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Department of Anesthesiology

Leadership

Chair

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Al Solina, MD

Chair
Professor of Anesthesiology

Vice Chair

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Amanda Burden, MD

Vice Chair/Vice Chief, Faculty & Staff Development 
Director, Clinical Skills and Simulation
Professor of Anesthesiology

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Ronak Desai, DO

Vice Chair/Vice Chief, Clinical Affairs
Division Head, Orthopedic Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

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Michele Mele, MD

Vice Chair/Vice Chief, Experience
Division Head, Obstetrical Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology

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Ludmil Mitrev, MD

Vice Chair/Vice Chief, Research
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

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Kinjal Patel, MD

Vice Chair/Vice Chief, Quality & Safety Affairs
Division Head, Vascular Anesthesiology
Fellowship Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

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Erin Pukenas, MD, MBA

Vice Chair/Vice Chief, Educational Affairs
Associate Dean for Program Development and Strategic Initiatives
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Division Head

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Paul Audu, MD

Division Head, Neuroanesthesiology
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

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Ahmed Awad, MD

Division Head, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

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Talia Ben-Jacob, MD, MS

Division Head, Critical Care
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

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Gregory Dodson, DO

Division Head, Ambulatory Anesthesiology 
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Pediatric Anesthesiologist

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Bharathi Gourkanti, MD

Division Head, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

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Irwin Gratz, DO

Residency Program Director
Professor of Anesthesiology

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Michael Sabia, MD

Division Head, Pain Management
Fellowship Program Director
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

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Keyur Trivedi, MD

Division Head, Trauma Anesthesiology
Assistant Residency Program Director
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Teaching Faculty

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Kelly Bolkus, DO

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Clinical Anesthesiology

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Ian Brotman, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Pediatric Anesthesiology

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Marie Caruso Zatorski, DO

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
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Sarah Clarke, DO

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Critical Care

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Marcus Dal Nogare, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology 
Clinical Anesthesiology
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Matthew DeAngelis, DO

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Clinical Anesthesiology

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Grace Dippo, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Clinical Anesthesiology

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Jasmeet Easwar, DO

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Pediatric Anesthesiology

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Marc Fisicaro, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Clinical Anesthesiology

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Kingsuk Ganguly, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Assistant Fellowship Program Director
Pain Management

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Robert Hirsh, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Clinical Anesthesiology

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George Hsu, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Clinical Anesthesiology

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Wray Hughes, DO

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Clinical Anesthesiology

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Kathleen Kwiatt, DO

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Clinical Anesthesiology

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Catherine Lee, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Pediatric Anesthesiology
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Rajiv Lingaraju, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Clinical Anesthesiology
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Julie Mathew, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
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Levi Mulladzhanov, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Cardiac Anesthesiologist

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Jennifer Cruz Ocbo, DO

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Clinical Anesthesiology

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Michael Pascarella, DO, JD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Clinical Anesthesiology

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Aakash Patel, DO, MBA

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology 
Clinical Anesthesiology

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Christopher Potestio, MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Critical Care

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Robert Romisher, DO

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Clinical Anesthesiology

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John Safaryn, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Clinical Anesthesiology

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Kurt Schenk II, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Clinical Anesthesiology

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Stephen Schepel, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Pediatric Anesthesia 

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Jasjit Sehdev, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Pain Medicine

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Dhiren Soni, DO

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Clinical Anesthesiology

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Magdy Takla, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Clinical Anesthesiology

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Kathryn Ticehurst, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Clinical Anesthesiology

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Dejan Vuckovic, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Research Faculty

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Lawrence Mulligan, PhD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director of Research