WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS - Key Persons


Aaron Archer

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist / Department

Abby Bisch

Job Titles:
  • Co - Director of the Mentorship Program at WashU Medicine
Abby Bisch is a CRNA and Co-Director of the Mentorship Program at WashU Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology. She floats to all pods and recently started rotating to the OB floor. She hails from Ottawa, KS, and went to Kansas State University where she studied Food Science, and Industry and Non-Profit Leadership. She earned her BSN at the University of Saint Mary, in Kansas City, KS. She gained ICU experience in Dallas, TX, at Baylor, Scott, and White Medical Center. Finally, she earned her DNP at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. It was at K-State where she fell in love with her now-husband, Aaron. Together they have an almost two-year-old son, Luka, and a 6-year-old Shiba Inu, Kairo. They are also expecting identical twin girls this April (feel free to send all name ideas via email)! Abby loves traveling, camping, baking, trying new restaurants, drinking bourbon, playing Settlers of Catan, and doing house projects.

Abby Hegeman

Job Titles:
  • Senior Coordinator Department Payroll & Administration
Abby has been in the St. Louis Metro area all of her life but moved to St. Louis City in 2019. She has been with Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis for almost five years. She started as an Administrative Coordinator in Medical Oncology, and then moved to Central HR in late 2020 to join the I9 team. After two years, she was promoted to HR Records Specialist/Data Coordinator and worked on central approvals for the Danforth campus. She's happy to be joining the Department of Anesthesiology! Outside of work, she loves reading and spending time with her cats.

Al Ebert

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Alana Suchman

Job Titles:
  • Executive Secretary

Alexander Kronzer

Alex Kronzer is a Medical Informaticist who joined the Department of Anesthesiology in 2016. He works primarily in clinical research, developing and managing data for a myriad of studies. Alex earned his undergraduate degree in mathematics and economics from St. Olaf College. When he is not working, he enjoys house projects and spending time outdoors with his wife Vanessa, and three children Corynn, Graham, and Wyatt.

Allison Mitchell

Job Titles:
  • Residency Program Director

Ally Tacony

Job Titles:
  • Director of Business Operations
Ally received her bachelor's degree in Accounting and MBA from Webster University. She started her career as an intern at AT&T- Yellow Pages and held various positions throughout her 13-year tenure. In her last role, she oversaw the accounting team for Mobility Fixed Assets including: monthly close, financial systems, system processing, asset capitalization, depreciation, retirements, and all associated reserves, accruals, and financial analysis. She's excited for this new chapter with the finance team at WashU. Ally has been married to her husband for 10 years, they have an 8-year-old daughter, a cat, and a dog. In her free time, she likes to spend time with her family and friends: Taking trips to the beach (any beach), going to local wineries, cooking, camping, fishing, and swimming.

Amanuel Gebeyehu

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Amber Spies

Job Titles:
  • Admin
  • Program Coordinator
  • Executive Secretary for Drs
Amber Spies is the Executive Secretary for Drs. Robert Gereau and Jose Moron-Concepcion and the Coordinator of the Anesthesiology Research Seminar Series. Amber started at Washington University School of Medicine in 2001. Over the years, she has worked in the Departments of Psychiatry, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, and now Anesthesiology. Amber is a nature and animal lover. Being very passionate about animals, Amber helps rescue/foster for her local animal control unit and is an advocate for the many unwanted and misunderstood dogs.

Amira Hodzic

Job Titles:
  • Residency / Fellowship Coordinator

Amy Antalic

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist / Department

Amy Barrett

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist / Department

Amy Stabenow

Job Titles:
  • Director Opl Data Intg

Amynah Pradhan

Job Titles:
  • Director of the Center for Clinical Pharmacology

Anand Lakshminarasimhachar

Job Titles:
  • Pod 1 Leader

Andi Cox

Job Titles:
  • Senior Program Manager - Research Administration
Andi Cox has worked in Research Administration at Washington University since 2011. She received her BS in Business and Organizational Behavior from Maryville University in 2010. Prior to working at Washington University, she spent ten years at Pfizer as a research technician. When Andi is not working alongside her fabulous grants team, she enjoys cooking, spending time with her husband and three daughters, and traveling to any beach, the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, or exploring new destinations.

