Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Faculty
Paul J. Pearson, MD, PhD
Professor and Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery
G. Hossein Almassi, MD
Professor
Lucian A. Durham III, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Mario Gasparri, MD
Professor
David W. Johnstone, MD
Professor
David L. Joyce, MD
Associate Professor
Lyle D. Joyce, MD, PhD
Professor; Chief, Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery
Takushi Kohmoto, MD, PhD, MBA
Professor of Surgery
R. Eric Lilly, MD
Assistant Professor
Paul L. Linsky, MD
Assistant Professor
Chris K. Rokkas, MD
Associate Professor
Advanced Practice Providers
Angelia Espinal, RN, MSN, APNP
Nurse Practitioner
Rachel A. Hansen, RN, MSN, APNP
Nurse Practitioner
Melissa Kaske, RN, MSN, APNP
Nurse Practitioner
Sarah Lai, MPAS, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Rebecca Miller, MPAS, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Gina Muscato, MPAS, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Stephanie Brinkman, MPAS, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Dawn Schmidt, RN, MSN, APNP
Nurse Practitioner
Meg Shannon-Stone, RN, MSN, APNP
Nurse Practitioner
Allison Stone, MPAP, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Erin Stone, PA
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
Katelyn Herrmann, CCP
Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist
Nicholas LaRue, CCP
Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist
Chelsea Matley, CCP
Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist
Kyle Schilling, CCP
Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist
Nicholas Starkey, CCP
Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist
