Meet Our Medical College of Wisconsin Pediatric Emergency Medicine Team
Leadership
Amy L. Drendel, DO, MS
Professor of Pediatrics; Chief, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Viday Heffner, MD, MHPE
Associate Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Assistant Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship; Co-Director, Pediatric Fellowship Education; Associate Director, Mission Control
Michael Levas, MD, MS
Professor of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine
Jean Pearce, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Medical Director Children’s Wisconsin Emergency Department Trauma Center
Abigail Schuh, MD, MMHPE
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Director of Education, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Danny Thomas, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics; Research Director, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Chair, MCW IRB Pediatric Minimal Risk Committee; Medical Staff President-Elect
Faculty
Andrea P. Anderson, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Shannon Baumer-Mouradian, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Director of Quality Improvement, Section of Emergency Medicine
Kathleen Beckmann, DO
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Co-Director, Continuous Professional Development
Lindsay Boles, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Lorin Browne, DO
Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine; Director, Mission Control; Associate Medical Director, Milwaukee County Emergency Medical Services
Sri Chinta, MBBS, MS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Keli Coleman, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Patrick Drayna, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Director of Point-of-Care Ultrasound, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Medical Director, POCUS, Children's Wisconsin
Amanda Dupont, DO
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Catherine (Cassie) Ferguson, MD
Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Scholarly Concentration; Co-Director, Health Equity Scholars Program
Jamie Holland, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Meagan Ladell, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Tyler Lennon, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Maureen Luetje, DO
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Medical Director, Pediatric Readiness in Emergency Medicine; Associate Medical Director
Jane M. Machi, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Marlene Melzer-Lange, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Michelle Pickett, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Ryan Scheper, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Associate Medical Director
Megan L. Schultz, MD, MA
Associate Professor; Director, Global Child Health Program; Co-Director, Global Health Scholarly Concentration
Suzanne Seo, MD
Assistant Professor
Ashish Shah, MD, MEd
Assistant Professor
Breanne Pacheco Shah, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Sarah Thill, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
David Vyles, DO, MS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Patrick Walsh, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Wendi-Jo Wendt, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Adjunct Faculty
Christopher Spahr, MD
Associate Adjunct Professor
Advanced Practice Providers
Sandy Huitink, PA-C
Physician Assistant; Advanced Practice Providers Manager
Research Staff
Holly Erpenbach, MS, CCRP
Clinical Research Manager
Najia Ali
Clinical Research Coordinator I
Michael Armanious
Clinical Research Coordinator III
Ronan Carpenter
Clinical Research Assistant III
Keishla N. Colon Montanez, BA, CCMA
Clinical Research Coordinator I
Viviana D. Garcia, BA
Clinical Research Assistant III
Mark Nimmer, BA
Outcomes Research Analyst III
Hailey Sullivan
Clinical Research Assistant III
Kaitlyn Zakszewski
Clinical Research Coordinator III
Administrative Staff
Andrew Schuette, AuD, MBA
Division Administrator II
Sara Bell
Administrative Assistant Sr.
Beatriz Envila
Administrative Assistant Sr.
Erin Penzel
Fellowship Program Manager
Kim Pitre
Administrative Associate
