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Chief Residents Announced for 2021-2022

We are very excited to announce that the Anesthesiology Chief Residents for the next 2021-2022 academic year will be: Ramya Baddigam, MD, Micaela Clark, MD, and Christian Guay, MD.

These chief residents were selected by a vote of their resident peers and faculty. There are many highly qualified and deserving individuals in the CA2 class, several of whom received many votes.

Meet the Chief Residents

Ramya Baddigam, MD

Ramya Baddigam, MD

Ramya earned a BS from the University of Michigan and her MD from The Ohio State University College of Medicine. She is interested in QI and Education. She plans to pursue a career in adult cardiothoracic anesthesiology.


Micaela Clark, MD

Micaela Clark, MD

Micaela earned a BS in Biochemistry from the University of Nebraska and her MD from The University of Nebraska College of Medicine. She is interested in underserved populations, education and has been a member of the resident education committee since her CA-1 year. She plans to pursue a career in pediatric anesthesiology.


Christian Guay, MD

Christian Guay, MD

Christian earned a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and Neurosciences from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He earned his MD from Saba University School of Medicine. His research focuses on translational neurosciences in both the perioperative and intensive care settings, and he is pursuing dual fellowship training in critical care and adult cardiothoracic anesthesia.

Please join us in congratulating our new Chief Residents. We are confident that they will continue our tradition of outstanding chief residents and will do an excellent job as leaders of our residency training program.

Douglas R. Thompson, MD
Residency Program Director
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Allison Mitchell, MD
Associate Residency Program Director
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Michael S. Avidan, MBBCh, FCASA
Dr. Seymour and Rose T. Brown Professor of Anesthesiology
Head of the Department of Anesthesiology
Anesthesiologist-in-Chief, Barnes-Jewish Hospital