Medical School: Stanford University School Medicine Residency/Fellowship: WashU Medicine ASAP Program (fellowship in Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology), 2022Current Role: Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, WashU MedicineResearch: Clinical informatics; Perioperative blood management; Machine learning for healthcareGrants: AMA EHR Grant 2022, IARS Mentored Research Award 2022 What does a normal day-in-the-life as a physician-scientist look like for you? I spend […]
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Nykiel-Bailey joins CMEC leadership team at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
The Department of Anesthesiology is excited to share that Sydney Nykiel-Bailey, DO, was recently appointed as the Secretary/Treasurer of the Children’s Medical Executive Committee (CMEC) at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
Palanisamy appointed inaugural Vice Chair for Strategic Initiatives
Palanisamy will collaborate with department leadership to advance long-term goals through strategic clinician recruitment and retention, philanthropic partnerships, and innovative funding opportunities.
William D. Owens Memorial Lecture celebrates visionary leadership in anesthesiology
On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, the WashU Medicine Department of Anesthesiology hosted the inaugural William D. Owens Memorial Grand Rounds Lecture series honoring the life and legacy of Dr. William Owens.
Sarah Perez named assistant program director of Goldfarb’s Nurse Anesthesia Program
Sarah Perez named assistant program director of Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing’s Nurse Anesthesia Program
Ziyan Song, MD
Medical School: Florida State University College of Medicine – Pensacola, 2018Residency: WashU Medicine, 2022Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Anesthesia: University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2023 What have you done since residency? Following residency, I spent a year at University of Alabama at Birmingham for an adult cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellowship. I returned to join the faculty at WashU […]
Christian Guay, MD, MS
Medical School: Saba University School of Medicine, 2017Residency: WashU Medicine, 2021Fellowships in Critical Care Medicine & Cardiothoracic Anesthesia: Massachusetts General Hospital, 2023 What have you done since residency? After residency, I moved to Boston and completed fellowships in critical care and cardiothoracic anesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital. I then accepted a tenure-track faculty position at […]
Charlene Blake Swift, MD, PhD
Graduate School: Duke University, 2009Medical School: Duke University, 2010Residency: WashU Medicine, 2014Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Anesthesia: WashU Medicine, 2015 What have you done since residency? I stayed at Wash U for fellowship in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, which was AMAZING since WashU has such a high volume of really sick patients and performs so many heart transplants, lung […]
Satish Reddy, MD
Undergraduate: University of Georgia, 2006Medical School: Medical College of Georgia, 2011Residency: WashU Medicine, 2015Fellowship in Pain Medicine: WashU Medicine, 2016 What have you done since residency? After residency, I stayed at WashU for a year and completed a pain medicine fellowship. The fellowship offers exposure to a broad range of complex pain conditions and large […]
Grant Chen, MD
Undergraduate: Rice University, 2004, B.S. Electrical EngineeringMedical School: Texas Tech University, 2011Residency: WashU Medicine, 2015Fellowship in Pain Medicine: Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell University – New York Presbyterian Hospital, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 2016 What have you done since residency? After residency, I moved to New York City for an interventional pain management […]