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Meet Our Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Anesthesiology Team

Department Chair

Cynthia A. Lien, MD

Chair, Professor

Faculty & Staff Physicians

Alex A. Adams, MD

Assistant Professor

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

Adam Cambray, MD

Rachel Cambray, MD

Assistant 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

Ali Daha, MD

Assistant Professor

Caron Dean-Bernhoft, PhD

Professor

Christina D. Diaz, MD, FASA, FAAP

Professor

Christian C. Diederich, MD

Assistant Professor

Melanie J. Donnelly, MD

Professor

Karin E. Drescher, MD

Adjunct Associate Professor

Catherine M. Drexler, MD

Associate Professor

Matt Durand, PhD

Associate Professor; Vice Chair of Research; Secondary Faculty Appointment in Physiology

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 Endrizzi, MD

Assistant Professor

Christopher Fadumiye, MD

Assistant Professor

Michael Falender, MD

Assistant Professor

Michael Fierro, MD

Associate Professor

Jan Fraessdorf, MD, PhD

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

Associate 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

John Heisdorf, MD

Assistant Professor

Brian Hinde, MD

Assistant Professor

George M. Hoffman, MD

Chief, Professor

Quinn H. Hogan, MD

Professor

William Hughes, PhD

Assistant Professor

Lara India, MD

Assistant Professor

Zafar Iqbal, MD, FCCP

Professor

Jason Jakobsons, MD

Assistant Professor

Christopher Jankowski, MD, MBOE

Assistant Professor

Latha N. Kampalath, MD

Assistant Professor

Theresa L. Kapke, PhD

Assistant Professor

Olga Y. Kaslow, MD, PhD

Professor

Fahimuddin Kazi, MD

Assistant Professor

Gwynne Kirchen, MD

Associate Professor

Jens Krombach, MD, MHA

Vice Chair, Director, Professor

Wai-Meng Kwok, PhD

Director of Basic Science Research, Professor

Kristen Labovsky, MD

Assistant Professor

Kathryn K. Lauer, MD

Vice Chair, Professor

Christopher Leichliter, MD

Assistant Professor

Mei-Ying Liang, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Anne H. Lincoln, MD

Assistant Professor

Scott Linton, MD

Assistant Professor

Hemanckur Makker, MD

Assistant Professor

Michael J. Malan, MD

Assistant Professor

John Markwardt, MD

Assistant Professor

Alberto Maya, MD

Assistant Professor

Nicholas Meier, MD

Assistant Professor

Barbara J. Meinecke, MD

Associate Professor

Thomas Meuser, MD, PhD

Professor

Maria Muravyeva, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Jillian A. Nard, DO

Assistant Professor

Jutta Novalija, MD, PhD

Professor

Megan E. O'Connell, MD

Assistant Professor

Jinny Oh, DO

Assistant Professor

Paul S. Pagel, MD, PhD, FACC

Professor

Rushi M. Patel, MD

Assistant Professor

Stacy Peterson, MD

Associate Professor

Christopher Plambeck, MD

Assistant Professor

Carolyn Pinkerton, MD

Assistant Professor

David Pugh, 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

Assistant Professor

John P. Scott, MD

Professor

John Valentine Selthafner, MD

Assistant Professor

Hariharan Shankar, MD, MBBS

Professor

Seung Min Shin, PhD

Assistant Professor

Jacqueline Simon, MD

Assistant Professor

Amit Singh, DO

Assistant Professor

Thomas A. Stekiel, MD

Associate Professor

Adam B. Striker, MD

Professor

Astrid G. Stucke, MD

Professor

Eckehard A. Stuth, MD

Professor

Vaqaruddin M. Syed, MD

Assistant Professor

Harry Tagalakis, MD

Assistant Professor

Anthony Tam, MD, PEng, MHSc, BASc

Assistant Professor

Justinn Tanem, MD

Assistant Professor

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Hank Tang, MD, PhD

Staff Physician

Timothy Tran, MD

Associate Professor

Ryan Traudt, MD

Assistant Professor

Todd J. Troshynski, MD

Associate Professor

Sarah E. Trost, PhD

Assistant Professor

Jaya L. Varadarajan, MBBS

Associate Professor

Jason Vitek, MD

Assistant Professor

Krystal Weierstahl, DO

Assistant Professor

Steven J. Weisman, MD

Professor

Matthew M. Weston, MD

Vice Chair, Assistant Professor

Robert Whitney, MD

Assistant Professor

Heather M. Wichman, MD

Assistant Professor

Amanda C. Widing, MD

Assistant Professor

Chelsea Willie, MD

Associate Professor

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Harvey J. Woehlck, MD

Professor

Patricia Wolf, MD

James Yawn, MD

Assistant 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

Addie Berens, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Austin Chriske, MSA, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Vanessa J. Davies, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Amanda Esposito, MHSc, CAA

Assistant Professor; Assistant Director of Didactic Education

Kyle Farmer, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Kyle Goham, MHSc, CAA

Assistant Professor; Program Director

Bethany Gulvezan, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant Lead

Ammar Haq, MMSc, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Brooks Hawley, MMSc, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Jamie Kedinger, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Arielle G. Knafel, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Nicole Kowalski, MSA, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Ian Kraus, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Hope Lundberg, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Brittany McPherson, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Anjali Menon, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Aysha T. Muhammad, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Rebecca M. Patel, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Jessica Pecherski, MMSc, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Matthew Pecherski, MHSc, 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 Lead

John J. Spencer, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Thomas J. Stancato, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Janelle Thimm, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Ruturaj Vala, MSA, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Matthew Weyer, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Bradley Wright, MMSc, CAA

Assistant Professor; Assistant Program Director of Clinical Education; Simulation Lead

Sara Zemanovic, MSA, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Louie Zhou, CAA

Anesthesiologist Assistant

Advanced Practice Providers

Samantha A. Jones, PA-C

APP Inpatient 2

Staria Brickner, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, APNP, CCRN

Advanced Practice Provider

Lisa Elliott, DNP

APP Inpatient 1

Leanne M. Graf, PA-C, MPAS

APP Inpatient 2

Elizabeth A. Jaruseski, DNP

APP Inpatient 2

Sarah J. Ramirez, PA-C

APP Outpatient

Stacey Schiebel, ACNPC-AG, MSN

APP Inpatient 2

Megann Sheehy, APNP, AGPCNP, DNP

Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Danielle M. Spencer, APNP, AGPCNP

APP Outpatient

Elizabeth Toronto, PA-C

APP Outpatient

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