Current ASAPs
Deborah Rupert, MD, PhD, MA, MS
Medical School: Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
* ASAP
Philip Smith, MD, PhD
Critical Care Medicine Fellow (2025-26)
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: WashU Medicine — Anesthesiology
* ASAP
Rebecca Speltz Paiz, MD, PhD
Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Residency: WashU Medicine — Anesthesiology (2022-2027)
Fellowship: WashU Medicine — Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Fellow (2025-26)
* ASAP
Mitsukuni Yoshida, MD, PhD
Medical School: WashU Medicine
* ASAP
Program Alumni
Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: WashU Medicine ASAP graduate with a fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology, 2023
Current Role: Instructor of Anesthesiology, WashU Medicine
Research: Lipid Modulation of Serotonin 3 Receptor Structure and Function
Grants: FAER Mentored Research Training Grant 2023, Dean’s Scholar 2023
Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Residency/Fellowship: WashU Medicine ASAP graduate with a fellowship in Pain Management, 2023
Current Role: Instructor of Anesthesiology, WashU Medicine
Research: Electrophysiology and behavioral assays to study chronic pain-related mesocorticolimbic dopamine neuron plasticity
Grants: FAER Mentored Research Training Grant 2023
Medical School: Stanford University School Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: WashU Medicine ASAP graduate with a fellowship in Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, 2022
Current Role: Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, WashU Medicine
Research: Clinical informatics; Perioperative blood management; Machine learning for healthcare
Grants: AMA EHR Grant 2022, IARS Mentored Research Award 2022
Medical School: WashU Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: WashU Medicine ASAP graduate with a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine, 2020
Current role: Instructor of Anesthesiology, WashU Medicine
Research: Use of machine learning to predict postoperative complications
Grants: FAER Mentored Research Training Grant 2020, Critical Care Telemedicine Clinical Research Grant
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: WashU Medicine ASAP graduate with a fellowship in Pain Management, 2020
Current Role: Instructor of Anesthesiology, WashU Medicine
Research: Norepinephrine mediated Inhibition of TRPV1 Activation in Mice
Medical School: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: WashU Medicine ASAP graduate with a fellowship in Abdominal Organ Transplant, 2019
Current Role: Assistant Professor, WashU Medicine
Research: Improving the interpretability of advanced machine learning alerts in intensive care
Grants: NIH KL2 2020
Medical School: WashU Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: WashU Medicine ASAP graduate with a fellowship in Pain Management, 2018
Current Role: Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, WashU Medicine
Research: Role of gut microbiota in the development and/or persistence of chronic pain
Grants: IARS Mentored Research Award 2019
Medical School: WashU Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: WashU Medicine ASAP graduate with a fellowship in Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, 2017
Current Role: Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, WashU Medicine
Research: Structural and biophysical studies of ligand-gated ion channels and lipid modulation
Grants: IARS Mentored Research Award 2017, NIH K08 2017, NIH R35 2020, IARS Frontiers in Anesthesia Research Award (FARA) 2021