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
