Emergency Medicine

Meet Our Team

Department Chair

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Ian B. K. Martin, MD, MBA, FACEP, FAAEM

Professor with Tenure and System Chairman; Co-Director, Health Executive Administrative Leadership (HEAL) Fellowship; Emergency Physician-in-Chief; Past-President Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Vice-Chairs

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Alisa Hayes, MD, MSAM

Associate Professor; Vice Chair for Education and Training

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Ronny Otero, MD, MHSA, FAAEM, FACEP

Professor; Vice-Chair Clinical Operations, Froedtert Hospital Emergency Department; Director, Health Executive Administrative Leadership (HEAL) Fellowship

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Aasim I. Padela, MD, MSc, FACEP

Professor and Vice Chair for Research and Scholarship

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Mary Beth Phelan, MD, RDMS

Professor; Vice Chair for Faculty Development and Advancement; Division Chief, Ultrasound; Director, Emergency Ultrasonography Fellowship Program

Chiefs

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M. Riccardo Colella, DO, MPH, FACEP

Professor; Division Chief, EMS Medicine; State of WI EMS Medical & Trauma Director; Director, EMS Fellowship Program

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Mark Kostic, MD, FAACT, FACMT, FAAEM

Professor; Director, Medical Toxicology Fellowship Program; Chief of Emergency Services, Zablocki VAMC Milwaukee

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Daniel Mielnicki, MD

Assistant Professor; Division Chief, Community Hospital Division Emergency Departments

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Ashley Pavlic, MD, MA

Assistant Professor; Co-Chief, Division of Global and Population Health; Course Co-Director, Population Health in the ED, Fourth Year Medical Student Elective; Course Co-Director, Continuing Professional Development; Faculty Co-Lead, GME Global Health Scholars

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Mary Beth Phelan, MD, RDMS

Professor; Vice Chair for Faculty Development and Advancement; Division Chief, Ultrasound; Director, Emergency Ultrasonography Fellowship Program

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Jonathan Rubin, MD

Professor; Division Chief, System Informatics and Analytics

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Taylor Sonnenberg, MD, MSGH

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

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Amy Zosel, MD, MSCS

Associate Professor; Interim Division Chief, Medical Toxicology; Director of Research Operations and Mentorship

Faculty

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Erik Amoroso, MD

Assistant Professor; Associate Medical Director, Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital Emergency Department; Chest Pain Center Medical Director, Froedtert West Bend Hospital

eamoroso@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1117

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Jamie Aranda, MD

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

jaranda@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1119

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Tom P. Aufderheide, MD, MS, FACEP, FACC, FAHA

Professor; Director, Resuscitation Research Center; PCIR Director, CTSI Southeast WI

taufderh@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1115

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Jessica Badwards, MD

Assistant Professor

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Lacie Bailey, MD

Assistant Professor

lbailey@mcw.edu

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Sarah M. Balgord, MD

Assistant Professor

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Gary P. Bhagat, MD

Assistant Professor

gbhagat@mcw.edu

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Shannon Burke, MD

Assistant Professor

smburke@mcw.edu

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Matt Chinn, MD

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

mchinn@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1110

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Grant Comstock, MD

Assistant Professor

gcomstock@mcw.edu

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Samuel Corbo, MD

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

scorbo@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1112

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Bradley J. Davis, DO

Assistant Professor

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Aaron Dora-Laskey, MD, MS

Assistant Professor and Director of Research Training and Education

adoralaskey@mcw.edu

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Andrew Farkas, MD

Assistant Professor; Course Director, Toxicology Elective

afarkas@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1111

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Weedley Funeus, MD

Assistant Professor

wfuneus@mcw.edu

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Thomas Grawey, DO

Assistant Professor; Associate Program Director, EMS Fellowship; Course Director, EMS Elective

tgrawey@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1110

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Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH

Professor; Founding Director, Comprehensive Injury Center; Senior Science and Policy Advisor

hargart@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1112

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Elyse Hartleben, MD

Assistant Professor; Emergency Medicine Physician Lead for Scheduling; GME Patient Safety & Quality Officer; Assistant Medical Director, West Bend Emergency Department

ezarling@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1117

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Nancy Jacobson, MD

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

njacobson@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1119

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Laura Johns, MD

Assistant Professor

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Timothy Lenz, MD, MPH, EMT-P

Associate Professor; Medical Director, Flight For Life

tilenz@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1110

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Jason Liu, MD, MPH, FAEMS

Professor; Medical Director, EMS Disaster/Emergency Preparedness

jmliu@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1110

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Sean Mackman, MD

Assistant Professor; Assistant Medical Director, Froedtert Community Hospitals

(414) 955-6450

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Kevin J. Mcgurk, MD

Assistant Professor

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Abigail Miller, MD

Assistant Professor

amiller@mcw.edu

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Julie Owen, MD

Assistant Professor

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Alicia Pilarski, DO

Associate Professor; Wellness

apilarski@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1112

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Evan Kendal Robinson, DO

Assistant Professor

erobinson@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1745

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Katherine (Kate) J. Savage, MD

Assistant Professor

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Bill Scheels, MD

Assistant Professor; Course Director, Ultrasound Elective

wjscheels@mcw.edu

(414) 955-6450

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Mark Semrad, DO

Assistant Professor; Medical Director, Froedtert West Bend Emergency Department

msemrad@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1117

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Dennis Shepherd, MD

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

deshepherd@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1117

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Stephen Spencer, MD, FACEP

Assistant Professor; Medical Director, Froedtert Community Hospitals; Medical Staff President, Froedtert Community Hospitals

sspencer@mcw.edu

(414) 955-6450

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Bridget R. Sullivan, MD

Assistant Professor

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Kunal Thakrar, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

kthakrar@mcw.edu

(414) 955-6450

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Jillian Theobald, MD, PhD

Associate Professor; Associate Medical Director, Wisconsin Poison Center

jtheobald@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1111

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Joshua Timpe, MD

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

jtimpe@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1119

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Christopher G. Torkilsen, DO

Assistant Professor

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Ben Weston, MD, MPH

Associate Professor; Associate Fellowship Director, EMS Fellowship

beweston@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1110

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Morgan Wilbanks, MD, FACEP

Assistant Professor; Interim Director, Undergraduate Medical Education; Director, MS-3 Clerkship

mwilbanks@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1112

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Kathleen Williams, MD

Assistant Professor; Residency Program Director

kswilliams@mcw.edu

(414) 955-1113

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Rachel E. Wilson, MD

Assistant Professor

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Thomas Yang, MD

Assistant Professor; Assistant Residency Program Director; Co-Director Simulation – Scholarship and Research; Medical Director, Froedtert Hospital Simulation Center

Secondary Faculty

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Lorin Robert Browne, DO

Associate Professor

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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

aderse@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8498

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Renee Annette Foutz, MD

Assistant Professor

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Marlene D. Melzer-Lange, MD

Adjunct Professor

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Robert Treat, PhD

Associate Professor; Director of Measurement and Evaluation in the Office of Academic Affairs

rtreat@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4867

All of our Emergency Medicine clinical members are board-certified or board-eligible in Emergency Medicine.

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