Meet Our Medical College of Wisconsin Emergency Medicine Faculty
Interim Department Chair
Mark Kostic, MD, FAACT, FACMT, FAAEM
Interim Chair; Professor
Vice-Chairs
Alisa Hayes, MD, MSAM
Associate Professor; Vice Chair for Education and Training; UME Director
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; Director, RAPID-EM Fellowship Program
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
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
Associate Professor; Chief, Division of Global and Population Health; Course Co-Director, Population Health in the ED, Fourth Year Medical Student Elective
Amy Zosel, MD, MSCS
Professor; Division Chief, Medical Toxicology; Director of Research Operations and Mentorship
Faculty
Jamie Aranda, MD
Associate Professor; 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
Shannon Burke, MD
Assistant Professor; Co-Director, Medical Education Scholarship Fellowship
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
Katherine Darr, MD
Assistant Professor; EMS Assistant Medical Director, Gateway Technical College; Assistant Medical Director, Flight For Life
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 and Education, Emergency Medicine; Associate Director, RAPID-EM Fellowship Program
Thomas Grawey, DO
Associate 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
Damilola Idowu-Ellsworth, MD
Assistant Professor; Assistant Director, Medical Toxicology Fellowship Program
Casey Ippen, MD
Assistant Professor; Assistant Medical Director, Froedtert Community Hospital Emergency Departments
Nancy Jacobson, MD
Associate 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
Mary Jordan, MD
Assistant Professor; Assistant Medical Director, Froedtert Menomonee Falls Emergency Department
Sehr Khan, MD
Assistant Professor
McKenna J. Knych, MD
Assistant Professor; Co-Clerkship Director, M4/Phase 3 Emergency Medicine Elective; Course Director, Community Emergency Medicine
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; Medical Director, Froedtert Community Hospital Emergency Departments
Kevin J. McGurk, MD, FAAEM
Assistant Professor; Emergency Medicine Clerkship Co-Director, Phase 2
Julie Owen, MD
Associate Professor
Ashley Pavlic, MD, MA
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Institute for Health & Humanity, 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 (Tad) Schmitt, MD
Assistant Professor; Co-Clerkship Director, M4/Phase 3 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; Medical Director, Froedtert Hospital 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, FACEP, FAAEM
Assistant Professor; Emergency Medicine Clerkship Co-Director, Phase 2
Tyler Turner, MD
Assistant Professor
W. Brad Weir, MD, FACEP, FAEMS, FAMPA
Professor; Medical Director, Flight For Life
Ben Weston, MD, MPH, FAEMS
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
Associate Professor; Residency Program Director
Lauren Willoughby, MD
Assistant Professor; Co-Director, Medical Education Scholarship Fellowship
Evan Zeddies , MD
Assistant Professor
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
Associate 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