Faculty

Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, MPH

Associate Professor (CHS)
Division Chief: Chronic Pain; Medical Director, UW Pain Services; Medical Director, Pain Clinic
Special Interest: Chronic Pain and Pain Management Treatment

Heather Abernethy, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: General Anesthesia

Corey Amlong, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Division Chief: Neuroanesthesia
Special Interest: Neuroanesthesia

George Arndt, MD

Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Airway Management, Regional Anesthesia

Matthew Banks, PhD

Professor
Special Interest: Cortical Inhibitory Circuits

Aimee Becker, MD, MBA

Associate Professor (CHS)
UWHC VP/Chief Medical Officer
Special Interest: Neuroanesthesia and Quality Improvement

Kristin Bevil, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Associate Vice Chair of Education
Special Interest: Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management

Anila Bhatti, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Special Interest: Critical Care Anesthesia

Guelay Bilen-Rosas, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Director of Pediatric Transplant Anesthesia
Special Interest: Pediatric Anesthesia

Jocelyn Blake, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Regional Anesthesia

Colin Boettcher, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: General Anesthesia

Thomas Broderick, MD

Associate Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain

Timothy Casias, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Medical Director, Pediatric Chronic Pain
Special Interest: Pediatric Anesthesia

Christopher Cassara, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Division Chief: Critical Care Anesthesiology
Special Interest: Transplant Anesthesia, Critical Care, Cardiac Anesthesia

Aaron Chopee, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Douglas Coursin, MD

Professor (CHS)
UW SMPH Anesthesiology Vice Chair for Faculty Development
Special Interest: Critical Care Anesthesia

Christopher Darling, DO

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Residency Program Director
Special Interest: Transplant Anesthesia

Karine De Oliveira Dias, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Special Interest: Pediatric Anesthesia

Gozde Demiralp, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Cardiac Critical Care Medical Director
Special Interest: Critical Care Anesthesiology

John Dollerschell, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)

Steven Ethier, DO

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management

Maria Fabbrocini, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Special Interest: Pediatric Anesthesia

Michael Ford, MD

Associate Professor (CHS)
Chief of Anesthesiology Services, UW Health at The American Center
Special Interest: Regional Anesthesia

James Gentry, MD, MMS

Clinical Assistant Professor
Special Interest: General Anesthesia

Susan Goelzer, MD,MS,CPE

Professor (CHS)
Sr. Medical Director, UWHC Graduate Medical Education
Special Interest: Practice Management

Molly Groose, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Co-Division Chief: Transplant Anesthesiology
Special Interest: Transplant Anesthesiology

Laura Hammel, MD

Associate Professor (CHS)
Director, Anesthesiology Transplantation Services; Co-Division Chief: Transplant Anesthesiology
Special Interest: Transplant Anesthesia, Critical Care, eICU

Michael Hannaman, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Special Interest: Transplant Anesthesia

John-Henry Harrison, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Cardiac Anesthesia

William Hartman, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Medical Director for UW Health Preanesthesia Assessment Clinic
Special Interest: General Anesthesia

Diane Head, MD

Associate Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Cardiac Anesthesia, Critical Care

Aaron Hess, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Transplant Anesthesiology

Emily Hesselink, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Pediatric Anesthesiology

Zoltan Hevesi, MD, MBA

Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Transplant Anesthesia, Critical Care, Quality Assurance

Mark Hoenecke, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Special Interest: Ambulatory Anesthesia

Kirk Hogan, MD, JD

Professor
Special Interest: Perioperative Genomics

Jared Hylton, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Director, Pediatric Acute Pain Service at AFCH
Special Interest: Pediatric Anesthesia

Joel Johnson, MD, PhD

Professor (CHS)
Medical Director for Clinical Anesthetists
Special Interest: Neuroanesthesia

Jonathan Kay, MD

Associate Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: General Anesthesia, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia

Jonathan Ketzler, MD

Associate Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Critical Care, Cardiac Anesthesia

Roy Kim, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Chronic Pain and Pain Management Treatment

George Kirvassilis, MD

Associate Professor (CHS)
Director of Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia
Special Interest: Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia

Lisa Klesius, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management

Courtney Kohn, MD, MBA

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Pediatric Anesthesiology

Yasser Kouatli, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Critical Care Anesthesia

Katherine Kozarek, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Director, Elective Clerkship
Special Interest: Cardiac Anesthesia

