Fellowship Director
George Richard Benzinger III, MD, PhD
Program Director, Abdominal Organ Transplant Fellowship; Professor, Anesthesiology
- Email: benzingerg@nospam.wustl.edu
Fellowship Coordinator
Fellowship Director
Daniel A Emmert, MD, PhD
Program Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
- Email: emmertd@nospam.wustl.edu
Associate Fellowship Director
Hawa Abubakar, MBBS
Associate Program Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship; Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
- Email: abubakar@nospam.wustl.edu
Fellowship Coordinator
Fellowship Director
Brian Wessman, MD
Program Director, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Professor, Anesthesiology & Emergency Medicine
Associate Fellowship Co-Directors
Jessica Nelson, MD
Associate Program Co-Director, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology & Emergency Medicine
- Email: j.l.nelson@nospam.wustl.edu
Kendall Smith, MD, PhD
Associate Residency Program Director; Associate Program Co-Director, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
- Email: smith.s@nospam.wustl.edu
Admin: Shirley Vaughn
Fellowship Coordinator
Fellowship Director
Jessica Justmann, MD
Program Director, Dual Adult & Pediatric Pain Fellowship; Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
- Email: jjustmann@nospam.wustl.edu
Fellowship Coordinators
Fellowship Directors
Daniel A Emmert, MD, PhD
Program Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
- Email: emmertd@nospam.wustl.edu
Brian Wessman, MD
Program Director, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Professor, Anesthesiology & Emergency Medicine
Fellowship Coordinator
Fellowship Director
Umeshkumar Athiraman, MD, MBBS
Program Director, Neuroanesthesia Fellowship; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
- Email: uathira@nospam.wustl.edu
Fellowship Coordinator
Fellowship Director
Danish Jaffer, MD
Program Director, Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship; Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology; OB/IVF POD Leader
- Email: jafferd@nospam.wustl.edu
Associate Fellowship Director
Mallory Hawksworth, MD
Associate Program Director, Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship; Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
- Email: h.mallory@nospam.wustl.edu
Fellowship Coordinator
Fellowship Director
Rajiv K. Shah, MD
Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
- Email: shahr@nospam.wustl.edu
Associate Fellowship Director
Vinny Francio, MD, MS
Associate Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship; Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Fellowship Coordinators
Fellowship Director
Ashley Weinhold, MD
Program Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
- Email: abweinhold@nospam.wustl.edu
Fellowship Coordinators
Fellowship Director
Ryan Guffey, MD
Program Director, Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Fellowship; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
- Email: rguffey@nospam.wustl.edu
Admin; Lisa Parks
Associate Fellowship Director
Emine (Aysu) Salviz, MD, EDRA
Associate Program Director, Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Fellowship; Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
- Email: aysusalviz@nospam.wustl.edu
Fellowship Coordinator
Fellowship Director
Jamie Brown-Shpiegel, MD
Assistant Director, Residency Program (Recruitment, Integration, and Wellbeing); Program Director, Trauma Anesthesiology Fellowship; Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology; POD 4 Leader
- Email: jamiebrown@nospam.wustl.edu

