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
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
Lorin Browne, DO
Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine; Director, Mission Control; 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, 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
Meagan Ladell, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Tyler Lennon, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Maureen Luetje, DO
Assistant 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
Jane Rivas, MD
Assistant Professor; Clinical Pillar Lead, Global Child Health Program
Ryan Scheper, MD
Assistant 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
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Adjunct Faculty
Christopher Spahr, MD
Associate Adjunct Professor
Advanced Practice Providers
Sandy Huitink, PA-C
Physician Assistant; Advanced Practice Providers Manager
Third Year Fellows
2023-2026
Lindsay Boles, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow
Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH | Research interest: Throughput, Process Improvement, Medical Education
Hanna Heintz, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow
Residency: MCWAH-Children's Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI | Research interest: Interface between prehospital and ED medicine and improving pediatric emergency medicine education in surrounding EMS communities
Emily Hogikyan, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow
Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI | Research interest: Medical Education, Patient Education
Second Year Fellows
2024-2027
Callie Krentz, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow
Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH; Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI | Research interest: QI - Patient and Family Experience
Abigail Mahler, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow
Residency: Washington University St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO; Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI | Research interest: Injury prevention
Emma Strode, DO
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow
Residency: Case Western Reserve/Rainbow Babies, Cleveland, OH; Medical School: A.T. Still University of Health Sciences Kirksville, Kirksville, MO | Research interest: Advocacy - Firearm storage, Food insecurity
First Year Fellows
2025-2028
Elizabeth Curtis, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow
Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
Abigail Georgescu, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow
Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin; Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin
Megan Lucas, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow
Residency: University of Minnesota; Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Research Staff
Holly Erpenbach, MS
Clinical Research Manager
Najia Ali
Clinical Research Coordinator I
Michael Armanious
Clinical Research Coordinator III
Kyle Farris
Clinical Research Assistant III
Erika Kreuser
Clinical Research Assistant III
Mark Nimmer
Quality Outcomes Research Analyst III
Elise Rice
Clinical Research Coordinator II
Kaitlyn Zakszewski
Clinical Research Coordinator I
Administrative Staff
Andrew Schuette, AuD, MBA
Division Administrator II
Sara Bell
Administrative Assistant Sr.
Beatriz Envila
Administrative Assistant Sr.
Erin Penzel
Education Program Coordinator II
Kim Pitre
Administrative Associate
Bryan Scurto
Administrative Assistant Sr.