Andi Gabaldon

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Residency Program Coordinator

Andrea Rodriguez-Restrepo

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Anna Young

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Anne Drewry

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair

Anne K. DeSchryver

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director of Business Operations

Arbi Ben Abdallah

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Arvind Palanisamy

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Obstetric

Ashley Dubois

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Ashley Weinhold

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program Director
  • Fellowship Director

Audrey Vincent

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Executive

Avi Dobrusin

Job Titles:
  • Chief Resident ( 2023 / 2024 ) Medical School

Ben Swan

Job Titles:
  • Nurse Manager

Bethany Geisler

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Bradley Fritz

Job Titles:
  • Instructor

Brian Bartek

Job Titles:
  • Statistical Data Analyst

Brian Fuller

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Anesthesiology - Critical Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine

Brian Wessman

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor Emergency Medicine Associate Professor Anesthesiology Co - Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
  • Fellowship Director

Brittany Christensen

Job Titles:
  • Staffing Administrator

Bruno Maranhao

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Caitlin Bess

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Coordinator I

Catherine Ifune

Job Titles:
  • PACU / Remote Leader

Chak Lattanand

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair for Clinical Operations

Charlene Kim

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Coordinator I

Chelsea Curless

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Chris Lee

Job Titles:
  • Pod 2 Leader Associate Professor

Christina Caldwell

Job Titles:
  • Manager of Operations - Research

Christine Bruegenhemke

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Christopher Ryan King

Job Titles:
  • Instructor in

Christy Boyle

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Corrin Noel

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director of Business Operations

Cristina Bowman

Job Titles:
  • Research Nurse Coordinator L

Dan Eddins

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Dan Fernandez

Job Titles:
  • Pod 2 Leader

Dane Blackwood

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Dani Benematti

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Daniel A Emmert

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor Anesthesiology and Surgery CT Anesthesiology Fellowship Director
  • Fellowship Director

Daniel Nieva

Job Titles:
  • Director of CSCC Associate Professor

Danish Jaffer

Job Titles:
  • Fellowship Director
  • Program Director, Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship

David Eisenbath

Job Titles:
  • Director for CRNA Activities

Deven Stepney

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager

Dolores Njoku

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair

Dolores Saltz


Eleanor Bilhorn

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Elise Eiden


Elizabeth Frasca

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Elizabeth George

Job Titles:
  • Nurse Practitioner

Emily Davenport

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Emma Witzke

Job Titles:
  • Admin
  • Administrative Coordinator II

Enyo Ablordeppey

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Eric Williams

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager - Research Tech

Erin Endres

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Erin Herrera

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice Chair for Well - Being Assistant Director for CRNA Activities

Erin Hooper

Job Titles:
  • Nurse Practitioner

Erin Kennedy

Job Titles:
  • Admin
  • Executive Secretary
  • Fellowship Coordinator

Erin Wood

Job Titles:
  • Manager of Education Programs
  • Research Administration

Evangelos Karanikolas

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Coordinator I

Fillmore Almiron

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Frank Bougher

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Funmi Adonis

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Gemma Smith

Job Titles:
  • Executive Secretary

Geoffrey Floro

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

George Richard Benzinger III

Job Titles:
  • Fellowship Director
  • Interim Vice Chair for Education

Greg Feilner

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Gwendolyn Dodd

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Haley Bernstein

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Study Assistant II

Hawa Abubakar

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director for the ACTA Fellowship Program Assistant Professor
  • Associate Fellowship Director

Helga Komen

Job Titles:
  • Pod 5 Leader

Isabella Riordan

Job Titles:
  • Division Chief of the Progress West Hospital Division

Ivan Kangrga

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair for Health System Liaison Director of Quality and Safety for Perioperative Services

