Meet Our Team
Leadership
David Brousseau, MD, MS
Professor of Pediatrics; Chief, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Amy L. Drendel, DO, MS
Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Director, Children's Wisconsin Emergency Department Trauma Center
Viday Heffner, MD, MHPE
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Fellowship Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Michael Levas, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Director of Social Medicine, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Medical Director, Project Ujima
Abigail Schuh, MD, MMHPE
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Director of Education, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency Program
Danny Thomas, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Research Director, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Co-Chair, Children's Wisconsin Human Research Review Board
Faculty
Shannon Baumer-Mouradian, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Director of Quality Improvement, Section of Emergency Medicine
Kathleen Beckmann, DO
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Co-Director, Continuous Professional Development
Ashley Bolin, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Lorin Browne, DO
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Associate Medical Director, Milwaukee County Emergency Medical Services
Sri Chinta, MBBS, MS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Keli Coleman, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Yilu "Bill" Dong, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Patrick Drayna, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Director of Point-of-Care Ultrasound, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Catherine (Cassie) Ferguson, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Scholarly Pathway; Director of the Student Pillar, Kern Institute for the Transformation of Medical Education
Maureen Luetje, DO
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Jane Machi, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Member, Student Pillar, Kern Institute
Marlene Melzer-Lange, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Andrea K. Morrison, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Co-Director Children’s Wisconsin Health Literacy Task Force; Medical Director of Health Literacy
Erin O'Donnell, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Jean Pearce, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Michelle Pickett, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Ryan Scheper, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Medical Director, ED Gold
Megan L. Schultz, MD, MA
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Co-Director, Global Health Pathway; Assistant Director, Pediatric Clerkship; Assistant Director, Pediatric Residency Global Health Track
Breanne Pacheco Shah, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Sarah Thill, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
David Vyles, DO, MS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Tara Webb, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Wendi-Jo Wendt, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Adjunct Faculty
Matt Gray, MD
Assistant Adjunct Professor
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Christopher Spahr, MD
Associate Adjunct Professor
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Ernest S. Stremski, MD, MBA
Associate Professor
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Physician Assistants/Nurse Practitioners
Katherine Berger, PA-C
Physician Assistant
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Jeffrey Campbell, PA-C
Physician Assistant
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Jerrid Dokey, PA-C
Physician Assistant
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Kathleen Dreyer, APNP
Advanced Practice Nurse Provider
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Jasmine Haines, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Sandy Huitink, PA-C
Physician Assistant
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Candi Humphreys, APNP
Advanced Practice Nurse Provider
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Kyle Kinderman, PA-C
Physician Assistant
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Nandini Kolimas, PA-C
Physician Assistant
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Olivia Kovarik, PA-C
Mary Laus, APNP
Advanced Practice Nurse Provider
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Debra Schmidt, APNP
Advanced Practice Nurse Provider
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Sarah Slowik, PA-C
Physician Assistant
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Sarah Wawrzyniak, APNP
Advanced Practice Nurse Provider
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Madeline Winn, PA-C
Fellows
2019-22
Meagan Ladell, MD
Jason Todd, MD
2020-23
Erica Iafelice, DO
Jane Rivas, MD
2021-24
Madeline Field, MD
Swathi Prasad, MD
Research Staff
Sylvia Torres, MPH, CCRP
Clinical Research Manager
Mark Nimmer
Data Analyst II
Michael Armanious
Clinical Research Coordinator
Jared Hogeterp
Clinical Research Coordinator
Alexandra Radowicz
Clinical Research Coordinator
Duke Wagner, DC, CCRC
Grants Operation Coordinator
Holly Erpenbach, MS
Clinical Research Coordinator
Casey Kildow
Clinical Research Coordinator
Terri Brookshire
Clinical Research Assistant
Elise Rice
Clinical Research Assistant
Administrative Staff
Fouza Yusuf
Division Administrator
Shayla Crape
Administrative Assistant Sr.
Tammy Hosch
Administrative Assistant Sr.
Karen Zale
Administrative Assistant Sr.
Christina Hoppe
Education Program Coordinator II