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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

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

Elizabeth Toronto, PA-C

Physician Assistant