Current ASAPs

Portrait of Kirsten Bredvik, MD, PhD

Kirsten Bredvik, MD, PhD

Medical School: Weill Cornell Medicine

* ASAP

Bayardo Garay

Bayardo Garay, MD, PhD

Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School

* ASAP

Portrait of Joseph Krambs, MD, PhD

Joseph Krambs, MD, PhD

Medical School: WashU Medicine

* ASAP

Portrait of Deborah Rupert, MD, PhD, MA, MS

Deborah Rupert, MD, PhD, MA, MS

ASAP Scholar — Critical Care Medicine (2028)

Medical School: Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

* ASAP

Portrait of Philip Smith, MD, PhD

Philip Smith, MD, PhD

ASAP Scholar — Critical Care Medicine (2027)

Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine

* ASAP

Portrait of Rebecca Speltz Paiz, MD, PhD

Rebecca Speltz Paiz, MD, PhD

ASAP Scholar — Regional & Acute Pain

Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School

Residency: WashU Medicine — Anesthesiology (2022-2027)

* ASAP

Program Alumni

Brandon Tan, MD
Brandon Tan, MD

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


Jeremy Thompson, MD, PhD

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


Sunny Lou, MD, PhD

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


Bradley Fritz, MD
Bradley Fritz, MD, MSCI

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


Loc Thang, MD, PhD
Loc Vinh Thang, MD, PhD

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


Christopher R. King, MD, PhD

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


Lara Crock, MD, PhD, MSCI
Lara Crock, MD, PhD, MSCI

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


Wayland Cheng, MD, PhD
Wayland Cheng, MD, PhD

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