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
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
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
Matt Durand, PhD
Associate Professor; Associate Director of Clinical and Translational Research; 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
Associate 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
Associate 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; Assistant Director of Clinical & Translational Research
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
Rushi M. Patel, MD
Assistant Professor
Stacy Peterson, MD
Associate Professor
Carolyn Pinkerton, MD
Assistant Professor
Christopher Plambeck, MD
Associate Professor
David Pugh, MD
Assistant Professor
Avani Richardson, MD
Assistant Professor
Christopher Roberts, MD, PhD
Associate 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
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
Amanda C. Widing, MD
Assistant Professor
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
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
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
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
Physician Assistant
Staria Brickner, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, APNP, CCRN
Advanced Practice Provider
Lisa Elliott, DNP
Nurse Practitioner
Leanne M. Graf, PA-C, MPAS
Physician Assistant
Elizabeth A. Jaruseski, DNP
Nurse Practitioner
Sarah J. Ramirez, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Stacey Schiebel, ACNPC-AG, MSN
Nurse Practitioner
Megann Sheehy, APNP, AGPCNP, DNP
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Danielle M. Spencer, APNP, AGPCNP
Nurse Practitioner