Jacob AuBuchon


Jamie Brown-Shpiegel


Jane Exler

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Janice Goffstein-Davis

Job Titles:
  • Staffing Administrator

Janice Hoffman

Job Titles:
  • Admin
  • Executive Secretary

Jasmine Crane

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Coordinator

Jason Frantz

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Jason Gillihan

Job Titles:
  • Division Chief of Anesthesiology - Barnes Jewish West County Hospital Associate Director of Clinical Anesthesiology - Barnes Jewish Hospital

Jen Mahan


Jennifer Chow

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Jennifer Cole

Job Titles:
  • Department Payroll Deduction
  • Fund Payroll Deduction

Jessica Bauerle

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Jessica Folsom

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Jessica Justmann

Job Titles:
  • Fellowship Director
  • Program Director for Dual Adult & Pediatric Pain Fellowship Assistant Professor

Joanna Abraham

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Anesthesiology and the Institute for Informatics ( I2 )

Joel Brown

Job Titles:
  • Research Nurse Coordinator L

Joel Hanns

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Study Assistant II

Jon Bucher

Job Titles:
  • Business Director for Research Finance

Jonathan Zoller

Job Titles:
  • Pod 3 Leader

Jose Moron-Concepcion

Job Titles:
  • Chief of the Division of Basic Research Henry E. Mallinckrodt Professor

Joseph Balassi

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Julie Drobish

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Director of Pediatric Liver Transplantation Associate Professor

Justin Frierdich

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Justin Knittel

Job Titles:
  • Fellowship Director
  • Interim Division Chief of Trauma Anesthesiology Trauma Anesthesiology Fellowship Director Resident Education Director, Surgical ICU

Kara Battig

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Kara Bockius


Kara Weinzettel

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator or Staffing

Karen Moore

Job Titles:
  • IT Project Manager L

Kathleen Black

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Kathryn Cass

Job Titles:
  • ASC CRNA Team Leader

Katie Dalton

Job Titles:
  • Senior Clinical Research Coordinator

Katie Fesler

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Katie Geist

Job Titles:
  • Grant Specialist II

Katie Holzer

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Katy Brown

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Kayla Hewitt

Job Titles:
  • Admin
  • Executive Secretary

Kellie Gerst

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Kelly Chilson

Job Titles:
  • Clinic Director of CT Pediatric Anesthesiology Professor

Kelsey Arends

Job Titles:
  • Media & Marketing Administrator

Kelsey Fogus

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Kendra Gregory

Job Titles:
  • Manager of Business Operations

Krista Moramarco

Job Titles:
  • Grant Specialist I

Lara Crock

Job Titles:
  • Instructor

Lauren Gibson

Job Titles:
  • Business Director, Education

Lauren LaChance

Job Titles:
  • Admin
  • Assistant to the Chair
  • Chairman 's Office

Leigh Ann Zupan

Job Titles:
  • Admin
  • Executive Secretary
  • Business Office

Leon du Toit

Job Titles:
  • Instructor, Anesthesiology Attending Physician, Center for Preoperative Assessment and Planning ( CPAP )

Lesley Rao

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Pain Management

Lexi Bruce

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Linda Yun

Job Titles:
  • Manager of Clinical Trials and Operations

Lindsay Frank

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Lisa Parks

Job Titles:
  • Admin
  • Division Administrator
  • Fellowship Coordinator

Lydia Swink

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Fellowship Coordinator

Mallory Hawksworth

Job Titles:
  • Chief Resident ( 2023 / 2024 ) Obstetrical Anesthesia Fellow ( 2024 / 2025 ) Medical School

Mara Bollini

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Director - QI, Patient Safety, & Innovation

Marie Goez

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Mary Ernst

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Mateo Perez

Job Titles:
  • Database Administrator

Mathew Gielow

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Max Wolfson

Job Titles:
  • Pod 4 Leader

Megan Dewey

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Melissa Bowman

Job Titles:
  • Business Director

Melissa Milbrandt

Job Titles:
  • Business Director

Menelaos Karanikolas

Job Titles:
  • Pod 5 Leader

Meredith McLaughlin

Job Titles:
  • Admin
  • Executive Secretary

Michael Avidan

Job Titles:
  • Executive Leadership

Michael Willard

Job Titles:
  • Department Operations Assistant

Michele Grunwald

Job Titles:
  • Business Director

Mitchell Fingerman

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Regional & Ambulatory
  • Division Chief

