Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Faculty

Paul Joseph Pearson, MD, PhD
Chief, Professor

G Hossein Almassi, MD
Professor

Nilto De Oliveira, MD
Professor; Surgical Director, Lung Transplant Program

Lucian A. Durham, MD, PhD
Associate Professor

Mario Gasparri, MD
Professor

David Johnstone, MD
Professor

David L. Joyce, MD, MBA
Associate Professor

Lyle D. Joyce, MD, PhD
Professor

Takushi Kohmoto, MD, PhD, MBA
Professor

R Eric Lilly, MD
Assistant Professor

Paul L. Linsky, MD
Assistant Professor

James Mace, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery

H. Adam Ubert, MD
Assistant Professor
Advanced Practice Providers and Surgical First Assistants

Elizabeth Froelich, MPAS, PA-C
Physician Assistant

Wendy Hanover, CSA
Surgical First Assistant

Adam Holmbeck, RN
Registered Nurse

Colleen Johnson, CSA
Surgical First Assistant

Melissa Kaske, RN, MSN, APNP
Nurse Practitioner

Andrew Kennedy, MPAS, PA-C
Physician Assistant

Sheilah Meany, CSA
Surgical First Assistant

Rebecca Miller, MPAS, PA-C
Physician Assistant

Lindsay Morris, RN, MSN, APNP
Nurse Practitioner

Gina Muscato, MPAS, PA-C
Physician Assistant

Chelsea Nettesheim, RN, MSN, APNP
Nurse Practitioner

Tony Sanders, RN, MSN, APNP
Nurse Practitioner

Shannon Scalish, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, RN
Nurse Practitioner

Dawn Schmidt, RN, MSN, APNP
Nurse Practitioner

Craig Schutta, RN, MSN, APNP
Nurse Practitioner

Meg Shannon-Stone, RN, MSN, APNP
Nurse Practitioner

Timothy Sie, RN, MSN, APNP
Nurse Practitioner

Allison Stone, MPAP, PA-C
Physician Assistant

Heather Sutter, MPAS, PA-C
Physician Assistant

Mary Theisen, RN, MSN, APNP
Nurse Practitioner

Lisa Thomas, MPAS, PA-C
Physician Assistant

Trisha L. Wilcox, RN, MSN, APNP
Nurse Practitioner Surgical
Cardiopulmonary Perfusionists

David Koerten, CCP
Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist, Manager

Michael Bergemann, CCP
Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist

Christopher Candek, CCP
Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist

Flavio Cavallari, CCP
Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist

Tom Grulkowski, CCP
Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist

Katelyn Herrmann, CCP
Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist

Kirsten Kallies, CCP
Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist

Kacey Koerten, CP
Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist

Nicholas LaRue, CCP
Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist

Andja Potkonjak, CCP
Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist

Kyle Schilling, CCP
Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist

Brett Wagner, CCP
Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist
