Our success is intimately linked to the accomplishments of each and every member of our department.
Each month, four members are nominated and featured to celebrate their commitment to patient care, education, and research.
Current Featured Anesthesiology Department Members
Andrew Griesbaum, ACNP
Nurse Practitioner
Qin Liu, PhD
Professor of Anesthesiology
Jake Meinkoth
Clinical Informaticist
Sydney Tyler, MD
Resident Physician
Featured Anesthesiology Department Members Archive
Anne DeSchryver, JD
Executive Director Business Affairs
Department of Anesthesiology Featured Member: November 2024
Anne is currently one of the two executive directors of business operations in the Department of Anesthesiology. She earned a bachelor’s degree from WashU and attended law school at SLU before starting her career in book publishing on the east coast. Anne then moved into philanthropy, where she spent almost seven years with the WashU Medicine Advancement team before shifting to the grant side of funding as the director of research and graduate education at SLU’s College of Public Health and Social Justice. Anne returned to WashU Medicine in 2013 as the director of research and business administration for 10 years prior to her current role.
Outside of work, Anne loves spending time with family and friends, volunteering with several nonprofits around town, cooking, gardening, reading, and working on her 100-year-old house. She is also a music fanatic and tries to attend as many concerts as humanly possible.
Fun fact: Anne has ghost written several coffee table books and has seen Ben Folds perform live more than 40 times.
Ding Ding, MD
Resident Physician, Class of 2023
Department of Anesthesiology Featured Member: October 2022
Ding Ding is a current resident physician in the Department of Anesthesiology. She was born and raised in China. In her early years, Dr. Ding demonstrated talents in the field of physics, mathematics, and computer engineering. She received a bachelor’s degree in modern physics from the University of Science and Technology of China and a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder. She then worked at the FPGA pioneer Xilinx Inc. as a project lead for a number of years.
After realizing her deep desire to become a physician and have a more personal role in helping others, she resigned from this position to enter medical school. She graduated from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 2019 with honors and publications in high-impact journals. Dr. Ding has shown a dedication to maintaining her high professional standard and pursuit of excellence while being a single parent and with additional obligations of caring for her aging parents.
Outside of work, she enjoys time with family, hiking, cooking, performing arts, and traveling. She will be pursuing a fellowship in regional and acute pain at WashU after residency.
Avi Dobrusin, MD
Resident Physician, Class of 2024; Chief Resident 2023-2024
Department of Anesthesiology Featured Member: January 2024
Avi Dobrusin is a CA-3 and Chief Resident in the Department of Anesthesiology at WashU Medicine. Originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, he attended Emory University where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology and Human Biology. Following graduation, Avi worked as an emergency medical technician in Atlanta and then went to Central Michigan University for medical school before moving to St. Louis for residency. Next year, he will start fellowship training in cardiothoracic anesthesiology and critical care medicine. He looks forward to pursuing a career in academic anesthesiology and medical education.
Outside of work, Avi enjoys cycling, hiking, geocaching, and cooking. His lifelong goal is to travel to visit every national park – so far he is at 15!
Julie Drobish, MD, MA
Director of Pediatric Liver Transplant Anesthesia; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology Featured Member: February 2023
Julie Drobish, MD, MA, is an assistant professor of anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine. Originally from Pennsylvania, she earned her bachelor’s degree in biology from the Pennsylvania State University Schreyer Honors College. She completed her medical degree and master’s degree in neuroscience at Washington University School of Medicine in 2009. She trained at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania for her anesthesiology residency, followed by fellowship training in pediatric anesthesiology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Dr. Drobish practiced general and pediatric anesthesia at Hershey Medical Center for two years before returning to St. Louis to join the Washington University faculty in 2016. She now practices pediatric anesthesia at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and Shriners Hospital for Children. She became the director of pediatric liver transplant anesthesia in 2019. Her clinical interests include anesthesia for liver and kidney transplants, management of congenital cardiac disease for noncardiac surgery, and volunteering for medical outreach trips.