Meet Our Medical College of Wisconsin Emergency Medicine Faculty
Department Chair

Ian B. K. Martin, MD, MBA, FACEP, FAAEM
Eminent Scholar, Professor with Tenure and System Chair; Interim Senior Associate Dean & Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
Vice-Chairs

Alisa Hayes, MD, MSAM
Associate Professor; Vice Chair for Education and Training

Ronny Otero, MD, MHSA, FAAEM, FACEP
Professor; Vice-Chair Clinical Operations, Froedtert Hospital Emergency Department; Director, Health Executive Administrative Leadership (HEAL) Fellowship

Aasim I. Padela, MD, MSc, FACEP
Professor and Vice Chair for Research and Scholarship

Mary Beth Phelan, MD, MBA
Professor; Vice Chair for Faculty Development and Advancement; Division Chief, Ultrasound; Director, Emergency Ultrasonography Fellowship Program
Chiefs

M. Riccardo Colella, DO, MPH, FACEP
Professor; Division Chief, EMS Medicine; State of WI EMS Medical & Trauma Director

Mark Kostic, MD, FAACT, FACMT, FAAEM
Professor; Chief of Emergency Services, Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center

Daniel Mielnicki, MD
Assistant Professor; Division Chief, Community Hospital Division Emergency Departments

Mary Beth Phelan, MD, MBA
Professor; Vice Chair for Faculty Development and Advancement; Division Chief, Ultrasound; Director, Emergency Ultrasonography Fellowship Program

Jonathan Rubin, MD
Professor; Division Chief, System Informatics and Analytics

Taylor Sonnenberg, MD, MSGH
Assistant Professor; Chief, Division of Global and Population Health; Course Co-Director, Population Health in the ED, Fourth Year Medical Student Elective

Mike Uihlein, MD, CAQ Sports Medicine
Assistant Professor

Amy Zosel, MD, MSCS
Professor; Division Chief, Medical Toxicology; Director of Research Operations and Mentorship
Faculty

Jamie Aranda, MD
Assistant Professor; Medical Director, Physician Associate Studies; Medical Director, Froedtert Hospital Emergency Department; System Director, Advanced Practice Providers

Tom P. Aufderheide, MD, MS, FACEP, FACC, FAHA
Professor; Director, Resuscitation Research Center; PCIR Director, CTSI Southeast WI


Sarah M. Balgord, MD
Assistant Professor





Matt Chinn, MD
Associate Professor; Senior Medical Director, Froedtert Emergency Department; Medical Director, Froedtert Observation Unit

Grant Comstock, MD
Assistant Professor; Interim Associate Medical Director, Wisconsin Poison Center

Sam Corbo, MD
Assistant Professor; Co-Director, MS-4 Clerkship; Assistant Director, Residency Program

Justin N. Corcoran, MD
Assistant Professor; Director, Medical Toxicology Fellowship Program




Bradley J. Davis, DO
Assistant Professor



Thomas Engel, II, MD
Assistant Professor; Assistant Medical Director, Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management

Andrew Farkas, MD
Associate Professor; Course Director, Toxicology Elective

Zeno Franco, PhD
Associate Professor; Director, Research Training and Education




Thomas Grawey, DO
Assistant Professor; EMS Medical Director, Gateway Technical College; Medical Director, City of Kenosha Fire Department; Assistant Medical Director, Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management; Associate Program Director, EMS Medicine Fellowship


Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH
Professor; Founding Director, Comprehensive Injury Center; Senior Science and Policy Advisor

Elyse Hartleben, MD
Assistant Professor; Emergency Medicine Physician Lead for Scheduling; Assistant Medical Director, West Bend Emergency Department




Nancy Jacobson, MD
Assistant Professor; System Director, Quality, Safety, and Experience ; Medical Director, Emergency Medicine; Patient Safety and Quality Officer, Emergency Medicine

Jamie Jasti, MD
Assistant Professor; Assistant Director, Resuscitation Research Center; Co-Director, Clinical and Translational Research Scholarly Pathway

Laura Johns, MD
Assistant Professor


Sehr Khan, MD
Assistant Professor



Timothy Lenz, MD, MPH, EMT-P
Associate Professor; Director, EMS Medicine Fellowship Program; Director, Medical Services LifeNet McHenry

Jason Liu, MD, MPH, FAEMS
Professor; Medical Director, EMS Disaster/Emergency Preparedness



Sean Mackman, MD
Assistant Professor; Assistant Medical Director, Froedtert Community Hospitals

Kevin J. McGurk, MD
Assistant Professor; M3 Emergency Medicine Elective Director




Julie Owen, MD
Assistant Professor

Ashley Pavlic, MD, MA
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Institute for Health & Equity, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities; Course Director, The Good Doctor, Character and Professional Development Thread; Co-Director, Bioethics and Medical Humanities Pathway; Education Lead, Division of Global and Population Health







Bill Scheels, MD
Assistant Professor; Course Director, Ultrasound Elective

Thaddeus Schmitt, MD
Assistant Professor; Co-Director, M4 Emergency Medicine Elective


Mark Semrad, DO
Assistant Professor; Medical Director, Froedtert West Bend Emergency Department

Dennis Shepherd, MD
Assistant Professor; Medical Director for Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Services at Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital

Igor Shusterman, MD
Assistant Professor; Assistant Medical Director, Menomonee Falls Emergency Department

Bridget R. Sullivan, MD
Assistant Professor


Jillian Theobald, MD, PhD
Associate Professor; Associate Medical Director, Wisconsin Poison Center

Joshua Timpe, MD
Assistant Professor; Director, Wilderness and Environmental Medicine; Assistant Director, Residency Program; Course Director, Wilderness Medicine Elective

Christopher G. Torkilsen, DO
Assistant Professor; Emergency Medicine Clerkship Co-Director, Phase II



Ben Weston, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Division of EMS Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine; Chief Health Policy Advisor, Milwaukee County; Chief Medical Director, Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management


Kathleen Williams, MD
Assistant Professor; Residency Program Director



Thomas Yang, MD, MEdHP, MS
Assistant Professor; Director, Simulation; Medical Director, Froedtert Hospital Simulation Center
Emeritus Faculty

Daniel J. Worman, MD
Professor Emeritus
Secondary Faculty

Lorin Robert Browne, DO
Professor

Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD, FACEP
Director, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities; Julia and David Uihlein Chair in Medical Humanities, and Professor of Bioethics and Emergency Medicine

Renee Annette Foutz, MD
Assistant Professor

Marlene D. Melzer-Lange, MD
Adjunct Professor

Matt Stanton, PharmD, BCPS, DABAT, CSPI
Clinical Associate Professor

Robert Treat, PhD
Associate Professor; Director of Measurement and Evaluation in the Office of Academic Affairs
All of our Emergency Medicine clinical members are board-certified or board-eligible in Emergency Medicine.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Faculty