Paul Kranner, MD

Associate Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: General Anesthesia, Operating Room Management

Jeffrey Lee, MD

Associate Professor (CHS)
Division Chief: Ambulatory Anesthesiology
Special Interest: General and Ambulatory Anesthesia

Richard Lennertz, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: General Anesthesiology

Micah Long, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Critical Care Anesthesiology

Sergei Lopukhin, MD

Associate Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Transplant Anesthesia

Eva Lu-Boettcher, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Pediatric Anesthesia

Timothy McCormick, DO

Clinical Associate Professor
Associate Vice Chair for Clinical (CT) Faculty Development; Division Chief: General Anesthesiology
Special Interest: General Anesthesia

Thomas McDowell, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
Interim Vice Chair of Research, Chair of R&D Committee
Special Interest: Transplant Anesthesia; Opioids & Spinal Nociceptive Transmission

Kelly McQueen, MD, MPH, FASA

Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology
Chair of Anesthesiology
Special Interest: Pediatric Anesthesia

Mary McSweeney, MD

Associate Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Cardiac Anesthesia, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia, TEE

Cari Meyer, MD

Associate Professor (CHS)
Director of Anesthesia at AFCH
Special Interest: Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia

Patrick Meyer, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management

Bridget Muldowney, MD

Associate Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Pediatric Anesthesia

Srinivas Naidu, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Pediatric Chonic Pain, Pediatric Anesthesia

Tony Nguyen, DO

Clinical Assistant Professor
Special Interest: Pediatric Anesthesiology

Jeffrey Olech, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, TEE

Jill Patzner, MD

Clinical Associate Professor
Medical Director, Madison Surgery Center
Special Interest: Ambulatory Anesthesia

Robert Pearce, MD, PhD

Professor
Special Interest: Mechanics of General Anesthetic Action

John Penner, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Associate Medical Director and Director of Anesthesiology, Madison Surgery Center
Special Interest: Ambulatory Anesthesiology

Misha Perouansky, MD

Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Mechanisms of Anesthetic Action in the Brain

Adrian Pichurko, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Associate Vice Chair of Quality and Safety
Special Interest: Neuroanesthesia

Peter Popic, MD

Associate Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Cardiac Anesthesia, Pediatric Anesthesia

Keth Pride, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Chronic Pain and Pain Management Treatment

Paul Rabedeaux, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Special Interest: General Anesthesia

Jennifer Rodgers, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Special Interest: General Anesthesia

Deborah Rusy, MD, MBA

Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Neuroanesthesia, Pediatric Anesthesia

Kristopher Schroeder, MD

Professor (CHS)
Associate Vice Chair of CHS Faculty Development; Division Chief: : Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management
Special Interest: Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain

Joshua Sebranek, MD

Associate Professor (CHS)
Senior Vice Chair; Co-Division Chief: Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Special Interest: Cardiac Anesthesia, Transplant Anesthesia

John Selthafner, MD, MBA

Clinical Assistant Professor
Special Interest: General Anesthesia

Robert Shaw, MD

Assistant Professor
Special Interest: Pediatric Anesthesia

John Shepler, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management

Eric Simon, MD

Assistant Professor (CHS)
Special Interest: Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Scott Springman, MD

Professor (CHS)

Lianne Stephenson, MD

Associate Professor (CHS)
Vice Chair for Quality and Safety
Special Interest: Pediatric Anesthesia

Mark Stram, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Special Interest: General Anesthesia

Christopher Turner, MD, PhD, MBA

Professor (CHS)
Director of Perioperative Services
Special Interest: Neuroanesthesia

Kenneth Van Dyke, MD

Associate Professor (CHS)
Interim, Medical Director of Perioperative Services; Associate Director of the Inpatient ORs
Special Interest: Neuroanesthesia, Medical School Education

Benjamin Walker, MD

Associate Professor (CHS)
Medical Director of Perioperative Services at American Family Children's Hospital
Special Interest: Pediatric Anesthesia

Meghan Warren, DO

Clinical Assistant Professor
Associate Medical Director at TSC
Special Interest: Ambulatory Anesthesia

Karl Willmann, MD

Associate Professor (CHS)
Medical Director for NORA UWH:; Section Head: Non-OR Anesthesia; Co-Medical Director of Anesthesiology Equipment
Special Interest: Neuroanesthesia, Medical Student Education