Meet Our Medical College of Wisconsin Pediatric Emergency Medicine Team
Leadership
Amy L. Drendel, DO, MS
Professor of Pediatrics; Interim Chief, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Viday Heffner, MD, MHPE
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Fellowship Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Michael Levas, MD, MS
Professor of Pediatrics; Director of Social Medicine, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Medical Director, Project Ujima; Associate Director, Comprehensive Injury Center
Jean Pearce, MD, MS
Assistant 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; Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency Program
Danny Thomas, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics; Research Director, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Co-Chair, Children's Wisconsin Human Research Review Board
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, 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
Catherine (Cassie) Ferguson, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Scholarly Pathway
Meagan Ladell, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Maureen Luetje, DO
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Marlene Melzer-Lange, MD
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
Associate Professor; Director, Global Child Health Program; Co-Director, Global Health Pathway
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
Physician Assistants/Nurse Practitioners
Steve Abramowski, NP
Nurse Practitioner
Andrea Bobke, NP
Nurse Practitioner
Jasmine Haines, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Sandy Huitink, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Candi Humphreys, APNP
Advanced Practice Nurse Provider
Kyle Kinderman, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Nandini Kolimas, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Olivia Kovarik, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Mariah Marino, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Debra Schmidt, APNP
Advanced Practice Nurse Provider
Sarah Slowik, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Marissa Tenneson, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Katherine Vernon, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Madeline Winn, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Fellows
2022-25
Jamie Holland, MD
Nathan White, MD
2023-26
Hanna Heintz, MD
Emily Hogikyan, MD
2024-27
Abigail Mahler, MD
Emma Strode, DO
Research Staff
Sylvia Torres, MPH, CCRP
Clinical Research Manager
Mark Nimmer
Data Analyst II
Michael Armanious
Clinical Research Coordinator
Najia Ali
Clinical Research Assistant
Kyle Farris
Clinical Research Assistant III
Erika Kreuser
Clinical Research Assistant III
Hayder Jaafar
Postdoctoral Fellow
Holly Erpenbach, MS
Clinical Research Coordinator
Elise Rice
Clinical Research Assistant
Maya Pitts
Clinical Research Assistant
Kaitlyn Zakszewski
Clinical Research Assistant
Administrative Staff
Andrew Schuette
Division Administrator
Shayla Crape
Administrative Assistant Sr.
Tammy Hosch
Administrative Assistant Sr.
Administrative Assistant Sr.
Erin Penzel
Education Program Coordinator II