Molly McCormick

Job Titles:
  • Chief of General

Monica Ketchum

Job Titles:
  • Medical School: Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine

Nic Labee


Nicholas Curdt

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Nicole Durko

Job Titles:
  • Associate Chief of the Division of Obstetric

Omokhaye Higo

Job Titles:
  • Vice - Chair for Innovation

Patrick Givens

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Patrick Yursik

Job Titles:
  • Director of Marketing & Communications

Paul Kerby

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice Chair of Innovation

Preeta George

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Director of SIM Associate Professor

Rachel Dickemper

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Rachel Moquin

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor and Director of Learning and Development

Rainer Kentner

Job Titles:
  • Pod 5 Leader

Rajiv K. Shah

Job Titles:
  • Fellowship Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship Assistant Professor

Randall Stateler

Job Titles:
  • Billing Office
  • Director of Business Operations

Randy Branson

Job Titles:
  • Director of Information Systems
  • Information Systems

Robby Greenspan

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Study Assistant II

Robert Gereau

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair for Research Director of the Washington University Pain Center Dr. Seymour & Rose T. Brown Professor

Rocco Hüneke

Job Titles:
  • Pod 3 Leader

Ron Donaldson

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Rosemary Foster

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Russell Groener

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Residency Program Director Associate Professor

Ryan Guffey

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Fellowship Director Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain
  • Fellowship Director

Samuel Erlinger

Job Titles:
  • Chief Resident ( 2023 / 2024 )

Sara Clarkson

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Sara Fisher

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant
  • Senior Clinical Research Regulatory & Compliance Coordinator
  • Senior Coordinator - Regulatory and Compliance

Sara Franco

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Sarah Buday

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Scott Markowitz

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair for Professional Development and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Professor

Selma Ishag

Job Titles:
  • PACU / Remote Leader

Shawn Reynolds

Job Titles:
  • Physician Assistant, Critical Care

Sherry McKinnon

Job Titles:
  • Manager of Clinical Research - Regulatory & Compliance

Shirley Vaughn

Job Titles:
  • Admin
  • Administrative Coordinator

Shreya Goswami

Job Titles:
  • Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research

Simon Haroutounian

Job Titles:
  • Chief of the Division of Clinical and Translational Research ( DoCTR ) Chief of Clinical Pain Research, Washington University Pain Center

Stacey Gopalakrishnan

Job Titles:
  • Financial Analyst / Project Manager II

Steffanie Doke

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Stephen Gregory

Job Titles:
  • Division Chief, Perioperative Medicine Medical Director, Center for Preoperative Assessment and Planning ( CPAP )

Summer Kelly

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Operations Assistant

Susan Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Susan Bullington

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Swarup Varaday

Job Titles:
  • Pod 1 Leader Associate Professor

Taylor Crittenden

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Tegan Fugate

Job Titles:
  • Residency Program Coordinator

Theresa Cordner

Job Titles:
  • Senior Clinical Research Coordinator

Thomas J. Graetz

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Cardiothoracic

Thomas Kannampallil

Job Titles:
  • Director

Tiffany Peppers

Job Titles:
  • Office Supervisor

Tika Oliver

Job Titles:
  • Accounting and Purchasing Assistant II

Tom Bozada

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Tracey Stevens

Job Titles:
  • Associate Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic

Tracy Elbert

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Vicki Callan

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Victoria Helms

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Nurse Coordinator

Waliah RaKhem

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Director of Research Operations

Whitney Payne

Job Titles:
  • Special Projects Administrator

Willa Frattini

Job Titles:
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Yolanda Trevino-Parsons

Job Titles:
  • Senior Grant Specialist

York Jiao

Job Titles:
  • Director of Anesthesia at Shriner 's Hospital for Children in St. Louis Assistant Professor