD
Associate Professor

Elizabeth H. Ellinas, MD
Associate Dean, Professor

Sarah A. Endrizzi, MD
Assistant Professor

Christopher Fadumiye, MD
Assistant Professor

Michael Falender, MD
Assistant Professor

Michael Fierro, MD
Associate Professor

Julie Freed, MD, PhD
Associate Professor; Executive Vice Chair; Director of Clinical Research

Sweeta D. Gandhi, MD
Associate Professor

Ross Gliniecki, MD
Assistant Professor

Suneeta Gollapudy, MD
Associate Professor

Laura Gonzalez, MD
Assistant Professor

William Gross, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Thomas Gulvezan, MD
Assistant Professor

Rita Guttersen, MD
Assistant Professor

Keri Hainsworth, PhD
Associate Professor

Gregory Halenda, MD
Assistant Professor

Dustin Hang, MD
Assistant Professor

Eva Hanko, MD
Assistant Professor

Jennifer Hass, MD
Assistant Professor

John Heisdorf, MD
Staff Physician

Brian Hinde, MD
Assistant Professor

George M. Hoffman, MD
Chief of Pediatric Anesthesiology; Professor

Quinn H. Hogan, MD
Professor

Lara India, MD
Assistant Professor

Zafar Iqbal, MD, FCCP
Professor

Kimberly Jacobsen, MD
Assistant Professor

Jason Jakobsons, MD
Assistant Professor

Christopher Jankowski, MD, MBOE
Assistant Professor

Matthew T. Jeranek, MD
Assistant Professor

Latha N. Kampalath, MD
Assistant Professor

Steven Kapeles, MD
Assistant Professor

Theresa L. Kapke, PhD
Assistant Professor

Olga Y. Kaslow, MD, PhD
Professor

Fahimuddin Kazi, MD
Assistant Professor

Abdul Q. Khan, MD
Staff Physician

Gwynne Kirchen, MD
Assistant Professor

Jens Krombach, MD, MHA
Vice Chair, Director, Professor

Ayse Oge Kula, MD
Associate Professor

Wai-Meng Kwok, PhD
Director of Basic Science Research, Professor

Kristen Labovsky, MD
Assistant Professor

Kathryn K. Lauer, MD
Vice Chair, Professor

John Laur, MD
Clinical Associate Professor

Robert Lemon, MD
Assistant Professor
Christopher Leichliter, MD
Staff Physician

Annie Lincoln, MD
Assistant Professor

Mei-Ying Liang, MD, PhD
Associate Professor

Scott Linton, MD
Assistant Professor

Hemanckur Makker, MD
Assistant Professor

Michael J. Malan, MD
Assistant Professor

Alberto Maya, MD
Assistant Professor

Daniel McDonald, MD
Assistant Professor

Nicholas Meier, MD
Assistant Professor

Barbara J. Meinecke, MD
Assistant Professor

Maria Muravyeva, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Jutta Novalija, MD, PhD
Professor

Megan E. O'Connell, MD
Staff Physician

Jinny Oh, DO
Staff Physician

Paul S. Pagel, MD, PhD, FACC
Professor

Bin Pan, PhD
Associate Professor

Stacy Peterson, MD
Associate Professor

Christopher Plambeck, MD
Assistant Professor

David Pugh, MD
Assistant Professor

Mark Remshak, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Susan Retzack, MD
Assistant Professor

Avani Richardson, MD
Assistant Professor

Christopher J. Roberts, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Franklin J. Ruiz, MD
Assistant Professor

Lynn M. Rusy, MD
Professor

Martin Samborski, MD
Assistant Professor

Adam Saugen, DO
Staff Physician

John P. Scott, MD
Professor

Arran Seiler, MD
Assistant Professor

John Valentine Selthafner, MD
Assistant Professor

Jacqueline Simon, MD
Assistant Professor

Amit Singh, DO
Assistant Professor

Thomas A. Stekiel, MD
Associate Professor

David Stowe, MD, PhD
Professor

Astrid G. Stucke, MD
Professor

Eckehard A. Stuth, MD
Professor

Vaqaruddin M. Syed, MD
Assistant Professor

Anthony Tam, MD, PEng, MHSc, BASc
Assistant Professor

Justinn Tanem, MD
Assistant Professor
Rozalin Thapa, DO
Assistant Professor

Ryan Traudt, MD
Assistant Professor

Todd J. Troshynski, MD
Associate Professor

Sarah E. Trost, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Jaya L. Varadarajan, MBBS
Associate Professor

Jason Vitek, MD
Assistant Professor

Stylianos Voulgarelis, MD
Associate Professor

Eric J. Walbergh, MD
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Timothy Walsh, MD
Assistant Professor

Krystal Weierstahl, DO
Assistant Professor

Steven J. Weisman, MD
Professor

Matthew M. Weston, MD
Staff Physician

Robert Whitney, MD
Assistant Professor

Heather M. Wichman, MD
Assistant Professor

Amanda C. Widing, MD
Assistant Professor

Chelsea Willie, MD
Associate Professor

Harvey J. Woehlck, MD
Professor
Hongwei Yu, MD
Professor

Amber Zdanovec, MD
Assistant Professor

Jessica Zenga, MD
Assistant Professor

Tracy (Michael) Zundel, MD
Associate Professor

Edward Zuperku, PhD
Professor
Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants

Jennifer Barker, MSA, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Nicole Bauer, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Austin Chriske, MSA, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Felix De Clercq, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Amanda Esposito, MHSc, CAA
Faculty Instructor; Assistant Director of Didactic Education

Kyle Farmer, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Kyle Goham, MHSc, CAA
Faculty Instructor; Interim Program Director

Bethany Gulvezan, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Ammar Haq, MMSc, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Brooks Hawley, MMSc, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Jamie Kedinger, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Nicole Kowalski, MSA, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Ian Kraus, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Bradley Lagemann, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Jon London, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Brittany McPherson, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Anjali Menon, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Matthew Pecherski, MHSc, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Jessica Pecherski, MMSc, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Kelsey Pohlmann, MSA, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Steven Pollack, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Casey A. Posda, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Tommy Quach, MSA, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Mackenzie Reid, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Ethan Schaefer, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Jeffrey M. Spangenberg, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

John J. Spencer IV, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Jennifer A. Stoyanov, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Janelle Thimm, CAA, MSA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Ruturaj Vala, MSA, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Matthew Weyer, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Bradley Wright, MMSc, CAA
Faculty Instructor, Patient Simulation

Sara Zemanovic, MSA, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant

Louie Zhou, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant
Advanced Practice Providers

Samantha L. Archer, PA-C
Physician Assistant Surgical

Staria Brickner, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, APNP, CCRN
Advanced Practice Provider

Leanne M. Graf, PA-C, MPAS
Physician Assistant Surgical

Elizabeth A. Jaruseski, DNP
Nurse Practitioner Surgical

Sarah J. Ramirez, PA-C
Physician Assistant

Stacey Schiebel, ACNPC-AG, MSN
Nurse Practitioner Surgical

Megann Sheehy, APNP, AGPCNP, DNP
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
